It was set with jewels (Zec 9:16) and was light enough to be taken into battle (2Sa 1:10). (3) Coronation. The ordinary use of the crown. There were three kinds of kingly crowns used in coronation services: (a) The nezer or consecration crown, above referred to, was the only ...
/ “On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you. Treasury of Scripture Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which you have, that no man take your...
Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him. Treasury of Scripture From now on there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: ...
Paul is warning thatwe face the same dangers –particularly if we becomecomplacent;as he points out in 1 Corinthians 10:12“Thereforelet him who thinks he standstake heed lest he fall.”
This dear child, the blossom of so many hopes, — hard is it to see him die — to fold all our expectation in his little shroud, and lay it away forever. We thought it had been he who should have comforted and blessed us, –in whose life we could have retraced the cycle of our...