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Nikiut
For the choir director. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Psalm 51:1 [Hebrew Bible numbering – NASB] After – “The quality of cleanliness consists in being free from evil traits as well as from sin. . . Only the man who is entirely…
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Keneged and Kenegdo
For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. Matthew 7:2 NASB Measure – There is no doubt that Yeshua endorsed the Hebrew biblical concept of measure-for-measure. He used it to express watchfulness with regard to judgment of others and he used…
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Purposeful Catastrophe
Yet if in spite of this you do not obey Me, but act with hostility against Me, then I will act with wrathful hostility against you, and I, even I, will punish you seven times for your sins. Leviticus 26:27-28 NASB With hostility – The Hebrew word keri occurs appears seven times in the passages…
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The Real World
A heart at peace gives life to the body. Proverbs 14:30 (J. Sacks) At peace – John and Paul said it all. “Give you all I’ve got for a little peace of mind.” Without this, life fades to oblivion. Without this, it’s not worth continuing. Solomon understood what the boys from Liverpool were looking for….
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The First Stage
“They have healed the brokenness of My people superficially, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ but there is no peace.” Jeremiah 6:14 NASB Saying – The first stage in the collapse of a civilization is the intelligentsia of the culture questioning the values and rituals that established the identity of the civilization. In this stage, the intellectuals of…
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The Jewish Messiah
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. John 14:6 NASB No one – The Greek is oudeis. It could hardly be stronger, or clearer. “Not even one, none, nobody, no one.” Or could it? Jonathan Sacks makes an interesting…
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Plato and Plotinus
while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18 NASB Eternal – The commitment of the West to the Platonic ideal of unity found in the…
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Victory Lap
Through God we shall do valiantly, and it is He who will tread down our adversaries. Psalm 60:12 NASB Tread down – Only alignment with the purposes of the Lord assures the final victory. We all know this, but far too often it doesn’t actually affect our commonplace decisions. We forget the eternal and focus…
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And the Winner Is
O give us help against the adversary, for deliverance by man is in vain. Psalm 60:11 NASB Is in vain – The salvation of men by men. That is the program of human history. And the result is always the same. shaw’. Emptiness. Vanity. Falsehood. To no avail. By the way, it is the same…
