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What Does it Mean to Be Set Apart?

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When you hear “be holy,” what do you feel? If we’re honest, for most of us, it sounds like pressure. Heavy. Maybe even impossible. Like it’s this unreachable standard, like we’re supposed to climb a spiritual mountain without slipping once. But the more I soak in the ancient Scriptures, the more I realize… holiness was never meant to be a crushing weight. It was meant to be a mark of belonging. A sign of love. A sacred kind of difference. A difference that tells the whole world: This one is Mine . It all starts with a strange, beautiful word in Hebrew: קָדוֹשׁ ( qadosh ) . That word is deep. We translate it as “ holy ,” but it doesn’t just mean “morally pure” or “sinless.” It means something far more visceral: set apart , distinct , cut away from the ordinary . Think of something taken out of everyday use and reserved for something sacred. It’s like… a vessel in the Temple, made of normal material, maybe, but it becomes sacred the moment it’s dedicated to God. Holiness is about use...

Blasphemy by Redefinition

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From the very start, God Almighty’s Word, dabar ( דָּבָר ), is no ordinary “word.” It’s a living, breathing power. When Elohim said “ Yehi or ”, “Let there be light”, it wasn’t just chit-chat. It was a divine decree that shook the void and birthed light out of darkness. That same dabar runs through every chapter of Torah, from Genesis to Malachi. It’s God’s voice, His will, His power rolling out like thunder, moving mountains, parting seas, raising the dead. And here’s the kicker: Yeshua (Jesus, from the greek)... He IS the Word, the Logos (λόγος), the perfect dabar made flesh ( John 1:1 ). So when words get twisted, it’s not just some harmless game. It’s an attack on life itself. Remember that serpent in Eden? “Did God really say...?” He twisted the verb amar ( to say ) into a weapon. Suddenly, the perfect commands of God look suspicious, restrictive, like some cosmic killjoy party pooper. The enemy’s game plan is as old as time: hijack God’s words, spin them till they’re un...

The Beautiful Attitudes of Yeshua

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Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ( Matthew 5:3 ) This is where it all begins. Not with fire from heaven, not with parables, not with healing, not with judgment. It begins with a sentence that may feel almost offensive to religious pride: “Blessed are the poor in spirit.” Let’s take a moment to slow down. The word blessed here is from the Greek makarioi ( ma-KAH-ri-oy ) , and we cannot afford to water this down. It does not simply mean “happy,” “lucky,” or “favored” in the casual sense. Makarios describes a state of being that is spiritually full, completely satisfied, regardless of circumstances. In ancient Greek, it was used to describe the “gods”, entirely above worldly worry, untouched by lack, living in a fullness that no one else could reach. Yet Yeshua used it to describe people who did not feel holy, powerful, or even worthy. He said that those who are makarioi , blessed beyond the reach of this world’s chaos, are the poor in spirit . ...

The Scapegoat of Leviticus

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  When we come to Leviticus 16 , we aren’t just reading instructions, we’re entering danger. This chapter doesn't begin with a rulebook; it begins with a funeral. It opens with death echoing through the priesthood: “ Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the LORD and died.” , Leviticus 16:1 Nadav and Avihu had offered esh zarah , strange fire , before YHWH. They were sons of the High Priest, consecrated, dressed in holy garments, serving in sacred space. But one step outside God's boundaries and they dropped, dead. Not because God was cruel, but because holiness is lethal when touched in impurity. The holy doesn’t tolerate contamination. So when God speaks to Moses here, it isn’t a casual update, it’s a warning. And verse 2 is the flashing light: “ Tell your brother Aaron not to come at just any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark, lest he die.”, Leviticus 16:2 In ...

The Wilderness Speaks

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There is something strange about the way God works with His people. He does not lead them from mountaintop to mountaintop, He leads them from Egypt into the desert. He calls them out of bondage and then, instead of taking them directly into a land flowing with milk and honey , He brings them into sand and silence. That is not a mistake; it is a pattern. God does not rush the heart or the soul, and He does not hand freedom before the heart is ready to receive it. He waits, He guides, and He shapes. Sometimes the place of promise is not where the journey ends, but where it begins to form you. And Yeshua, same path. Immediately after being baptized and hearing the voice of His Father declare, “This is My beloved Son,” the Spirit does not lead Him to the synagogue or the city gates, the Spirit leads Him into the wilderness. The exact same wilderness, dry, cracked, and empty on purpose. Why? Because it has never been about the dryness; it has always been about what happens there . The tes...

