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:...
The Psalmist expressed this attitude in Psalm 39:5: Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, and my age is as nothing before You; certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. iii. The ancient Greek word for short is “sustello,” meaning “contracted and rolled up, as...
A Psalm of David. 138 I will praise You with my whole heart;Before the gods I will sing praises to You.2 I will worship toward Your holy temple,And praise Your nameFor Your lovingkindness and Your truth;For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.3 In the day when I cried...
· 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. Slandered:“Used elsewhere of the ‘bad report’ about his brothers that Joseph brought to his father (Genesis 37:2), of slanderous stories of plots against the righteous (Proverbs 10:18; 25:10; Psalm 31:13; Jeremiah 20:10), and of unfavorable (and faithless) reports resulting from...
(for oaths are made use of by holy men in both the Old and New Testament,Genesis 21:23,24;24:3;26:28;1 Kings 17:1-2;2 Corinthians 1:23;Galatians 1:20; and the use of an oath is permitted and approved of by God himself,Psalm 15:4;Hebrews 6:16) but such oaths are false, ...
e.Above it stood seraphim: Surrounding the throne of God are angels known here asseraphim. In many other passages, these angels are known ascherubim(Psalm 80:1;Isaiah 37:16;Ezekiel 10:3) or as theliving creaturesofRevelation 4:6-11. This is the only chapter in the Bible where these cr...
this spiritual suffering – the act of being judged for sin in our place – was what Jesus really dreaded about the cross. This was thecup– the cup of God’s righteous wrath – that He trembled at drinking (Luke 22:39-46,Psalm 75:8,Isaiah 51:17,Jeremiah 25:15). On the cross Jes...
i. Thelightmentioned here isn’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 wor...
ii. “Healing throughout the Old Testament has a mixture of spiritual and physical applications. Sometimes healing is specifically equated with forgiveness (e.g.Hosea 14:4;Isaiah 53:5,57:18-19;Psalm 41:4); at other times it relates to physical healing (e.g.Genesis 20:17;Numbers 12:13;...