For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. Romans 8:29 ESV The LORD has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble. Proverbs 16:4 ESV Predestined – It shouldn’t be…
For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will take me up. Psalm 27:10 NASB Will take me up – One of the greatest tragedies of life is to be forsaken by your parents. Not orphaned but abandoned. Recovery from that circumstance is extremely difficult, if even possible. Parental abandonment is life threatening, not just…
Forty years I loathed a generation and I said, “A people of straying hearts are they and they did not know My ways”; so I swore in My anger, “They shall never come to My resting place!” Psalm 95:10-11 translation Jack Riemer Loathed – God is love, right? God loves everyone, right? God doesn’t want…
For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Today, [c]if you will hear His voice, Psalm 95:7 NASB Today, – Since the original has no punctuation, how exactly are we to read this verse. Look closely at the NASB translation and compare it to the Chabad translation:…
Your kingdom come. Your will be done, Matthew 6:10 NASB Your will be done – “I’ll be there tomorrow G_d willing.” He replied, “Insha’Allah, ‘by the will of God.’” “Instead, you ought to say, ‘If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.’” Judaism, Islam, Christianity—all use the expression “the…
Now Moses was pasturing the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the [a]west sideof the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. Exodus 3:1 NASB To the west side – Sometimes translators of Bibles with Western perspectives alter the text in order to make it sensible to Western…
more desirable than gold, than much fine gold; sweeter than honey, than drippings of the honeycomb Psalm 19:11 Jack Riemer Sweeter than honey – I am often amazed at the ignorance of biblical scholars—on both sides of the aisle. Christian scholars for centuries completely misunderstood the importance of Moses in the background of the Messiah. …
“But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless. Matthew 22:11-12 NIV How did you get in here – We often read this parable as if it is…
