According to the language used, a rod can represent many different things. A tool for discipline (Proverbs 22:15;Exodus 20:21), for herding sheep (Leviticus 27:32), for cultivating herbs (Isaiah 28:27), but also when referencing the tribes of Israel (Psalm 74:2), and/or ...
The seraphim were also thought of as winged, and in Isaiah's vision they were stationed above the Lord's throne (6:1-2). They seemed to possess a human figure, and had voices, faces, and feet. According to the vision their task was to participate in singing God's praises antiphonally...
1 And YHWH spoke unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying: 2 'This month shall be unto you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you. Leviticus Chapter 23 24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: In the seventh month, in the first ...
liberty as democratic ideal and law as a tool to guarantee it, and the pursuit of literacy and wisdom as means to social cohesion, peace, prosperity and general bliss. The literacy that had once marked the servant class now marked the ruling class. Or in the words of Isaiah: "... and...
After the flood, Noah planted a vineyard (Genesis 9:20) and vineyards in the Bible serve to depict mankind as a collective, social, cultural and intellectual entity rather than a physical entity (Isaiah 5:1, Matthew 21:33-41; also see our article on the noun αμπελος, ampelos...
John the Baptist(the last Old Testament prophet) referred to Jesus as “TheLamb of God” (John 1:29,36).Lamb of Godis an Old Testament phrase referring to the sacrifices (Leviticus 4:32-35.Isaiah 53:4-12). Sin is a separator between man and our holy God, and in the Old Testament...
How many of us do this? How many of us “shout aloud and sing for joy”, as it says in the Canticle from Isaiah? Very few. That is because we are in exile, we haven’t arrived yet. And now we come to the nub of the matter. As Sarah bemoans her fate, Abraham turns to her...
(1) When Jehovah providentially sent the Babylonians to ravage the southern kingdom of Judah, Isaiah depicted the event as an invasion of the Lord himself (Isa. 13:2-5). (2) Christ warned the erring churches of Ephesus and Pergamum that if they did not mend their rebellious ways, he ...
12. Isaiah 65:17-20 “Anarcho-Preterism” is “the Gospel.”Let's start with the word "anarchism," which is even more offensive to most Christians than "preterism."In the Gospel of Mark, chapter 10 (see more below), Jesus discovers His disciples arguing about who is going to be the ...
The Bible touches on these same themes in Tubal-cain the Über-smith, Mephibosheth the crippled royal heir, and the Word of God as Great and Elaborate Shield (Genesis 15:1; see 2 Samuel 1:21 and 1 Samuel 17:38, and of course Isaiah 59:17 and Ephesians 6:11-17). Despite Pliny'...