by Dr. Mike Evans | Feb 27, 2017 | Blog
The ‘Plish•tim’ is an ancient nation that historically was a bitter enemy of Israel (they are mentioned in the Bible as a nation 252 times and many more times in different references). The Philistines dwelt mainly in the south, but also in small settlements in...
by Dr. Mike Evans | Feb 27, 2017 | Blog
The source of this word is ceremonial and it has two explanations. The first is learned from the complete expression ‘to make a covenant.’ Actually, in Hebrew it is ‘to cut a covenant.’ The Hebrew root is ‘ba•ter’ (B.T.R) which means ‘to cut.’ That has to do with...
by Dr. Mike Evans | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog
‘Ri•bit’ is the word for interest we use today in the banking and financial fields. Unlike its biblical counterpart, the modern word is ‘cleaned up’ of disparaging and offensive connotations. It simply comes from the root words ‘har•beh’ and ‘rav,’ which mean ‘much’...
by Dr. Mike Evans | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog
There are many ‘last days’ prophecies in the Bible. The nature of the things to come vary from prophecy to prophecy. The non-specific references are prophecies of destruction and doom, while ‘a•cha•rit ha•ya•mim’ prophecies in the writings of the major prophets are of...
by Dr. Mike Evans | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog
The word ‘na•vi’ is one of two used in the Bible for a prophet. The other is ‘cho•ze,’ which is translated as ‘seer.’ The word ‘na•vi’ is a derivative of the root verb ‘bo.’ (The English phonetic transliteration of ‘bo’ fails to show the connection to ‘na•vi,’ but the...
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