Language evolves in all kinds of ways and a few centuries ago even English sounded quite different than it does today. We may be able to read Shakespeare the way he wrote it, but we would have a hard time following one of his plays it we could eavesdrop on the night it premiered. So...
In the Dead Sea Scrolls, the meaning of the words “Holy Spirit” (spirit of holiness) varies as well, from a lifelong presence within a person that sin defiles to the spirit of holiness that cleanses new members of the community. While in the New Testament the expression “Holy Spirit”...
The elementary school here was also the one time in my life that I’ve ever said the n-word. During a 4th grade discussion of a book we’d read for class which took place in the rural south shortly after the Civil War, I wanted to know the meaning of the one word I hadn’t und...
In past generations, there have been many who have resisted the moving of the Holy Spirit. In the middle ages, for example, there was a fresh wind of the Spirit to restore the truth ofJustification by Faith.This moving of the Holy Spirit resulted in a large community of evangelical Believe...
"are convinced that the birds which the Israelites ate in such numbers were only clouds of locusts, and they laugh at those translators who suppose that they found quails where quails were never seen." Rudbeck (Ichthyol. Bibl. Spec.i) has argued in favor of theselavmeaning "flying-fish,...
and where those are who most merit blissful existence; a history of creation; prayers to Padmapani, and the advantages of frequent repetition of Om Mani; the meaning of that sacred sentence; an account of the figurative representations of Padmapani, and of his images, which represent him with...
9 Learn to Read Biblical Hebrew Through the process of Hebraic studies, you will want to dig deeper into the meaning of specific words and phrases. At this point the purchase of a Hebrew Bible and a Hebrew Lexicon will be helpful. There are several different kinds of Hebrew Bibles. The ...
The short meaning is a state of being "just as if I had never sinned." That is being made holy like ALHYM is holy (1 Pe 1:15-16) How can I be like this? This is a big mystery, but only a mystery until we know. The Jews had come to believe that it was by keeping the ...
There is also a well known “80/20 Rule” in relation to Alpha and Beta males meaning that 80 percent of males are Beta and 20 percent are Alpha. Tomassi states in “Transactional vs Validational Sex” that “Alpha Fucks and Beta Bucks could better be described as Alpha Seed and Beta ...
Being a proverb (like, “A stitch in time saves nine”), the “meaning,” the use of the statement is taken from the circumstance. So a “stitch” in time might refer to patching a pair of pants. It might refer to properly servicing a rocket or someone’s health. [6] God had ...