t the normal ancient Greek word for light. It is a word used in the Septuagint inPsalm 44:3forthelightof Your countenanceand inPsalm 78:14forIn the daytime also He led them with the cloud, and all the night with alightof fire. Hodge observes, “The word therefore signifies the ...
Then a very simple man got up and began to recite the same Psalm. He wasn’t very eloquent, so at first people thought it was a little funny. But his presentation was straight from his heart, so when he finished the group sat in respectful silence. It was obvious that the simple man...
David Guzik commentary on 2 Chronicles 7, where the temple is dedicated by God with fire from heaven, and by man with multiple sacrifices.
i.Psalm 138:2reminds us that God honors His word even above His name. We never have to doubt any promise of God. Instead we shouldlet God be true but every man a liar(Romans 3:4). ii. For these reasons, God’s promises are bothexceedingly great(in the sense of being large and ...
iii. Psalm 119:128 says: Therefore all Your precepts concerning all things I consider to be right. With great confidence, the Psalmist proclaimed the inerrancy of God’s Word. It was right, not wrong; and it was right concerning all things. · When the Bible gives us history, it is rig...
· 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...
ii. “While God did not here employ the term covenant, what he revealed was one; and it is so designated subsequently (2 Samuel 23:5;Psalm 89:3,34;Psalm 132:11-12).” (Payne) b.He shall build Me a house: Though David would not build a temple for God, David’s descendant would...
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 ...
David Guzik commentary on James 5, where James rebukes the rich and gives a call for patient endurance in light of the coming judgment.
1:26), who would be beneath the angels in dignity (Hebrews 2:6-7a; 2 Peter 2:11), yet would be served by angels in the present (Hebrews 1:14; 2:7-8; Psalm 91:11-12) and would one day be lifted in honor and status above the angels (1 Corinthians 6:3; 1 John 3:2). Sa...