The Jewish Messiah

To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever.  Amen.  Romans 9:5  ESV REVISED 13 March 2021 (my original views have changed dramatically) From their race – We have learned that Paul’s expression “to them belong” is a translation gloss.  The…

Goodness Gracious

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by.  Psalm 57:1 ESV (57:2 in Hebrew text). Be merciful – David is in a hole in the ground (that context is…

Paul’s Shema (2)

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.  Romans 10:17  NASB Christ – Is it the Son’s words or the Father’s words?  If you look at this verse in the King James Version, it reads, “by the word of God.”  That’s because the KJV is based on the Greek Textus Receptus,…

See No Evil

The One forming light and creating darkness, causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these. Isaiah 45:7  NASB Calamity – If God is sovereign, then why is there evil?  How can a good God allow evil in the world? If you’ve never struggled with these questions, perhaps you haven’t read…