B’midbar (Num) 16:1 – 18:32 I Samuel 11:14 – 12:22 Romans 13:1-7a Ever feel like your world was giving way under you, where everything you depended upon was collapsing? If not, do you believe a time like that is coming to a proud America? How do we ride out sudden destruction and calamity when it…
Category: Klug’s Korner
Good News! God is Good!
Shelach L’chah – Send for yourself Numbers13:1 – 15:41 Joshua 2:1-24 Hebrews 3:7-19 The state of our world – its cultures, societies, marketplaces, educational institutions, economies, and governments all appear to be going from bad to worse. Families have fallen apart and have become dysfunctional and unhealthy. We wonder how anything or anyone good can…
The Moon and the Menorah
Beha’alotcha: In your going up – lighting up; When you kindle B’midbar (Numbers) 8:1 – 12:16 ZekharYah (Zechariah) 2:10 – 4:7, I Corinthians 10:6-13 The sun had set and the skies were darkening. After a delightful Shabbat, Leslie and I enjoyed a large, full moon rising in the east, softly lighting up the darkened landscape. …
Why Make the Vow?
Naso – Elevate, Lift up; Paleo Hebrew meaning: Life support Numbers (B’midbar) 4:21 – 7:89 Judges (Shoftim) 13:2-25 Acts (of the Holy Spirit) 21:17-26 In today’s world, vows don’t mean much anymore. It’s too common to find spouses who refuse to acknowledge and uphold the vows they made with each other on their wedding days. …
Power and Purpose for Pentecost
Shavuot – Weeks, Pentecost Exodus 19:1 – 20:26; Leviticus 23:15-21; Deuteronomy 14:22 – 16:17 Ezekiel 1:1-28; 3:12 Acts 2:1-12; 37-41 Whether you believe he’s controlled opposition or a true-blue patriot, Tucker Carlson has encouraged millions to speak the truth, even when strongly opposed by the powers that be. Tucker testifies that speaking the truth only…
Seated Together in Heaven
B’midbar (Numbers), In the Wilderness Numbers 1:1 – 4:20 Hosea 1:10 – 2:22 I Corinthians 12:12-20 For most believers in the Messiah, heaven is a place we’ll all fly away to in the sweet bye and-bye. That seems to be what we first think about when we hear or sing about heaven. There certainly is…
Bigger Than Any Mountain
Behar, On the Mount; Bechuqotay, In My Statutes, Customs (gathering together on Shabbat and the festivals are customs of the people of YHWH our Elohim) Vayiqra (Leviticus) 25:1 – 27:34 YirmeYahu (Jeremiah) 32:6-27; 16:19 – 17:14 Luke 4:16-21; John 14:15-21; 15:10-12 Sometimes I feel so small and the mountains I face seem so insurmountable. My…
Don’t Profane, Proclaim the Name!
Emor, (Say, Strength from the Headwaters) Vayiqra (Lev) 21:1 – 24:23 Yechezqel (Ezekiel) 44:15-31 Kefa Alef (I Peter) 2:4–10 Ever need to stop by a friend’s house, but they didn’t want you to come? Why would that be? Because they’d be embarrassed if you saw their place. But then because of an urgent matter you…
When Death Was Arrested
Acharei Mot, After the Death and Qedoshim, Holy Ones Vayiqra (Lev) 16:1 – 20:27 Ezekiel 20:2-20; 22:1-19; Amos 9:7-15 Romans 3:19-28; 9:30 – 10:13,Galatians 3:10-14 Matthew 5:33-48, 15:1-11; I Peter 1:13-21 The greatest fear people face in life is the fear of death. There is no escaping its inevitability. Forces of evil manipulate even young…
What’s the Hang-up?
Tazria, She conceived, & Metzora, Cleansing the Leper Vayiqra (Leviticus) 12:1 – 13:59; 14:1 – 15:33 Melekim Bet (II Kings) 4:42 – 5:19; 7:3-20 Matthew 8:1-4, 9:20-26, 11:2-6; Mark 5:24-34 Have you ever felt hung up and don’t know how to get down and get moving in life? Does anyone have to be held up…