Two Things Have I Heard (Part 4 – The Greek & Hebrew Scriptures)

Introduction

Welcome to Torah Today Ministries and the final episode of our mini-series called “Two Things Have I Heard.” This is based upon Psalm 62:11 which says, “One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard.” It’s the principle that when God speaks forth something, he speaks it forth in stereo, a left channel and a right channel. This can be pictured by the menorah (מְנוֹרָה) pattern, the source of light in the tabernacle, which for every arm on one side, there’s a balancing arm on the other. And we find in the scriptures that the truths God speaks, he speaks forth in pairs of examples, of occurrences, of similar words, phraseology — we just find it throughout the Bible.

So in the introductory teaching, the part one of this series, we just gave some examples of this. But in part two, we looked at examples found only in the Hebrew scriptures. In part three, we looked at examples found only in the Greek scriptures, the New Testament scriptures. And in this final episode, we’re going to look at some examples of where one part is found in the Old Testament scriptures and the other corresponding part is found in the New Testament scriptures.

So, let’s just get started. For our first example, let’s think of some old couples in the Bible who became first-time parents in old age. There are a number of unusual and odd births in the Bible. There’s two sets of twins that are born. There’s a case of someone being born to a virgin. But there are two elderly couples in scripture to whom were born sons. And of course the one example is Abraham and Sarah back in Genesis. And we find the pertinent parts in Genesis chapters 18 and 21. The couple in the New Testament is Zechariah and Elizabeth, the parents of John the Immerser.

Now if you compare these stories, and I’m only going to do a few bits of each story, just enough to get you started — your homework is to take what we start here and just continue and dig in more and find more parallels. But you’ll remember that in the story of Abraham and Sarah, when the angels came and announced that they were going to become parents, Abraham believed but Sarah doubted. But in the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth, Elizabeth the wife, the mother, is the one who believed but Zechariah is the one who doubted.

Now Zechariah was struck with dumbness. He could not speak. Because of his lack of faith, the angel Gabriel made him mute to where he could not talk until the birth of John. And then once again he could speak.

And what’s also interesting is in the story of Abraham and Sarah, when Sarah expresses her disbelief in this prophecy that she’s going to become a mother, we don’t hear her speak again for three chapters. She doesn’t speak again in the narrative in Genesis until chapter 21 after Isaac is born.

A similarity between the two stories is in both cases the sons, Isaac and John, are named by God. The parents didn’t pick the names. They were named by God himself before their birth.

Genesis 17:17

And with Abraham the father, when he found out that his wife Sarah was going to give birth to a son, he was, as I mentioned, filled with joy. And we find this in Genesis 17:17:

Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, “Shall a child be born to a man a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” — Genesis 17:17

So he’s just filled with joy. Now you may be wondering, well, wait a minute — Sarah laughed and she was rebuked about it. When she was told to become a mother, she laughed and was rebuked. Well, the sages tell us that the reason Sarah was rebuked was not because she laughed, but because she didn’t laugh enough. Abraham laughed because he was filled with faith. He was rejoicing. He was happy. He was thrilled. And he fell on the ground laughing out loud.

Luke 1:11–12

But what happened with Zechariah? In Luke 1:11 and 12, it says:

“And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him and fear fell upon him.” — Luke 1:11–12

Another difference is Abraham was outside when he received the news. Zechariah was inside. He was in the temple. He was offering incense at the time that he received the news that his wife Elizabeth was going to give birth.

So here are some examples. So when you take the two stories, a story of the birth of Isaac and the birth of John the Immerser, put them side by side, we begin to see the whole new picture, a third story emerges. And of course, Isaac is very much a picture of Yeshua (יֵשׁוּעַ), the Messiah.

And that brings us to another comparison. We see in the scriptures two beloved sons offered up by their fathers.

