Hebrews 12:29 Meaning and Commentary Hebrews 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire. ] Either God personally considered, God in the person of Christ; so the Shechinah, with the Jews, is called a consuming fireF14. Christ is truly God, and he is our God and Lord; and though he is...
"Be thankful/give thanks" (NIV, NRSV), "have grace" (KJV) is charis, which has the basic meaning of "grace, graciousness." Here it refers to a "response to generosity or beneficence, thanks, gratitude."43 Service. "Worship" (NIV, NRSV) or "serve" (KJV) is latreuō, "serve," ...
Hebrews 12:9. That passage, John 6, concerning theeatingof Christ’s flesh and thedrinkingof His blood, is very emphatic; we must not however stretch the meaning of the words too far. For Jesus there (as He sometimes did against harsh gainsayers) used a metaphorical mode of expression qu...
Job 30:12 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain. Job 30:18 Hebrew; Septuagint power he grasps my clothing 約伯記 29-30 Chinese Union Version (Traditional) 29 約伯又接著說: 2 惟願我的景況如從前的月份,如神保守我的日子。 3 那時他的燈照在我...
For if we were created then our purpose and meaning in life is defined by God not by us. What constitutes moral and right behavior is determined by God to whom we much give an account on the day of judgement. Thus Ps 14:1 goes on to say of the atheist, "They are corrupt, their ...