Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household….
Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household….
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my savior, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 18:2 NASB Rock – Gibraltar or the Grand Canyon? When you read this verse, do you think of granite or sandstone? They’re both rocks. Which one comes to mind? Before you answer,…
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: Ecclesiastes 3:1 NIV Season – Actually, the Hebrew doesn’t use the word for “season.” It uses ʿēt, meaning “time”—a time for every activity. Where the NIV translates “There is a time,” the Hebrew text uses zĕmān, an “appointed time.” But we…
And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. James 1:4 ESV Perfect – Perhaps the most insidious mistranslation of a Torah concept is the idea of perfection. Theology is filled with this thoroughly Greek idea. So is rabbinic Judaism. Thanks to the disease of Hellenism, the Parmenidean…
“Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.” Jonah 3:9 NIV Who knows? – The king of Nineveh asked one of humanity’s most important questions. Does God change His mind? When the king of Nineveh asked this question, it was possible to imagine an empirical answer. Yes,…
For I, the Lord, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed. Malachi 3:6 NASB Do not change – This is going to be long, but I promise it will be worth it. Christianity is essentially schizophrenic. I don’t mean that “Christians” are in need of psychotropic drugs, although sometimes I suspect their public spokespersons…
“Did he not fear the LORD and entreat the favor of the LORD, and the LORD changed His mind about the misfortune which He had pronounced against them?” Jeremiah 26:19 Entreat– What does it mean to entreat someone? Even in English we have a difficult time expressing this thought succinctly. Certainly the concept involves a gesture of respect,…
So the LORD changed His mind about the harm which He said He would do to His people. Exodus 32:14 Changed His mind – Twelve times in Scripture the words naham YHWH ‘al hara’a describe God’s action.[1] Each one is particularly bothersome. The problem is that the verb naham is primarily about influencing a situation…
