“You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.” Exodus 20:4 NASB Earth – The Hebrew word mitahat combines the preposition min with the adverb tahat. This combination produces the pictograph “Water/Massive/Chaos + Seal/Sign/Covenant + Fence/Separate/Surround…
We will not conceal them from our children, but tell to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and His strength and His wondrous works that He has done. Psalm 78:4 NASB Not conceal – What parent would even hide something vitally important and beneficial from a child? Actually, nearly all parents. You…
For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, Colossians 2:9 NASB Deity – The text above is the New American Standard Bible. The ESV is similar. But the NLV translates this as “the fullness of God,” the NKJV translates it as “the fullness of the Godhead,” and the New Century Bible…
Before we continue, and before we leave this topic for awhile, I think it’s important that we all work from the same idea of this doctrine. So, here’s the view expressed by most Christian theologians. CLICK HERE. You can see that the Trinity is considered fundamental, essential and the distinctive difference between Christianity and other…
The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.” Psalm 110:1 NASB Lord/Lord – Sometimes reading a verse in English translation does nothing but confuse the real meaning. Such is the case here. Furthermore, since Yeshua quotes this verse in Psalm 110 in…
Forgive us, our Father, for we have erred; pardon us, our King, for we have willfully sinned; for You are the good and forgiving God. Blessed are You, HASHEM, the gracious One Who pardons abundantly. Shemoneh Esrei – Amidah, Blessing Number 6 Pardon – According to the Artscroll Siddur notes, the Hebrew word mehal (pardon)…
TRINITY note: We have had some great discussion – and debate – about the previous study of the idea of the Trinity. So many comments! Wow, we are thinking! Now a little break while the ideas rest a bit. By the way, no one said we were going to SOLVE this problem. But we do…
OK, so we have raised a lot of questions and, from the comments posted, caused a lot of people to think, get upset, get confused, get frustrated, wonder, be relieved, or something other than “so what”. But where does this leave us? Here’s my summary so far (and we aren’t done yet, but we do…
And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone. Mark 10:18 NASB Before we look at this verse today, let me ask you this: Does your relationship with God depend on the doctrine we are investigating, or does it continue with or without the doctrinal conclusions?…
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