and give it to the one who has ten minas.’This redistribution of the mina to the one who already has ten highlights the principle of reward for faithfulness. It underscores the biblical teaching that those who are faithful with little will be entrusted with more (Luke 16:10). This action...
This part of the verse indicates a period of persecution and suffering for those who are faithful. Historically, this can be linked to the Maccabean period, where Jews faced severe oppression under Antiochus IV Epiphanes. The mention of "sword or flame" symbolizes violent death and martyrdom, ...
To slaughter those who are upright in conduct [those with personal integrity and godly character].15 The sword [of the ungodly] will enter their own heart,And their bow will be broken. 16 Better is the little of the righteous [who seek the will of God]Than the abundance (riches) of ...
Psalm 119:21 The arrogant: enemies of God and his faithful who act as though they are a law unto themselves (see notes on Pss 73:4-12 and 86:14; see also Isa 13:11; Mal 3:19). They are the accursed, i.e., ready for God’s judgment. Psalm 119:25 Whether in distress or in...
First things first: Five stars for the self-aware and self-deprecating album title. The album itself is an admirable but messy grab bag, as Simmons jumps freely among divergent styles such as a faithful techno cover of the Prodigy's "Firestarter" and he tender piano ballad "Waiting for the...
question whether the son offered as a sacrifice was the Prophet Isaac or the Prophet Ishmael arose before Hadrat 'Umar bin 'Abdul `Aziz. Among them at that time was a person who had been a Jewish scholar but had become a sincere Muslim afterwards. He said, "O Commander of the Faithful!
3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promise...
"The whole house of Israel" who blasphemed God's name, who worshipped idols, who were filled with filthiness, and did not "know" the Lord are now pictured as dry bones in their graves. God raises them from their graves, puts His spirit in them, they live again, gives them a new...
First things first: Five stars for the self-aware and self-deprecating album title. The album itself is an admirable but messy grab bag, as Simmons jumps freely among divergent styles such as a faithful techno cover of the Prodigy's "Firestarter" and he tender piano ballad "Waiting for the...
and a time to pluck up that which is planted.' And verse 22-'wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?' I am sure we all agree when I say...