Now the hand of the Lord was on me there, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak to you.” Ezekiel 3:22 NASB He said – According to some researchers, the phrase “God said” or its equivalent is used 1900 times in the Bible. When you think about it,…
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem, which he saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Isaiah 1:1 NASB Vision – Today you’ll read this short analysis. You will see it with your eyes. But if I were to have a vision, you wouldn’t see it at all unless…
“Now it is not with you alone that I am making this covenant and this oath, but both with those who stand here with us today in the presence of the Lord our God, and with those who are not with us here today. Deuteronomy 29:14-15 NASB Not with us – Yesterday we explored the idea of revelation and canonization. We discovered that…
“Now it is not with you alone that I am making this covenant and this oath, but both with those who stand here with us today in the presence of the Lord our God, and with those who are not with us here today. Deuteronomy 29:14-15 NASB Not with us – Does God speak to us today? Oh, I don’t mean, “Do you…
The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. Psalm 19:7 NIV Law – Anyone who reads Today’s Word knows that the Hebrew word for the translation “law” is tôrâ. Perhaps you also know that the Greek translation is typically nómos, found throughout the apostolic writings. If we consult…
Remember, please, the word which You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples; Nehemiah 1:8 NASB The word which You commanded – Nehemiah is a personal account of the effort to reconstruct fallen Jerusalem. It’s a vivid, compelling, intensive story of one man’s fervent desire to restore…
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures throughout all generations. [b]The Lord is faithful in His words, and holy in all His works. Psalm 145:13 NASB [b] – Did you notice the footnote in this verse? Ah, maybe your Bible doesn’t have such a footnote. Maybe your Bible translates verse 13 like this: Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,…
for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher 2 Timothy 1:11 NASB 1995 Was appointed – According to one source,[1] Paul wrote about 28 percent of the “New Testament.” That source, however, included the letters to the Hebrews as Pauline which is most likely not the case. So, you might…
All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; 2 Timothy 3:16 NASB Scripture – What does Paul mean when he uses the Greek term graphḗ? Before we can answer that, we need to know something about the wider meaning of the term in the first century. graphḗ…
Knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. 2 Peter 1:20-21 ESV Scripture – What does Peter mean by the Greek term gráphēs? …
