Go, eat your bread in gladness, and drink your wine in joy; for your action as long ago approved by God. Ecclesiastes 9:7 JPS Go – Walk the path. Take the journey. Move along. Hālak is the Hebrew term here. You are the traveler on your life’s path, and there are some good things along…
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, Revelation 1:1 NASB Revelation – Abraham Heschel notes a crucial distinction between the prophet and the apocalyptic visionary. “The prophet hears, the apocalyptic visionary reads. In apocalyptic…
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, Revelation 1:1 NASB Revelation – apokálypsis. The Greek word translated “revelation.” Don’t miss the fact that it is connected to kalýptō, the root that means “to cover,…
Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and they saw the God of Israel; and under His feet there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself. Exodus 24:9-10 NASB Saw – There’s just one little problem. “‘But,’ he said, ‘you cannot see my face,…
So you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans. Revelation 2:15 NASB Nicolaitans – One of the reasons I avoid studies of verses in John’s apocalyptic revelation is the continual attempts to read the report of his vision as if it were predictive prophecy. Any brief examination of the…
To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under the Law though not being myself under the Law, so that I might win those who are under the Law; to those who are without law, as without law, though not being without the law of…
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. Romans 16:20 NASB Will soon– syntríbō, in this case, a future, active, indicative tense. As Bertram notes: “The image of smashing Satan in Rom. 16:20 (cf. Gen. 3:15; Ps. 91:13) suggests both present victory over the powers of darkness and the imminent eschatological destruction of Satan.”[1] We…
And He began to teach and say to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a robbers’ den.” Mark 11:17 NASB Robbers’ – Rome did not crucify men for theft. That means that the two men on either side of Yeshua on the cross were not…
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up. 2 Peter 3:10 NASB With a roar – If you’ve been reading Today’s Word for awhile, you will have noticed that…
And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. Revelation 21:21 NASB Gold – You’ve heard the advertisements, I’m sure. “In a volatile economy, gold is your only real safety net.” “Gold! It has never been worth nothing. Experts say it may even double in the next years.” “Gold is security in…
