Creation, F-SP, God's Plan, Love, Old Testament, Purpose, Identity, Torah
Charles Blair
Identity | Walking in Good Works: Understanding ...

There's a fascinating progression in Ephesians 2 that captures the essence of our relationship with God's Torah (Instruction) and "good works."

Identity | Walking in Good Works: Understanding Our Divine Purpose
Creation, F-SP, God's Plan, Jesus, Purpose, Sin, The Name
Charles Blair
THE GOSPEL OF THE NAME: God’s Purpose from the ...

From the beginning, God created humanity to bear His Name and fill the earth with His glory. Rebellion profaned it—from Eden to Babel to Israel’s failure.

Through Yeshua, the perfect Image, that Name is restored and exalted above all. The Gospel announces: God’s original purpose is fulfilled—His dwelling with us forever (Rev 21:3).

THE GOSPEL OF THE NAME: God’s Purpose from the Beginning
Appointed Times, Personal
Charles Blair
A Yom Kippur Surgery: God's Promises For Life's ...

Today, on Yom Kippur - the Day of Atonement when God covers and makes whole - I enter the operating room …

A Yom Kippur Surgery: God's Promises For Life's Greatest Battles
Charles Blair
Teshuva For Beginners

In the book of Revelation, Yeshua speaks directly to seven assemblies. … They remain God’s warning and invitation to His people today

Teshuva For Beginners
Appointed Times, God's Plan, Holidays, Jesus, Passover, The Lord's Feasts, Pentecost, Shavuot
Charles Blair
FROM FIRSTFRUITS TO PENTECOST — THE PROMISE ...

This is not merely the conclusion of a counting of the omer (Lev 23:15-16) ; it is the culmination of covenant. The Torah was given at Sinai on this same day, fifty days after Israel’s deliverance from Egypt. And now, the Spirit is given on the same day, fifty days after our Passover Lamb, Yeshua the Messiah, was raised from the dead.

FROM FIRSTFRUITS TO PENTECOST — THE PROMISE FULFILLED

In The Beginning - The Gospel Truth!

In The Beginning - The Gospel Truth!

The most important words you may ever read are those found in Scripture's sentence.

"In the beginning...", are found in Genesis 1:1.

 Immediately these words build anticipation and create perspective. What will we learn from the beginning? Why is the beginning important for us to know, so important that it must come first?

 The answer is, to develop a First-Sentence Perspective for our relationship with God.

 To fully grasp the meaning of "In the beginning...", we must understand the context and original audience. When God began to write down His story, He chose these words of all the words he had available to Him. Tell us far more than we usually understand. It is these seven Hebrew words, and the creation narrative that quickly follows, that help us make sense of everything else in life: Where did we come from and what are we meant to be?

Putting God in Perspective - In The Beginning God ...

Putting God in Perspective - In The Beginning God ...

Opening with the first verse of Genesis, this blog post unpacks the deep meaning and far-reaching implications of the declaration "In the beginning God ...." It analyzes how this first sentence systematically dethrones pagan gods by establishing the Lord as the sole Creator. The article explores how Genesis 1 counters nearby creation myths and reorients Israel's perspective of God's supreme authority. It also shows how the opening book of the Torah establishes the groundwork for comprehending humanity's rebellion and God's redemptive plan through a covenant people. The author highlights intertextual links of this First-Sentence Perspective, noting how New Testament writers pick up the threads back to the beginning of Scripture and center Christ as the fulfillment of its unified narrative.

Built to Last: Life on a Solid Rock Foundation

Built to Last: Life on a Solid Rock Foundation

JESUS' FIRST-SENTENCE PERSPECTIVE

Here is what might seem to be a ridiculously obvious statement: Jesus was focused first and foremost on God!

Even though you might think you already know that don't dismiss it too quickly.  I'm not saying that Jesus had a pet project and He thought it might be cute to put God's name on it.  That's how we do it. It is absolutely and unequivocally not what Jesus did.

 
 

LOOKING AT scripture from a first-sentence perspective.