Genesis 22:2

The first story of course is in Genesis 22 when God appears to Abraham and tells him, “Abraham, Abraham.” He says, “Here I am.” And he tells him in Genesis 22:2:

“Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love.” — Genesis 22:2

You could put there “your only begotten son Isaac.” Now let me pause there for a moment. Some of you are going to say, “Well, wait a minute. Didn’t Abraham father Ishmael through Hagar years earlier?” And yes and no. Abraham was not the father of Ishmael. Abram was the father of Ishmael. When Abram took Hagar as a wife and fathered Ishmael, his name was Abram. But here it’s Abraham. And God says twice to him, “Abraham, Abraham.” He says, “Hineni (הִנֵּנִי), here I am. Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love.”

The first occurrence of love right there in Genesis 22:2. First time the word love appears in the scriptures. And “go to the land of Moriah (מוֹרִיָּה).” There’s a mountain — Moriah might be a better way to pronounce it — and “offer him there as a burnt offering,” or actually as an olah (עֹלָה) is the Hebrew term used, “on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”

John 3:16

Now with Yeshua (יֵשׁוּעַ), it tells us in John 3:16 that:

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only son.” — John 3:16

Abraham gave his only son out of love for God. God gave his only son out of love for the world.

And we’re also told in Genesis 22, “And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering.” So the thing that his son would be laid on, the wood for the offering on the altar — he took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac, his son.

John 19:16–17

Well, what’s the parallel to this with Yeshua (יֵשׁוּעַ)? Well, we read in John 19:16 and 17:

“So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. So he took Yeshua and he went out bearing his own cross.”— John 19:16–17

So as Isaac bore the wood up the mountain upon which he’d be sacrificed, Yeshua (יֵשׁוּעַ) bore the cross up the mountain upon which he would be sacrificed.

2 Chronicles 3:1

What’s also interesting is that both of these events took place in the same location. God told Abraham, as we just read, “Go to Moriah (מוֹרִיָּה), to the mountain I will show you there.” And Yeshua (יֵשׁוּעַ) was crucified in Jerusalem. There are some controversies exactly where in Jerusalem he was crucified, but it was in Jerusalem. Well, what’s interesting is that we learn in 2 Chronicles 3:1:

“Then Solomon began to build the house of Adonai (אֲדֹנָי) in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah (מוֹרִיָּה) where Adonai (אֲדֹנָי) had appeared to David his father.” — 2 Chronicles 3:1

Genesis 22:14

One other thing that I find fascinating is, as you know, in the story of Abraham, as Abraham was about to plunge the knife into Isaac’s body and kill him, an angel stops him, tells him, “Don’t hurt your son, for now I know that…” and he goes on. And it says then in verse 14:

“So Abraham called the name of that place Adonai Yireh (יְהוָה יִרְאֶה) — ‘Adonai (אֲדֹנָי) will be seen.’” — Genesis 22:14

Now, some translations render that “Adonai (אֲדֹנָי) will provide.” That’s not as literal as “Adonai (אֲדֹנָי) will be seen.” And I’m not going to get into all that. I’m tempted to get into it all right now. I’m going to let you sort that out and maybe we’ll get into it more in another teaching. It says, “Adonai (אֲדֹנָי) will be seen, as it is said to this day, on the mount of Adonai (אֲדֹנָי), it shall be seen.”

John 8:56

Now, if we fast forward to John 8:56, Yeshua (יֵשׁוּעַ) is in an argument with some of the Pharisees and the some of the hypocritical leaders of his day. And he said to them:

“Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.” — John 8:56

This is amazing because Abraham — it seems that once the angel appeared and says, “Don’t harm Isaac your son,” it seems that the angel allowed Abraham to look into the future as to another only begotten son who’d be offered in that same place to remove the sins of the world. It’s almost as if God just allowed Abraham to peel back the curtain and let him see the future. And so Abraham calls the place “Adonai Yireh (יְהוָה יִרְאֶה) — Adonai (אֲדֹנָי) will be seen.” And then Yeshua (יֵשׁוּעַ) in Jerusalem says that Abraham longed to see my day and he saw it and he’s glad. Fascinating.

