Have you ever wondered why Jesus sometimes seemed so miracle shy?

I have.

But in reading Matthew 11 and 13, Jesus actually answers this question for us, though it is admittedly an indirect answer. He’s actually trying to protect us.

Let me explain…

This episode digs deeper into “epachynthe” (meaning ‘calloused’) in Matthew 13:15.

“For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’

But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.” (Matt. 13:15-17-NIV)

Matthew 13:15 – Ἐπαχύνθη γὰρ ἡ καρδία τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου

Every casual bible reader knows that the Philistines were the archetypal enemies of Israel, but what fewer know is what eventually happened to the Philistines.

Well, at the very least I didn’t know until very recently.

Let me explain…

This episode digs deeper into “wenisar” (meaning ‘But He Who Remains’) in Zechariah 9:7.

“I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. I will take away the blood from his mouth,

And the abominations from between his teeth. But he who remains, even he shall be for our God, and shall be like a leader in Judah, and Ekron like a Jebusite.” (NIV)

Zechariah 9:7 – ז והסרתי דמיו מפיו ושקציו מבין שניו ונשאר גם הוא לאלהינו והיה

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• Aaron Woodard for Graphic Design

• Dave Allam of Allam House for advanced audio techniques: sound.allamhouse.com

• Bible Hub for Greek / Hebrew hypertext links

God is slow. There’s something about slowness that God treasures (and we do not).

Let me explain…

This episode digs deeper into “peripaton” (meaning ‘walking’) in Mark 6:48.

“Jesus saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he went out to them, walking on the lake.” (NIV)

Mark 6:48 – ἔρχεται πρὸς αὐτοὺς περιπατῶν ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης

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SDG Morgan’s Substack: sdgmorgan.substack.com

Thanks to:

• Aaron Woodard for Graphic Design

• Dave Allam of Allam House for advanced audio techniques: sound.allamhouse.com

• Bible Hub for Greek / Hebrew hypertext links

God wanted to do something, but he had to wake up the spirit of his people first.

Just as He did in the very beginning The Spirit did what He always does. He hovered over things, stirring them, waking them up, bringing them to life. This time it was Israel, and this time the Spirit decided to use the voice of Haggai.

The people needed to be woken up because they were weary, so weary. Why?

Let me explain…

This episode digs deeper into “wayyaar” (meaning ‘So He Stirred Up’) in Haggai 1:14.

“So the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of the whole remnant of the people. They came and began to work on the house of the LORD Almighty, their God.” (NIV)

Haggai 1:14 – יד ויער יהוה את רוח זרבבל בן שלתיאל פחת יהודה ואת רוח

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When is a name more than a name?

Isaiah 7 tells about the time Isaiah took his son to meet the king, but it wasn’t a social call. This wasn’t take your child to work day.

His son’s name, Shear Yashub - meaning “A remnant will return”, was already a promise to all of Israel, it was a living letter to continuously remind everyone who spoke it that no matter how evil and faithless Israel would become, nothing would ever make God abandon this people who had already abandoned him. Every time Isaiah spoke his son’s name, it reaffirmed that no matter what, a remnant would return. Nothing and no one on earth could alter that.

But Isaiah chose to bring his son with him on a deadly serious day, in dangerous times to give a solemn warning.

Let me explain…

This episode digs deeper into the prophetic name “Shear Yashub” (meaning ‘A Remnant will Return’) in Isaiah 7:3.

“Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out, you and your son Shear-Yashub, to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.” (NIV)

Isaiah 7:3 – ג ויאמר יהוה אל ישעיהו צא נא לקראת אחז אתה ושאר

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Jesus left his home, and came to tabernacle with us. He left his home so we could have a home in him. But during his ministry he had no home, or as he put it: “the birds have nests and the foxes have dens," but he had no permanent home.

However he should have had a home, even then. Why?

Let me explain…

This episode digs deeper into “kataskenosis” (meaning ‘nests’) in Matthew 8:20:

“And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” (NIV)

Matthew 8:20 - Αἱ ἀλώπεκες φωλεοὺς ἔχουσιν καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατασκηνώσεις

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SDG Morgan’s Site: http://www.sdgmorgan.com

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SDG Morgan’s Substack: sdgmorgan.substack.com

Thanks to:

• Bible Hub for Greek / Hebrew hypertext links

• Dave Allam of Allam House for advanced audio techniques: sound.allamhouse.com

Did you know the disciples got depressed?

The two disciples who fled Jerusalem toward Emmaus were discipled by Jesus himself. These two no doubt healed and cast out demons just like all the other 70 did. They were sufficiently strong in their faith to follow Jesus into the lion’s den, to go into Jerusalem with him. But despite all Jesus’ many warnings, they just weren’t prepared for his death, and it shattered their hope in a way they hadn’t anticipated. After such an onslaught their souls were deeply wounded and where the text says their “faces were downcast” and the ancient Greek here connotes that they were severely depressed, anxious, and mentally shattered.

Perhaps Luke left the identity of the one of these disciples vague on purpose, because at some point in our walk with Jesus, most of us will be hit by a barrage so overwhelming that it decimates all our hopes and dreams and we too will duck our head down and go running for cover.

Let me explain…

This episode digs deeper into “Skythropoi” (meaning ‘downcast’) in Luke 24:17

“He [Jesus] asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?”

They stood still, their faces downcast.” (NIV)

Luke 24:17 – Τίνες οἱ λόγοι οὗτοι οὓς ἀντιβάλλετε πρὸς ἀλλήλους περιπατοῦντες;” Καὶ ἐστάθησαν σκυθρωποί.

Psalm 19 contains echoes of the many nights the shepherd David took a moment of rest from watching the landscape vigilantly for predators, and looked up to study the stars. At first glance, surely the young shepherd only saw the same old stars scrolling slowly past, night after night, year by year.

But for God to make a shepherd into a king, one of the lessons He had to impart was to train the boy to look beyond first glance, to look beneath, to dig deeper to find the truth to search for a revealing…

This episode digs deeper into “Yehawweh” (meaning ‘a revealing’) in Psalm 19:2

“Day after day the Heavens pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.” (NIV)

Psalm 19:2 – ג יום ליום יביע אמר ולילה ללילה יחוה-דעת

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1-davids-revelation/id1736427843?i=1000650342824

Psalm 19 contains echoes of the many nights the shepherd David took a moment of rest from watching the landscape vigilantly for predators, and looked up to study the stars. At first glance, surely the young shepherd only saw the same old stars scrolling slowly past, night after night, year by year.

But for God to make a shepherd into a king, one of the lessons He had to impart was to train the boy to look beyond first glance, to look beneath, to dig deeper to find the truth to search for a revealing…

This episode digs deeper into “Yehawweh” (meaning ‘a revealing’) in Psalm 19:2

“Day after day the Heavens pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.” (NIV)

Psalm 19:2 – ג יום ליום יביע אמר ולילה ללילה יחוה-דעת

Links:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1-davids-revelation/id1736427843?i=1000650342824

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZhwpf5DavE

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