America’s founders were vitally aware of two competing realities. On one hand, as ourDeclaration of Independencedeclares, “All men are created equal,” an expression of the biblical fact that “God created man in his own image” (Genesis 1:27). At the same time, they knew that as fall...
Deuteronomy 16:15– For seven days you shall keep the feast to the LORD your God at the place that the LORD will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you will be altogether joyful. Gentle Deuteronomy 32:2 M...
He shared, and indeed created, their delusion. He said in so many words, ‘this generation shall not pass till all these things be done.’ And he was wrong. He clearly knew no more about the end of the world than anyone else.” It is certainly the most embarrassing verse in the ...
King David was given authority to rule over all Israel; you rule over all mankind. In fact, God has seated you at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, all power and dominion [9]. Out of your magnificence and perfection, you’ve prepared heaven for ...
Many of the Jews and ancient Christians believed that the Sun was created on March 25th. It is assumed that when God created the Sun to “separate day from night” (Gn 1:14), this separation was equal. This only occurs on two dates throughout the year—the two equinoxes in the ...
But when considering the individuality of each created being, coupled with their complexities and, at times, irrationality, to say nothing of their will, God is still able to work “all things according to his counsel and will” (Eph. 1:11), and to do so without controlling and manipulatin...
God didn’t ad lib creation. His intentions didn’t change halfway through the week nor even after Adam was created. God programmed a drive to accomplish Adam’s first assignment into the very genetic code of mankind, both men and women. Men are driven to provide for and protect their wi...
The very first verse in the Bible presents G-d's diversity as a plural being. It declares: "In the beginning G-d created the heaven and the earth." Yet instead of the singular Eloah for G-d in the Hebrew, the plural Elohim, is used. It literally means "In the beginning, G-ds ...
xvii. 45, where "Yhwh Ẓeba'ot" is interpreted as denoting "the God of the armies of Israel" (comp. Josh. v. 13-15; Isa. xiii. 4). The word, apart from this special use, always means armies or hosts of men, as, for example, in Ex. vi. 26, vii. 4, xii. 41, while ...
“I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, and He came up to the Ancient of Days and was presented before Him. And to Him was given dominion, glory and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations and men of every...