However, that does not mean a 40-year-old in Moses' day would have looked like an 80-year-old today. Even in ancient times, a person who did not pass away due to disease, accidents, or war could expect to see that 70- or 80-year-old mark. The fact that many, many more people...
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The Septuagint translated the Hebrew term as parthenos, which normally does mean virgin, and this translation underlies Mt 1:23. Emmanuel: the name means “with us is God.” Since for the Christian the incarnation is the ultimate expression of God’s willingness to “be with us,” it is ...
“For many years now, prominent voices have claimed that Western civilization is foundering.”By Western Civilization, they mean Western Europe and North America where “commonly held beliefs such as individualism, democracy, and rationalism,” were embraced as the foundation stones of culture. While ...
Psalms 91:15 (NKJV)“He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.”Jennifer Peikert November 21, 2023.My child, I AM bringing justice to your situation. Some of you have even been in agony over the injustice. I...
A while ago, I read Jen Wilkin’s bookNone Like Himabout the attributes of God. One is His incomprehensibility. In it, she says, “God is incomprehensible. This does not mean that he is unknowable, but that he is unable to be fully known.” ...
The Psalmist states that ''He who sits in Heaven shall laugh'' (Psalms 2:4). Not only does God laugh, he especially enjoys when His children disagree with him. Arguing with God is not seen as a heinous sin but a noble cause if one has the right intentions. Indeed, the playfulness ...
Not only did theSongs of Ascentencourage pilgrims on their physical ascent towards Jerusalem; the theme of “ascent” is further addressed in these psalms through a yearning for national independence and the hopeful expectation of spiritual salvation through the arrival of Jesus Christ. ...