In many other passages, these angels are known as cherubim (Psalm 80:1; Isaiah 37:16; Ezekiel 10:3) or as the living creatures of Revelation 4:6-11. This is the only chapter in the Bible where these creatures are named seraphim. i. Some deny that cherubim and seraphim refer to the...
· Since the ark of the covenant represented the presence of God among Israel, Yahweh was sometimes called Hewho dwells between the cherubim(1 Samuel 4:4,2 Samuel 6:2;1 Chronicles 13:6;Psalm 80:1,99:1;Isaiah 37:16). This was an earthly artistic expression of a heavenly reality (Hebre...
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i.Anointingthe sickwith oilis also mentioned inMark 6:13.Luke 10:34mentions the application of oil in a medicinal sense. “The efficacy of olive oil as a medical agent was well known.” (Hiebert) According to Burdick, the word foranointhere is not the usual one used in the New Testame...
ii. We must understand the Bible literally according to its literary context. For example, when David wrote in Psalm 6:6: All night I make my bed swim; I drench my couch with my tears… he used a poetic literary form. We understand he didn’t literally mean he cried so much that he...
David Guzik commentary on 2 Chronicles 7, where the temple is dedicated by God with fire from heaven, and by man with multiple sacrifices.
2. (3-6) God corrects Nathan’s hasty approval of David’s plan to build a temple. But it happened that night that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, “Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD: “You shall not build Me a house to dwell in. For I have not dwe...
d. They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed: It is appointed that those who are disobedient to the word should stumble over Jesus. i. When Jesus spoke of Himself as the stone of Psalm 118, He spoke of what those who rejected Him are appointed to:...
i. Destroyed is the very same word used for “striking down a tent.” One day, God will “strike the tent,” and we will each receive a new building from God, a place to live in through all eternity. ii. “Many people are in a great fright about the future, yet here is Paul ...
One of the most common Christian epitaphs from the catacombs was IN PEACE, quoting Psalm 4:8: I will both lie down in peace and sleep; for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety. We should look at death the same way those early Christians did. iii. Sadly, not all Christians ...