Again, the whole purpose of our exercise here is to see that God speaks one thing, we hear two. So God speaks redemption through an only begotten son into the world. But we see it in two events. We see it pictured by Abraham the father who loved his only son Isaac and was willing to offer him up to complete the blood covenant that he had made with God. And then in the same location, thousands of years later, we see another father gave his only begotten son out of love for Abraham, for his children, and for all of us in the world. And he gave his son to bring real redemption and forgiveness of sins. It’s an amazing picture when you take the two and put them together.

Numbers 19 & Revelation 17:3–7 — Two Red Animals

Two red animals. You find two red animals in scripture. Now true, there is also the one of the horses of the apocalypse — one of the four horsemen is riding a red horse. But there are two major animals that are prominent in scripture. And one of them we just read about in a recent Torah (תּוֹרָה) portion and that of course is the red heifer, the parah adumah (פָּרָה אֲדֻמָּה). And the purpose of the red heifer was to cleanse from ritual impurity that is brought about by touching a corpse.

And when you read about it in Numbers chapter 19, God tells Moses to have a perfectly red heifer upon which no one has ever sat, no one has ever ridden, and there’s never been a bridle or a yoke put on this cow, this red cow. And you take it east of the camp — in temple times, this would be up on the Mount of Olives. And the cow is to be killed by a priest and its body, its blood, its dung, its skin, everything is to be burned completely. They also throw some cedar and some crimson yarn into the fire. And after it’s completely burned, then the ashes are gathered, the ashes will be mixed with water. And then when someone is made ritually impure by touching a dead corpse — I guess that’s the only kind of corpse there is, isn’t it? — they become ritually impure, but when it’s sprinkled on them, the ashes of the red heifer, they become ritually pure.

Revelation 17:3–4

But over in Revelation, we read about another red beast that is just completely the opposite of the red heifer. And this, of course, is the red beast. And we read about it in Revelation chapter 17. In verses 3 and 4 it says:

“And he carried me away in the spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast.” — Revelation 17:3

Now, the red heifer could never have a yoke on it. It could not be ridden on. But here, this red beast is carrying someone on its back.

“Sitting on a scarlet beast, it was full of blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.” — Revelation 17:3–4

So everything about this beast and the woman who’s riding on it is blasphemous. It’s adulterous. It’s impure.

Revelation 17:6–7

And then if you go on down to verses 6 and 7, it says:

“And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the holy ones, the blood of the martyrs of Yeshua. When I saw her, I marveled greatly.” — Revelation 17:6

In other words, John was awestricken by this — something. There was something magnificent, something about this vision that was just — it was awesome. It was just incredible. In fact, the King James says not that he marveled greatly, but was filled with great admiration.

“But the angel said to me, ‘Why do you marvel? Why are you filled with awe? Why are you filled with admiration? I’ll tell you the secret of the woman and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her.’” — Revelation 17:7

And then the angel goes on to reveal how they are going to be destroyed.

So on the one hand, we see a very lowly, humble animal. It’s a cow. It’s red, but it’s a cow. And yet it brings purity through its death. Purity is brought to those who come in contact with its ashes. But here we see a beast with a woman dressed in scarlet and purple riding on it, full of abominations, full of impurities. And she brings the impurity to the world as long as she’s living. She brings impurity through her life. The red heifer brings purity through its death.

Two fascinating stories. When you put them side by side, there’s more to discover. So do that. Go back and forth and see what other comparisons, similarities, and contrasts that you find. And then you get a very full picture of the difference between living a pure life, a righteous life, and an impure sinful life.

Exodus 19–20 & Acts 2 — Two Pentecosts

Let’s go on to one more. When you mention Pentecost to a believer, they think right away of Acts chapter 2 when after the ascension and the disciples were gathered and for days of waiting for the day of Pentecost to come and then they’re all together — and Acts chapter 2 does not happen in an upper room. We somehow picture it up in an upper room. It was in the house of the Lord. It was in the temple. That’s where people were commanded to go during this pilgrimage feast.

