Go; behold, I am sending you out like lambs in the midst of wolves. Luke 10:3 NASB Like lambs – It’s hard to miss his point. Sacrifice! That’s what happens to lambs among wolves. Yeshua sends out the seventy without resources and, apparently, without protection. So why would anyone go? If I came to you and…
Precious in the eyes of the LORD is the death of His faithful ones. Psalm 116:15 Robert Alter Precious – John Hartley expresses our common assumption about the term yāqor in this verse. Life is valued very highly in the ot. David would not kill Saul even when he had the upper hand because he…
Let them know that your name is Lord, you alone are the Most High over all the earth. Psalm 83:19 New American Bible Revised Edition Your name is Lord – Let’s start this Gregorian calendar year with the right name. For most of our lives we’ve followed the Jewish convention of using “Lord” for the Hebrew…
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: Ecclesiastes 3:1 NIV Time – Mircea Eliade helped us recognize the “myth of eternal return” in the ancient world. Tomorrow is the Western celebration of that pagan ritual, an annual homage to the ancient idea of the circle of life (as…
Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago, Titus 1:1-2 NASB Hope of eternal life – “CHRISTIANITY is mainly wishful thinking. Even the part about Judgment and…
Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago, Titus 1:1-2 NASB Who cannot lie – We hope that God always tells the truth. How else could we…
There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. 1 John 4:18 NASB Perfect love – We have a serious problem with perfect. Since Parmenides, our idea of perfect has been a negative concept, that is, freedom from any defect…
And he said, “Now behold, my lords, please turn aside into your servant’s house, and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.” They said, “No, but we shall spend the night in the public square.” Genesis 19:2 NASB Rise early and go – Robert Alter…
Then He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to Me from the ground. Genesis 4:10 NASB To – In the past we discovered that God’s rebuke of Cain suggests that Cain’s murder is not simply of the one person, his brother, but rather of all those who would…
And Jesus answered them, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted. Matthew 13:11 NASB The mysteries – Do you know the mysteries? According to the Messiah, knowing secrets has been granted to you. So, when you open your Bible, are…
