and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.2The fear and dread of you shall rest on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the air, on everything that creeps on the ground, and on all the fish of the sea; into your hand they are delivered.3Every...
The Hebrew word for rain (מָטָר, "matar") is often associated with God's faithfulness in sustaining life. This phrase underscores God's role as the provider and sustainer, contrasting the people's ingratitude and forgetfulness of His continuous care and provision. both autumn and...
"Not that there is oblivion or forgetfulness with God, but then God is said to remember when he showeth by the effects that he hath taken care of man" (Willet). He remembers man's sins when he punishes them (Psalm 25:7; cf. 1 Kings 17:20), and his people's needs when he ...
Hermes, theGod of Wisdom, known inEgypt, Syria, and CanaanasTHOTH. The commonest symbolic forms ofThoth’sattendant, the dog-headed(hominid) APE. In the Judgment Scene of theBook of the Deadthe dog-headedAPE (Āān)is seated on the top of the beam of the Balance in which the heart...
I.GOD'S SERVICE AND GLORY MUST TAKE PRECEDENCE OF EVERY OTHER CONSIDERATION. The surviving priests were to leave the mourning and the funeral arrangements to their brethren. The bereavement is not to interfere with their priestly service and consecration. God asserts his claims as paramount. "He...