There are three pilgrimage feasts on the biblical calendar. There’s Passover in the spring. Then 50 days later, there is Shavuot (שָׁבוּעוֹת). Shavuot (שָׁבוּעוֹת) means “sevens” or “weeks” because there are 49 days, seven weeks. Then on the 50th day is Shavuot (שָׁבוּעוֹת). And then in the fall there is a third pilgrimage feast and that of course is Sukkot (סֻכּוֹת), the Feast of Tabernacles. So on these three times a year the men of Israel were commanded to go to Jerusalem to celebrate and feast before the Lord. There are three feasts, only three feasts in the biblical calendar, and those are the three — spring, summer, and then the fall.

So we tend to think of Acts chapter 2 as being the first Pentecost, the first Shavuot (שָׁבוּעוֹת). But what were they celebrating? What — why did they go to Jerusalem 50 days after Passover to celebrate? Well, the Jews had been celebrating Shavuot (שָׁבוּעוֹת) for hundreds of years before Acts chapter 2. And the event they celebrated on Shavuot (שָׁבוּעוֹת) was the giving of the Torah (תּוֹרָה) at Mount Sinai. So the first Pentecost is back in Exodus chapters 19 and 20. When you get up to Acts chapter 2, you’re now hundreds of years later where they’re still celebrating Pentecost or Shavuot (שָׁבוּעוֹת).

Exodus 19:16

So here are some things. Let’s just read a few bits about the Shavuot (שָׁבוּעוֹת) in Exodus. And we’ll read starting with Exodus 19:16:

“On the morning of the third day, there were thunders and lightnings and thick cloud.” — Exodus 19:16

Now, third day — they were told to make a boundary, to cleanse themselves and get themselves ready over a period of three days, but it had taken them almost 49 days after leaving Egypt to make it to Mount Sinai and get themselves ready for the special day that God’s going to speak to them from the top of Mount Sinai.

“And there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast so that all the people in the camp trembled.” — Exodus 19:16

So there was a lot of noise.

Acts 2:1–2

Now in Acts chapter 2, verses 1 and 2, it says this:

“And when the day of Shavuot (שָׁבוּעוֹת) arrived, they were all together in one place and suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.” — Acts 2:1–2

So this would be the temple where they’re at. So it’s sitting — they wouldn’t sit in the temple but where they were dwelling at that time, they were there waiting to celebrate. So at Sinai it says there’s the blast of the shofar (שׁוֹפָר). So there’s wind. God’s breath is coming through the shofar (שׁוֹפָר) with this loud noise. We also see wind here in Acts chapter 2 and a lot of noise.

Exodus 19:18

Now back in Exodus 19:18 it says:

“Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because Adonai (אֲדֹנָי) descended on it in fire.” — Exodus 19:18

Acts 2:3

Well, in Acts 2:3 it says:

“And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them.” — Acts 2:3

So on the apostles’ heads, flames of fire appeared. Now this is really interesting. When God spoke about Mount Sinai, the fire was on the mountain. But now after the crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension of Yeshua (יֵשׁוּעַ), on this Pentecost, God’s fire rests upon the heads of the apostles. There was fire on one mountain. Now there’s fire on twelve apostles.

Acts 2:4, 8

Now at Sinai, God was about to give his Ten Commandments and begin to speak forth the stipulations of the covenant. But now he’s going to speak through the voices of the apostles. And it says that when the apostles spoke, this is in chapter 2:4 and then 8:

“And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.” — Acts 2:4

And then the people, the Jews who had come in from around the known world, were listening to them speak and they said:

“How is it that we hear, each of us, in his own native language?” — Acts 2:8

So they’re all speaking, but each of these Jews who’d come in from all kinds of areas and countries around Jerusalem where different languages are spoken, they all could hear them speaking their own native language.

Well, believe it or not, according to the Jewish writings, though it’s not recorded in the Torah (תּוֹרָה), it’s recorded in the Midrash Rabbah (מִדְרָשׁ רַבָּה) and in other places, it tells us that when God spoke from atop Mount Sinai, the mixed multitude, the mixed multitude from all these different countries that came out of Egypt along with the Jewish people, they all heard God speak at Mount Sinai in their own language.

