Numbers 23:8, 20, ‘How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce whom YHWH has not denounced?…He has blessed, and I cannot revoke it.’ When Balaam was summoned to curse God’s chosen people, he responds by saying that he could not curse those whom God had blessed. These were the people […]
Numbers 16:45, ‘Get away *from the midst* of this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.’ Numbers 16:47-48, ‘So Aaron…ran *into the midst* of the assembly…he put on the incense [onto his censer] and made atonement for the people.’ And he stood between the dead and the living…’ In Hebrew, the same word
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Psalm 109:17-18, “He loved to curse; let curses come upon him!” Galatians 3:13, “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for us…” I recently talked to a group about the “imprecatory Psalms” (the Psalms that pray curses down on enemies of YHWH and His people). The question was,
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Ezekiel 28:24, “…there shall be no brier to prick or a thorn to hurt them…” Because the Lord will bear them.
Hebrews 2:9, “…we see Him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.”
Romans 5:16,”… but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification.” Christ’s Obedience is greater than Adam’s Sin
Psalm 28:7, “YHWH is my strength and my shield; in Him my heart trusts…” A shield saves by bearing our wounds.
Psalm 11:6, “…a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.” Luke 22:42, “…not my will but yours be done.” He took our cup
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Mark 10:45,”…even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Matthew 27:46,”My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?” May this agony and mystery never cease to stagger us…
Matthew 26:27 + Matthew 26:42 = Christ drains the cup of Hell so that His Bride might drink the cup of Heaven
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Matthew 20:28,”the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Matthew 17:5 + 27:45-46 The Beloved One forsaken In love So that the forsaken ones could become beloved.
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