Cancellation of debts became a common royal practice in the old Babylonian period. Hammurabi, who was the Babylonian king early in the second millennium BC (around 1800 BC … dating varies), is believed to have founded the basic principle of ruler-mandated debt cancellation in the renowned Code of Hammurabi. Debt cancellation was one of Hammurabi’s […]

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Generally speaking, parables are stories that convey spiritual and Biblical truths. While our Lord often spoke in parables, His parables were unique in that they were not to be hidden to those with eyes to see and ears to hear. Even the disciples, though, when they heard Yeshua speaking in parables, had to have Jesus […]

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It is not in any way an exaggeration to say that we human beings, every single one of us, have Almighty God, the Creator of life, to thank for everything good. Everything, as in every single last thing. Things like the air we breathe, the food we eat, the clothes we wear, the roof over […]

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If you work in a retail environment, you’ve already seen them—maybe as early as July, but certainly in August. Yes, you’ve seen the signs! I am referring, of course, to the signs of Christmas. [i] They’re all around you by now. It started with the arri…

Last time, we saw how the very first promise of the Messiah proclaimed Him to be the “Seed” of the woman (Gen. 3:15). But before we can go any further into understanding the characteristics of this coming Savior, we certainly must realize that He was a…