These things I have spoken to you so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world. John 16:33 NASB Tribulation – “Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen. Nobody knows but Jesus.” The lyrics of this Negro spiritual could have come from a verse like this one. …
“Take full vengeance for the sons of Israel on the Midianites; afterward you will be gathered to your people.” Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian to execute the Lord’s vengeance on Midian.” Numbers 31:2-3 NASB The sons of Israel – Moses is about to die. …
Sing the glory of His name; Make His praise glorious. Psalm 66:2 NASB Sing – What to do after shouting. Sing. Ah, you remember? We started with rūaʿ (shout). We yelled out the battle cry of God and heard the earth echo our cry. We jumped on the tidal wave, undulated with the earthquake, sizzled…
I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and I did not turn back until they were consumed. I shattered them, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet. Psalm 18:37-38 NASB I shattered them – What enemies must you pursue? What opponents must you utterly defeat? What must be crushed…
“In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 NASB Overcome – Here is the Greek word nenikeka. This is the verb nike (you can see it in the middle of the word). It means, “to be victorious over.” Now you know why a shoe company in Portland…
“O Death, where is your victory? O Death, where is your sting?” 1 Corinthians 15:55 from Hosea 13:14 Death – The Bible often seems to personify death. Perhaps that’s because the Bible doesn’t conceive of death as simply a biological phenomenon. Living things die. Their biological functions stop. But when it comes to human beings,…
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before You. Psalm 22:28 Turn – If there is one verb in Hebrew that summarizes God’s message to human beings, it is shuv. Used more than 1000 times in Hebrew Scripture, shuv has…
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before You. Psalm 22:28 (Hebrew text) Remember – Do you know the beginning of the 22nd Psalm? “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” That doesn’t sound like a victory song, does…
