By no means should we count the teachings in Leviticus as obsolete – they are the word of God and had meaning then and have meaning to us today. We should remember that Jesus said He came to uphold the law and teachings of God, not make them obsolete. As long as we as believers to...
of Biblical literature. Historically, exegetes have recognized four levels of meaning in the Bible: the historical or literal, the allegorical, the moral, and the anagogical or mystical, putting emphasis on the necessity of a foundation for the latter three in the literal sense. —exegete,n....
More importantly, though, I like calling it the “Our Father Prayer” because the word “Father” carries with it an important meaning for those in Christ. It reminds us whom we’re praying to, and God’s title in prayer is not something to gloss over. We must first learn to pray Fat...
Saxer gives more attention to the rites associated with the catechumenate and the preparation for baptism than to baptism proper and the postbaptismal rites and provides little on the doctrinal meaning of baptism. The same ritual scheme for the nucleus of the baptismal rite may be discerned in...
The Greek word is “hilasterion” which means appeasing or expiating. Another meaning for the word propitiation can also be mercy-seat. Paul when writing to the Romans expounded on why the wrath of God would fall on all of mankind who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.He also makes th...
Its development is parallel with that of the Hebrew people, and its meaning at any period may be taken as significant of their relative position with regard to the surrounding nations. 1. While as yet the Jewish nation had no political existence, gôyim denoted generally the nations of the ...
so done this deed, 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.”...
to those who reject the dogma of the Trinity in its varying phases of a threefold or tri-personal Deity, whether three in substance or only in name and form, and who maintain the essential unity of God as Creator and Father, and the created nature and subordinate rank of Jesus Christ. ...
The Institutes of Biblical Lawhas as its purpose a reversal of the present trend. It is called "Institutes" in the older meaning of that word, i.e., fundamental principles, here of law, because it is intended as a beginning, as an instituting consideration of that law which must govern...
If any of these things are descriptive of your normal behavior, then you might just be a bitch.Most women while not liking the term “bitch”, will label other women as a bitch when they are talking just as women. Men sometimes tell other men to “Stop acting like bitch” – meaning ...