(Psalm 103:21). The Lord, their commander, was known to the Hebrews as the "Lord of hosts." There appears to have been some sort of spiritual hierarchy among them. Thus the messenger who instructed Joshua was a self-described "commander of the Lord's army" (Jos 5:14-15), although ...
The bubble of the Logos is even bigger than the bubble of the universe. In the age in which the Bible was written, people had no idea about a law behind reality, and had to be patiently explained that this law can be known (Exodus 33:13, Psalm 119:33, John 14:14-15), that it...
The literary Jesus is the truth (John 14:6), which is why the sum of God's word is truth (Psalm 119:160) and in Jesus are all the treasures of knowledge and wisdom (Colossians 2:3). The reality of Mary Truth is not a statement but a realm, a theatre of operation. Truth can'...
160 The entirety of Your word is truth (Psalm 119:160,NKJV throughout, unless otherwise noted). 14 Depart from evil and do good. (Psalm 34:14) 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8 For he who sows to his flesh will of t...
We find the same emphasis on the power of speech in Psalm 29: “The voice of the Lord is powerful… The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars… The voice of the Lord strikes with flashes of lightning… The voice of the Lord twists the oaks and strips the forests bare…” That’s pret...
Jesus’ cry of the Psalm would have been of a suffering Savior facing death for the most noble cause. This was different than most people’s notion of God. For them, God was unkillable. Here, God has become truly vulnerable for the sake of his creation and now the moment of deat...
who is often viewed as a shepherd leading the flock through dark times, a reference to Psalm 23. As Melzer noted, in-person references to God are never “tongue in cheek” (Melzer,2012, p. 13) but are reflections of sincere belief. “God bless” is almost always used in reference to...
Number of the man, as a numeral symbol of his gestation (nine months). Number symbolizing the nocturnal and terrestrial things, for the Aztecs. Number of the hierarchy, represented by nine choruses of the Angels. Represent the three divine manifestations in the three plans: world of the spiri...
Everett Fox gives the following summary and aftermath of the story of Samuel’s call, emphasizing that it was no coincidence that the book began with the account of the prayer of Samuel’s faithful mother Hannah and that her psalm of praise summarizes what will become major themes throughout ...
33 Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear. 34 “For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says [Psalm 110:1] himself: ‘The Lord said to my Lord,...