Left-Handed Ehud

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 Ohhh, Ehud! Now that is a story worth grabbing some popcorn for. And not the microwave kind. This one's sharp, sneaky, and soaked in irony and guts (literally). So let’s dive straight into Judges 3 , around verses 12–30 , and take this apart like Ehud took down Eglon. Israel had sinned. Again. Shocker. So the Lord allowed them to be oppressed by Eglon, king of Moab, for 18 long years. Eighteen. That’s a whole generation growing up under foreign rule. But when they cried out (the Hebrew word there is za’aq , which means a loud, anguished cry for help), God didn’t ignore them. He raised up a deliverer. Enter: Ehud . Now here’s where it gets good. Ehud is introduced as the son of Gera, a Benjaminite , which is hilarious because the name “ Benjamin ” means “son of the right hand.” But Ehud? He’s left-handed!  The Hebrew here is itter-yad yemino , which doesn’t just mean he preferred his left hand—it literally says his right hand was “ restricted ” or “ bound .” Some scholars ...

Unadulterated Satan

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Unadulterated Satan: What the Pulpit Is Preaching Is Not God YOU will know if this is for you by the content.  You will also know if it's NOT for you by the comment. Let God guide your heart.  and this time, LISTEN.  The first thing that must be confronted is that not everything said in a pulpit is from God. Just because a man stands behind a podium and opens a Bible doesn’t mean he speaks with the breath of the Ruach Elohim —the Spirit of God . There is another spirit at work in this world, and yes, it has infiltrated churches and synagogues and turned them into dens of vipers. Paul warned of this very thing in 2 Corinthians 11:13–15: “For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness.” The Greek word for masquerade or disguise here is metaschematizō —meaning ...

The Handwriting on the Wall

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  מנא מנא תקל ופרסין Are We Ignoring Warnings from God? There’s a story in the book of Daniel that’s short, powerful, and honestly, a little scary. Not scary like a horror movie. But scary like looking in the mirror and realizing you’ve been ignoring something important. Maybe even ignoring God. It’s the kind of story that makes you stop mid-sentence, mid-thought, mid-life, and go, “Wait, What?... Is that about me too?” It happens in Daniel 5 , deep in the middle of a wild party. A king named Belshazzar, ruler of the great empire of Babylon, is throwing a drunken banquet. And this isn’t just a feast; it’s a mockery. In the middle of the wine and laughter, he calls for the gold and silver cups that were stolen from the temple in Jerusalem, the ones meant for worshiping the living God. He hands them out like party favors, raising them in a toast to false gods made of gold, silver, wood, and stone. It’s the ultimate disrespect. Like saying to God, “You don’t matter. I’ll do what I wa...

Faithful Prayer

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  FAITHFUL PRAYER What does it truly mean to pray in faith? Not as some present-day slogans suggest, but as Scripture demonstrates, when people spoke to God and heaven responded, not due to volume or force, but because they trusted Him profoundly. Faithful prayer always begins with God, who He is, what He has declared, and what He has done. This is what the people of Scripture held onto. They did not pray as if they could control God. They prayed because they trusted God’s emunah ( אֱמוּנָה , faithfulness , steadfastness, loyalty ). They prayed knowing that whether God answered with “yes,” “no,” or “wait,” He remained trustworthy. Take Hannah . She was barren, heartbroken, and prayed “in bitterness of soul” ( 1 Samuel 1:10 ). The Hebrew word for bitterness here is ka’ah ( קָעָה , deep anguish ). Her lips moved without sound, and Eli mistook her for a drunk. Hannah said she had “poured out her soul” ( nafshi shafati , נַפְשִׁי שָׁפַתִּי , to pour out freely, like water ). ...