Grace in the Eyes of the LORD Hermeneutics teaches that a word’s meaning can be defined by examining the context of its first mention in Scripture. This is known as the “law of first mention.” With that in mind, let’s...

The Moedim The Jewish people are unparalleled in culture and tradition — especially when it comes to times of festivities. All throughout the year, the Jewish holidays (moedim) abound. These days and weeks with major significance to the people of...

Hebrew Word for Bread The Hebrew word for bread is “lechem” (לָ֫חֶם). It may sound familiar because of the name Bethlehem - or Beit Lechem, meaning "House of Bread". But is it connected to the meaning of the Bread of...

The Last Supper and Passover Jesus shared a Passover meal with his disciples in what Christians call “the last supper”. It was an important holiday on the Jewish calendar, so it was natural for the Messiah and His disciples to...

This year, 2024, as Christians mark Holy Week to prepare for Easter (Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday), Jews are celebrating Purim. Calendar convergence of the two holidays is quite rare. Yet prophetic parallels do exist in this highly unusual overlap....

The story of Queen Esther, recorded in the book named after her, revolves around the deliverance of Israel while in Persia. Many are familiar with the story of Purim, the holiday commemorating the salvation. But there is also an underlying...