The book of Judges mentions the angel of the LORD 14 times, in chapters 2, 5, 6 and 13. Most of those fall into the two most prominent of those listed in Judges, Gideon and Samson. Not coincidentally, the young goat also appears in both accounts, further cementing the angel of the LORD as the Continue reading

I mentioned in the last installment that I would begin to examine the cases of Gideon and Samson after a brief rundown of the goat in the law, but I came to realize the conflict that might arise in the mind of the believer over the implications of this section and the length of the Continue reading

Perhaps no verse is as enigmatic and puzzling as the command, “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.” It appears 3 times in scripture, with its first appearance in Exodus 23:19, with the entirety of the verse being, “Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Continue reading

In the last installment, we examined the sun/goat character as being the main character of the seals, entering his earthly life in the first seal, the subsequent consequential events of his lifetime and his (first) death in the sixth seal fulfilling his promise to the saints under the altar in the fifth seal, finally reaching Continue reading

In the last installment, we examined the dream of Joseph in Genesis 37. In it, we see the sun, moon and stars bowing to Joseph. One thing that this does, is place Joseph as a type for Jesus who is part of the Godhead. The second thing this does is to show that the character Continue reading

In the last installment we were examining the interaction between Jacob and an unnamed stranger. During the encounter, the stranger asks Jacob his name and after responding, Genesis 32:28 states, “Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome.” Continue reading

In todays installment, we look at a strange encounter in Genesis 32:22-32 between Jacob and an unknown man that leads to a physical altercation. “That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. After he had sent them across Continue reading