notion of priest and prophet and king to make the people familiar with the functions of God-sent leadership the strokes of emphasis always fell on the responsibility of the prophet to proclaim his message at whatever cost to himself, of the priest to keep in mind the sacredness of his offic...
in the company of the upright, in the congregation." - "Blessed be the LORD! for he had heard the voice of my supplications." stair-step, or progressive parallelism "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to my servant David: ...
O my LORD I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor even now that you have spoken to your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue EXODUS 4 On the way, at a place where they spent the night, the LORD met him and tried to kill him. But Zipporah took a ...
So often scholars disagree about whether a chapter is messianic, arguing that it is simply a “suffering servant” or other type of passage. Charley: That’s a good point. Scholars explain that this chapter is actually talking about false prophets, and the question is asked of a false prophe...
Matthew 26:51-5651And suddenly, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.52But Jesus said to him, "Put your sword in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.53"...