Psalm 1:1-2, Blessed is the man…[whose] delight is in the law of YHWH…” The blessed person—that is, the deeply happy person—is the one who delights in YHWH’s law. Now, to delight in a thing is a sort of blessedness in and of itself, and to be blessed implies that that which we delight in […]
Colossians 2:17, “These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.” The translation I typically read from renders the last part of this verse, “…the *substance* belongs to Christ.” And that is accurate, it gets the point across. But while looking at this verse
John 19:14, “Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover.” John mentions no account of Jesus’ Last Supper with His disciples. He does, of course, recount a lengthy discourse Jesus had with His disciples at a supper (13:1-2), but we never get a traditional account of the institution of the Lord’s Supper
Romans 3:21, “But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the Law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it.” The Law leaves us on the the “outside,” as it were, of God’s righteousness….It sets up a temporary veil of ordinances that preserves God’s people from destruction, but simultaneously bears
Exodus 2:24-25, “And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. God saw the people of Israel—and God knew.” “…and God knew.” The Hebrew word for “know” here can mean simply “to know” or “to be aware of”, however it can also mean “to know by experience.”
1 Corinthians 8:1-3, “This knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, he is known by God.” (I’ve given you three levels of complexity on this right up, so, read which ever version
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Psalm 29:5,8,9-10, “The voice of YHWH breaks the cedars…The voice of YHWH shakes the wilderness…and in his temple, all cry, ‘Glory!’ YHWH sits enthroned as king forever.” . Matthew 27:50-51, “Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up His spirit….And the earth shook.” The voice of YHWH thunders with greatest majesty on
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Joshua 7:17, “And the city and all that is within it shall be devoted to YHWH for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute an all who are with her in her house shall live…” Another instance of the Lord’s shockingly unexpected way of working. First, a little background:. In Deuteronomy 20:16-18 (and many other places beside),
Ecclesiastes 3:11, “He has made everything beautiful in its time.” This is a sweeping and implication-laden statement. God has made everything beautiful in its time. Is that true? Is it true that God has so designed reality that everything in existence—everything that exists; everything that has happened, is happening, will happen; every pain and torment
Proverbs 30:3-4, “I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One. Who has ascended to heaven and come down?” John 3:13-15, “No one has ascended into heaven except He who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the
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Isaiah 26:19, “You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead.” Isaiah 26:18-19, “…we were pregnant, we writhed, but we have given birth to wind. We have accomplished no deliverance in the earth…Your dead shall
Genesis 2:3, “So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all His work that He had done in creation.” So too after the great work that would achieve New Creation, God the Son rested from His labors on the Sabbath.
Genesis 3:12, “The man said, ‘The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate…” Galatians 3:13, “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us–for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree…’” The
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Isaiah 55:2, “Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.” John 6:35, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and
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Matthew 5:17, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law (תורה) and the Prophets (נביאים); I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.”
Notice the repeated Hebrew word for Banner/Signal (נס) in the following verses: Exodus 17:15, “And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, ‘YHWH Is My Banner (נס)” – YHWH as נס Numbers 21:8, “And YHWH said to Moses, ‘Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole (נס), and
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Isaiah 5:25,”…His anger has not turned away…” Isaiah 9:12, “…His anger has not turned away…” Isaiah 9:17, “…His anger has not turned away…” Isaiah 9:21, “…His anger has not turned away…” Isaiah 10:4, “…His anger has not turned away…” Isaiah 12:1, “…your anger turned away, that you might comfort me.” Hallowed be His Name.
Isaiah 11:12, “He will raise a signal for the nations, and will assemble the banished of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah…” John 12:32, “And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” (see also John 11:51-52) As the crucified and risen Son is lifted up
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Genesis 2:7, “Then YHWH God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life…” Luke 23:46, “And having said this, [Jesus] breathed His last…” In the Garden, God’s breath creates humanity, at the cross His breath re-creates it.
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