Yes, our Lord was a Jewish Rabbi. He was not a Christian minister as most of us like to think. He was a Rabbi, a Jew in His tradition and religion, not simply from which ethnic group he belonged, or …
Esther, and 4 coincidences
Esther 6:1, On that night the king could not sleep. This verse sounds very simple, on that night the king could not sleep. A coincidence, an accident that seemed to just happen. If only that night …
David and his 3 enemies
Enemy 1: overcoming (feeling of) rejection The first thing that became David's enemy was the rejection from within his own family. Born as the youngest of 7 or 8 brothers, 1 Samuel 17:12-14, 1 …
Samuel, the Last Judge
Why did God deliberately close Hannah's womb? This writing will discuss only the birth of Samuel, Israel's last judge (Acts 13:20), and the first prophet whom God used to anoint the first 2 kings of …
Gideon, overcoming fear
Fear. Everyone must have experienced it. How brave someone could be, fear must have been experienced. But fear is not just simply human nature, but also an evil spirit. If we would not overcome it …
Jacob, who was deceived
Ya‘akov (Hebrew), Jacob, James (English), Yakub, Yakobus (Indonesian) are the names that refer to the following figure we will talk about here. He was born as a second child and was called Ya'akov …