We’re Going to Israel!
This is it! Today Fran and I are headed to Israel! It’s her first time, and my first time in 25 years. I didn’t think it would be this long but it just never worked out to go. But now is the time.
This is it! Today Fran and I are headed to Israel! It’s her first time, and my first time in 25 years. I didn’t think it would be this long but it just never worked out to go. But now is the time.
If someone asked you the question, “What is the Bible?” what would you say. Of course, the short answer would be to hold up your own copy and say, “It’s this.” But the long answer could be longer than the Bible itself.
Here’s the thing about Rabbit Holes: no matter what medium they inhabit, it’s the stories they tell that make them powerful.
When Yeshua quotes the Tanakh, his central message is often not so much in the actual words he says, as in the passage he is referring to. This is not to say that Yeshua being misleading or disingenuous–every word he says is true–but that there is deeper meaning available for those who familiarize themselves with the Bible of Yeshua’s day. And I believe this is the case with the temple-clearing scene.