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Intimate Moments with the Hebrew Names
of God
Written by: Dr. Barri Cae Mallin and Shmuel Wolkenfeld Format: Softcover, 5 x 7 An invaluable reference of the many descriptive Hebrew Names of God. Inspirational meditations for intimate moments with God. Discover the wonder and glory of the nature of the Creator, as portrayed in these intimate meditations of God's names in the original Hebrew. Beautifully and poetically written with the ancient Hebrew characters, this book is both a work of inspiration and encouragement, as well as a comprehensive reference of the numerous descriptive names of God.
I was raised in a traditional Jewish home. My father was raised Orthodox, my mother was reform so they raised us children reform. I was raised with moral values and the importance of our Jewish traditions, but there was no emphasis on prayer to God. I was taught that Yeshua was not the Messiah, that He was not born of a virgin and that He was not resurrected. In 1980, at lunch with two business associates in my cousins' deli in Dallas, TX, the president of the firm told me that he was a Messianic Jew. I said, " A what?" as I had never heard that term. He called himself a born again Jew. I asked if that had similarity to the place that had a cross, a Star of David and a fish thing out in front (I later found out that was Zola Levitt's office.) They said yes and I asked them to tell me about it. Over lunch, Larry, the business owner shared his testimony, and recited Isaiah 53:6 “All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him.” Immediately, in my spirit, I knew that Larry was referring to Yeshua. He also recited Ps. 22:1 when Yeshua said, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” All I can tell you is at that moment, I was born again, my spirit was born from above. The Holy Spirit enabled me to know that what those men were telling me was the truth. I asked him, "What do I do about my family?" He replied, Yeshua said, “Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God who will not receive many times as much at this time and in the age to come, eternal life." (Luke 18:29-30) My life was forever changed in the deli. I walked into that deli on the way to hell and I walked out of the deli on the way to heaven. Yeshua truly made me Kosher. We went back to their office, they lent me a Bible and prayed for me. I got into my car and said to God, "God, I believe this but I am from Missouri, the “Show me” state, show me this is true about Yeshua. God began to do for me that which I could never do for myself. He showed me His will for my life. He picked me up and turned me around, He pulled me out of the quicksand onto solid ground. When I told my mom about my faith, she begged me not to tell my father, which I did not do for many years. I did not live near them, and I never sensed the opportune time, but one day I picked up the telephone and told him. Initially he was intrigued, but later hated my faith. He had me go in and speak to his Conservative/Orthodox rabbi in Kansas City, the Rabbi and I agreed to disagree. One year after salvation, my oldest brother Scott had been going through some hard times, a job layoff found him in Iowa with no car, no means home. I asked him if there was a Bible in the hotel, he asked me "Old or New?" and I replied, "Both." He asked me if I was a believer, and he replied back, "Me too, I accepted Yeshua seven years ago at a huddle meeting of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes!" We both cried and rejoiced. Having my brother Scott as a believer has been one of the greatest gifts God has ever given me. My second brother, Mickey, just came to faith in Jesus last year, another great gift! |
Dr.
Barri Cae Mallin is an online adjunct professor for Grand Canyon
University, Crown College and Ashford University. In addition, she is an
adult Sunday School teacher at Mount Paran Church of God, Atlanta
Georgia, focusing on the Jewish roots of our faith in Yeshua, Jesus the
Messiah. She is also the President of Maasay Yahdav, the Works of His
Hands, Inc., a humanitarian organization established to support the work
of God in Israel. Dr. Mallin earned a B.A. in Psychology from Stephens
College, Columbia, MO, an M.B.A. from Amberton University, Garland, TX,
and a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Trinity Theological Seminary,
Newburgh, IN. Theological persuasion: Jewish believer/Church of God
Pentecostal.