Let me read the quote to you. This is from the Midrash Rabbah (מִדְרָשׁ רַבָּה), or what you might call Shemot Rabbah (שְׁמוֹת רַבָּה), the Midrash Rabbah on the book of Shemot (שְׁמוֹת), of Exodus. So it’s Exodus Rabbah, chapter 5, section 9. Rabbi Yochanan said, quote: 

“The sound went forth from God and split into 70 sounds, i.e., into 70 different languages, in order that all the nations would understand what was being said. Furthermore, each and every nation heard the sound of God’s voice in its native language.”

Isn’t that incredible? That’s just amazing to me. Now, why 70? Well, if you go back earlier in Genesis after the flood, we come to a genealogy of Noah’s three sons, then their sons and their sons’ sons. And it gives us like a picture of how the world was populated. And what you’ll see there is that Noah’s sons fathered 70 different nations. There were 70 people groups. And at the Tower of Babel, each of these people groups got their own language. But then when God calls Abraham, he makes a 71st nation. And that’s the nation of Israel. So when it talks here in the Midrash Rabbah (מִדְרָשׁ רַבָּה) about being in 70 languages, it’s a reference to the 70 original people groups that came out of Noah and his three sons.

1 Kings 6:20 & Revelation 21:16 — Two Cubes

Let’s go to one last one. I love this. There are two cubes in the scriptures. Two cubes. They’re easy to miss. But the first one is the Holy of Holies. Now, in the description of the tabernacle, we’re given the width and length of the Holy of Holies. And later though, in Solomon’s temple, we’re given the width and length and the height. And this is what it says in First Kings 6:20:

“The inner sanctuary — this is the Holy of Holies — was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. And he overlaid it with pure gold.” — 1 Kings 6:20

So, the Holy of Holies was a perfect cube. Now, where is the other perfect cube?

Revelation 21:16

Well, let’s go over to the New Testament scriptures to the very end of Revelation, chapters 21 and 22. And in chapter 21, we read about the new Jerusalem descending out of heaven from God as a bride adorned for her husband. This is the new Jerusalem. This is the bride and it’s coming down out of heaven. It comes down to the new earth. And in verse 16, it says:

“The city is laid out in a square, its length equal to its width. With his rod, he measured the city at 1,500 miles, with length, width, and height the same.” — Revelation 21:16

One thing God spoke, two things have I heard. In the Hebrew scriptures, he speaks forth the description of the Holy of Holies. And we see its width, length, and height are the same. And this is where God’s Shekinah (שְׁכִינָה) glory would dwell. This cube, this cube in space, this is the place where God’s presence on earth was focused, where it was concentrated. It was a place from which God spoke.

When we come to the end of the scriptures, it’s as if we see Messiah and his bride dwelling in the new city, the new Jerusalem. And the new Jerusalem itself has now become a Holy of Holies. It’s as if the entire world has become God’s house. But the Holy of Holies is where his presence is concentrated, where he and his bride dwell together in unity, in oneness. What an incredible picture of such joy and purity and holiness.

Matthew 5:13 — The Bridge Between the Two Cubes

But there is one more cube that’s a bridge between these two. And we find this cube in Matthew 5:13, where Yeshua (יֵשׁוּעַ) there giving his sermon, he looks out over his followers and says:

“You are the salt of the earth.” — Matthew 5:13

And there’s the cube that bridges the two we’ve just mentioned. You say, “Well, Grant, what are you talking about?” Well, let me show you what a salt crystal looks like. Salt is sodium and chloride, these two elements. And when sodium and chloride combine to make salt, this is what the atoms combine like. And they always form a crystal that, as you’ll see here, is a perfect cube. And if you look at a natural salt crystal under a microscope, as you can see here, it is a cube. Here you can just see the top, but in some of these, you can see some of the top and some of the sides. There’s a better one right there. So, they make a cube. Salt crystals are a natural cube.

So when you think about it, in the tabernacle and then in the temple, God’s presence was focused into a cube called the Holy of Holies. And there’s a day coming when there will be a new heavens and a new earth. And the new Jerusalem will descend. The bride of Messiah will descend as a bride adorned for her husband, as a perfect cube. And there we dwell together in this massive Holy of Holies, 1,500 miles on a side.

