As I am researching the reason for the writing of this psalm by David, I find that most historians place this writing of the psalm with the entrance of the ark coming into Jerusalem. The specific passage where the ark is prepared and brought into the City of David is2 Samuel 6 Right out...
It is a ground for thanksgiving that during the last three or four generations the people of God have given considerable attention to the prophecies of Scripture which treat of the future of Israel. The old method of "spiritualizing" these predictions, and making them apply to the Church of ...
It is NOT a name but a verb that describes, in this case, a state of being, and yes, ‘âlâh is a state of being. The word ‘âlâh, according to the Word Study Dictionary, is described as “A verb meaning to curse, or to put under oath. It is used in many ...
The primary question that needed to be answered was: what does “perfect” mean in this context? While I loathe going to the Greek to correct my Bible, I do not mind digging deep into my interlinear in order to determine the meaning of an ambiguous or confusing word or phrase. “Perfect...
(the prophecies before, during, and after our lifetime). This is because prophecies are dynamic; some have been fulfilled, while others remain to be seen. This idea is exemplified in a passage that describes a beast that “was” (past tense), “is not” (present tense), and “will ...
s love than that. Now John tells us that love is what God is. Love iswhoGod is. Of course God has all sorts of other characteristics like justice, mercy, grace, holiness, and so on. John is saying that love is more than simply a quality that describes God. Those other ...
Probably not. It would not have made the vision of all the kingdoms any more natural if he had. The remarkable language ‘showed . . . all . . . in a moment of time’ describes a physical impossibility, and most likely is meant to indicate some sort of diabolic phantasmagoria, flashed...
The book that reveals (Revelation) describes thecityand its foundations. John was allowed to see the city. He described this city as follows: 1.) It was bright with the Glory of God and appeared like a precious jewel: It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that ...
In the gospel this Sunday, Luke describes Jesus going to synagogue and reading from a scroll. It feels like the first act of a life of public ministry. Luke says that Jesus went to the synagogue that day “according to his custom.” In other words, Jesus regularly attended the synagogue ...
The second law of thermodynamics describes this by stating that there is always a tendency for the entropy of any closed system to increase. Or, in more general terms, the second law states that there is always a tendency for any system to become less organized. Its disorder or randomness ...