Neighborly

For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a person and his neighbor, if you do not oppress the stranger, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor follow other gods to your own ruin, then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I…

Mystery Parallelism

Clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.  Psalm 97:2  NASB Righteousness and justice – Do you know the mystery of righteousness and justice?  Oh, we’re familiar with the Hebrew words, no doubt.  ṣĕdāqâ (righteousness) and mišpāṭ (justice—but a lot more than our idea) are words we have…