But in between, each of us is an imperfect little cube. We are the salt of the earth. And each of us can be a little Holy of Holies, a little tabernacle of God’s presence here in the world. But oh, what an amazing day will be when we’re all gathered together and without spot or wrinkle, without any chips and worn edges and cracks in our crystalline structure, we will all be holy and pure and restored to the pristine glory and holiness that God wants his bride to be and which he’s going to make his bride to be. What a day that is.

So, anyways, I hope you’ve enjoyed this little series. Two things have I heard. And again, if you haven’t listened to the previous teachings in this series, I hope you go back and listen to them. And don’t hesitate to go to the link at the bottom of the video, go to our website, and drop me a line of some new insights that you find. And maybe down the road we’ll add a fifth episode to this series made up of the insights that you all discover and send in to me. How does that sound? So please do your homework, study, and there’s so much to discover in God’s word and I look forward to hearing from you. So until next time, I wish you shalom (שָׁלוֹם) and may God bless.

Teaching Material

Key Pairs Explored in This Episode

• Two Elderly Couples Become Parents — Abraham & Sarah (Genesis 18, 21) paired with Zechariah & Elizabeth (Luke 1). Abraham believed / Sarah doubted vs. Elizabeth believed / Zechariah doubted. Both Sarah and Zechariah were silenced. Both sons — Isaac and John — were named by God before birth.
• Two Beloved Sons Offered by Their Fathers — Abraham offering Isaac (Genesis 22) paired with God offering Yeshua (יֵשׁוּעַ) (John 3:16). Both sons carried the wood/cross of their sacrifice up the mountain. Both events occurred at Moriah (מוֹרִיָּה) / Jerusalem. Genesis 22:2 contains the first occurrence of “love” in Scripture. Abraham named the place Adonai Yireh (יְהוָה יִרְאֶה), “Adonai (אֲדֹנָי) will be seen,” and Yeshua (יֵשׁוּעַ) declared Abraham saw his day and was glad (John 8:56).
• Two Red Animals — The red heifer / parah adumah (פָּרָה אֲדֻמָּה) (Numbers 19) paired with the scarlet beast (Revelation 17). The red heifer could not be ridden or yoked; the scarlet beast carries a woman. The red heifer brings purity through its death; the scarlet woman brings impurity through her life.
• Two Pentecosts / Shavuot (שָׁבוּעוֹת) — The giving of the Torah (תּוֹרָה) at Mount Sinai (Exodus 19–20) paired with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2). Both events featured loud sounds, wind, and fire. At Sinai, fire was on the mountain; at Pentecost, fire rested on the twelve apostles. At both events, all nations heard in their own language — confirmed by the Midrash Rabbah (מִדְרָשׁ רַבָּה), Shemot Rabbah (שְׁמוֹת רַבָּה) 5:9, which records God’s voice splitting into 70 languages at Sinai, corresponding to the 70 nations descended from Noah.
• Two Cubes — The Holy of Holies in Solomon’s Temple (1 Kings 6:20), a perfect cube of 20 cubits, paired with the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:16), a perfect cube of 1,500 miles. Between these two stands the “salt of the earth” (Matthew 5:13) — salt crystals are natural cubes, making each believer a small Holy of Holies, a tabernacle of God’s Shekinah (שְׁכִינָה) presence in the world.

