The Purposeless Place (2)

Will Your wonders be made known in the darkness?  And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?  Psalm 88:12 NASB The darkness – “Little doubt surrounds the meaning of this denominative verb coming from the noun ḥōšek (darkness). It occurs eighteen times, seventeen times in poetical books. Exodus 10:15 is the only occurrence of ḥāšak in…

The Purposeless Place (revised from December 23, 2016)

Will Your wonders be made known in the darkness?  And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?  Psalm 88:12 NASB The darkness – “Little doubt surrounds the meaning of this denominative verb coming from the noun ḥōšek (darkness). It occurs eighteen times, seventeen times in poetical books. Exodus 10:15 is the only occurrence of ḥāšak in…

The Purposeless Place

Will Your wonders be made known in the darkness? And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? Psalm 88:12 NASB The darkness – “Little doubt surrounds the meaning of this denominative verb coming from the noun ḥōšek (darkness). It occurs eighteen times, seventeen times in poetical books. Exodus 10:15 is the only occurrence of ḥāšak…

The Hidden God

He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. Psalm 18:11 NASB Darkness – Where is the Lord, the God of creation, YHVH of Israel? Why don’t we see Him exercise His mighty hand on behalf of the righteousness? Why are the wicked of the world…