Light In Torah

Today, Saturday 4/4/26, many will celebrate the day that Yeshua was visibly seen risen from the grave (John 20:1; Matt. 28:1–10; Luke 24:1–10)! The day after His resurrection, Yeshua would be out ministering to the doubts of His disciples, helping them realize that He is alive and that the purpose of His resurrection would be catalyzed by their lives. For the disciples closest to Yeshua and those who stood at a safe distance away, it was a time of doubt. The enemy was in hot pursuit. They were fearful for their lives, but just at the God-appointed time, their salvation appeared.  Does that sound vaguely familiar? It should. Earlier this week, on the day after Passover—the 15th of the first month—the natural-born Israelites and those who joined them through the blood of the Lamb exited Egypt and headed toward the sea. In just a few days, during the Feast of Unleavened Bread, Pharaoh would not be happy that he let the Israelites go; he felt betrayed, and he was hot (Ex. 14:5–9). Mose...

Growing up, I loved to color. I used to darken the lines with my crayon and make sure my interior colors never went past the boundary line. When I was very little, I was not very good, but with age the skill improved. Life growing up was always about boundaries, separations, and distinctions. Now that I am older, I see that life is not so distinct with separations, but rather transitional—something we are all in. Job references this when he says in Job 38:19: "Where is this, the way light dwells; and where is the place of darkness?" (Job 38:19) It is a simple statement, isn't it? Are the boundaries—the lines of separation—easy to distinguish? Do you remember when you learned to color in a coloring book? On the pages, you learned that objects were created by imaginary lines that must be filled in to give them substance. Those lines represent boundaries between the "form" of an object and the rest of the world. Is that reality, or is that just in coloring books? C...