Hebrew Word Studies

• Menorah (מְנוֹרָה) — “Lampstand”; the seven-branched candelabrum and symbol of balanced revelation throughout this series. — Strong’s H4501 · Sefaria: Menorah
• Olah (עֹלָה) — “Burnt offering; that which ascends”; the type of offering Abraham was commanded to make of Isaac on Mount Moriah. — Strong’s H5930
• Moriah (מוֹרִיָּה) — “Chosen by Yah”; the mountain where Abraham bound Isaac and where Solomon later built the Temple (2 Chronicles 3:1). — Strong’s H4179
• Adonai Yireh (יְהוָה יִרְאֶה) — “The LORD will be seen / will provide”; the name Abraham gave to the place on Mount Moriah (Genesis 22:14). — Strong’s H3070
• Hineni (הִנֵּנִי) — “Here I am”; the response of readiness spoken by Abraham when God called him to offer Isaac. — Strong’s H2009
• Parah Adumah (פָּרָה אֲדֻמָּה) — “Red heifer”; the red cow used for purification from corpse-impurity (Numbers 19). — Parah — Strong’s H6510 · Adumah — Strong’s H122 · Sefaria: Parah Adumah
• Shavuot (שָׁבוּעוֹת) — “Weeks”; the Feast of Weeks / Pentecost, celebrating the giving of the Torah at Sinai and the outpouring of the Spirit in Acts 2. — Strong’s H7620 · Sefaria: Shavuot
• Sukkot (סֻכּוֹת) — “Booths/Tabernacles”; the fall pilgrimage feast. — Strong’s H5521
• Shofar (שׁוֹפָר) — “Ram’s horn trumpet”; sounded at Sinai when God spoke to the people. — Strong’s H7782
• Torah (תּוֹרָה) — “Teaching, instruction, law”; God’s divine instruction given at Mount Sinai and paired in this teaching with the outpouring of the Spirit. — Strong’s H8451 · Sefaria: Torah
• Shekinah (שְׁכִינָה) — “Divine presence”; God’s manifest glory dwelling among his people. In this teaching, the believer as “salt of the earth” becomes a small cube of God’s Shekinah presence.
• Midrash Rabbah (מִדְרָשׁ רַבָּה) — “The Great Midrash”; classical collection of rabbinic commentary on the Torah (תּוֹרָה). Shemot Rabbah (שְׁמוֹת רַבָּה) 5:9 records God’s voice splitting into 70 languages at Sinai.
• Shalom (שָׁלוֹם) — “Peace, wholeness, completeness.” — Strong’s H7965

Scripture References

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• Psalm 62:11 — “One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard”
• Genesis 17:17 — Abraham laughs at the promise of a son in old age
• Genesis 18:10–15 — Sarah laughs at the promise; “Is anything too hard for the LORD?”
• Genesis 21:1–7 — The birth of Isaac; God names him before birth
• Genesis 22 — The binding of Isaac (Akeidah) on Mount Moriah (מוֹרִיָּה); first use of “love” in Scripture
• Luke 1:11–20 — The angel announces John’s birth to Zechariah; Zechariah struck mute for doubting
• Luke 1:57–66 — The birth of John; named by God before birth
• John 3:16 — God gives his only begotten Son
• John 19:16–17 — Yeshua carries his cross, as Isaac carried the wood of his sacrifice
• 2 Chronicles 3:1 — Solomon builds the Temple on Mount Moriah (מוֹרִיָּה)
• John 8:56 — “Abraham rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad”
• Numbers 19 — The ordinance of the parah adumah (פָּרָה אֲדֻמָּה), the red heifer
• Revelation 17:3–7 — The scarlet beast and the woman who rides it
• Exodus 19:16–18 — Thunder, lightning, fire, and the shofar (שׁוֹפָר) at Mount Sinai
• Exodus 20:1–21 — God speaks the Ten Commandments from Mount Sinai
• Acts 2:1–8 — The outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost / Shavuot (שָׁבוּעוֹת); tongues of fire, every nation hears
• 1 Kings 6:20 — The Holy of Holies: a perfect cube of 20 cubits
• Revelation 21:16 — The New Jerusalem: a perfect cube of 1,500 miles
• Matthew 5:13 — “You are the salt of the earth”

External References & Further Study

• The Binding of Isaac (Akeidah) — Sefaria: the Akeidah and its significance in Jewish thought
• Shemot Rabbah 5:9 — God’s Voice in 70 Languages — Sefaria: the midrash recording God’s voice splitting into 70 languages at Sinai
• Shavuot / Pentecost — Hebrew4Christians: the Feast of Weeks and its dual fulfillment
• Sukkot / Feast of Tabernacles — Hebrew4Christians: the fall pilgrimage feast
• The Menorah — Jewish Encyclopedia: the lampstand and its symbolism
• Torah Today Ministries — Home of Two Things Have I Heard and other Torah-centered teachings