The Scribe and the Sword
The Scribe and the Sword - by Myron Humble
LAUNCH DAY SEPT 22, 2025 - (5786 Shanah Tovah)
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Heb 4:12 - For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Ezek 21:4-5 - will cut off the righteous and the wicked… my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh… That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.
John 1:1-14 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
The Scribe and the Sword is set during Yeshua Mashiach’s ministry in Israel. The Scribe, Samuel like many was caught in the encounter with Yeshua, and his knowledge of the Scriptures, the Word of the Living God, are as a sword piercing his inner being.
"I was aware of someone nearby and turned to see Philip watching. He looked at me with a deep sadness in his face. “What have we done, Samuel?”
“We–We–” I could not answer him with a smart retort. It would not come. I found I could not speak. Finally, “We have gotten rid of a blasphemer, Philip.” A sharp pain pierced my bowels, that sword and I felt queasy. I tried to ignore it, “What do you think we have we done? I did not see you at the council.”
“I was in the court, and I witnessed the, ah, trial. We appear to have killed our Moshiach.”
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I felt a flash of anger as I glared at him. “Philip, if you were there you heard him. He claimed to be God, not the son of God! God himself. Does that…” I pointed at the specter on the cross, “look like God to you?”
I stared at Yeshua hanging on the cross and the mob all around us screaming all manner of insults. The priests and many of our colleagues, the scribes were at the forefront.
Yeshua cried in a loud voice, praying, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.”"
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Treasures
Treasures - by Myron Humble
Published November 23 2024, 276 Pages
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Michael's high school years begin full of hope and no fears. His experience during the summer opens new worlds to him as he discovers he can reach his dream. He sets out to fulfill his dream of flying. His ambition runs into interference as he faces off with bullies and bigots. His mother warns him about laying up treasures on earth and encourages him to seek the Lord, but as he faces down every challenge, his pride grows.
His greatest foe is not from without. Warnings from his mother about pride fall on deaf ears and Michael believes he has no need of religion or God. His pride leads him to make serious mistakes in judgement. His hunger for acceptance from his peers in high school led him to take risks. Michael's high school experience Is far from normal and he falls into great danger from increasingly violent bullies. Finally He comes face to face with the claims of God that he can no longer ignore.
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Treasures Synopsis:
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.”
“Pride goes before destruction…”
Michael is a youth with dreams of being a pilot. During the summer before he enters Junior high school, he encounters a aerobatic pilot and a flight instructor and is encouraged to learn.
 During this summer a black girl, a student from his class and she helps him to pass summer school and awakens him to social issues like racism, and he is troubled by his own prejudices.
For the next two years as he enjoys success in his dream and even causes his peers and the school to address racism among the school staff. He becomes proud and when he causes a local bully to flee the township his ego grows. He even begins a friendship with a girl he admires.
His mother warns him about his pride and urges him to trust in Jesus. But he is too focused on his dream and his own wants, and in his pride, he ignores her. He causes her heartache when he declares he has no need for God and claims he has done fine without him.
His pride leads him to make bad decisions, and he loses everything, his dream, his girl, his friends, and he thinks, his mother’s love.
Pursued by the thugs he thought he had vanquished, ‘the demons he cast out’, return to torment him. Stripped of everything and alone he discovers the greatest Treasure is not on Earth.
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