As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” Psalm 42:10 NASB Taunt – Do you bear insults to God? Are you injured when His name is diminished? According to the reading by Rabbi Shraga Freedman, David’s cry is in response to chillul…
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:12 NASB The powers – “An idolatrous culture is one that sees reality in terms of impersonal forces. A Jewish culture is one that insists on the ultimate reality…
But avoid worldly and empty chatter, for it will lead to further ungodliness, 2 Timothy 2:16 NASB Worldly – Sometimes translations simply remove us from the context of the author. When the NASB (or ESV) chose to translate bebelous as “worldly” (there is no “and” in the Greek text) or “irreverent,” the English obscures Paul’s…
For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Romans 1:21 NASB Darkened – If you thought that Paul’s verdict involved only the spiritual consequences of dishonoring God and being ungrateful, think again. Eliade notices…
a minister in the sanctuary and in the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man. Hebrews 8:2 NASB Tabernacle – “The man of the archaic societies tends to live as much as possible in the sacred or in close proximity to consecrated objects. The tendency is perfectly understandable, because . . . the sacred…
for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, and we are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your…
“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went.” Ezekiel 36:22 NKJV Profaned – Have you read Ezekiel recently? Have you been arrested by…
Behold, the rulers of Israel, each according to his power, have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood. They have treated father and mother lightly within you. The alien they have oppressed in your midst; the fatherless and the widow they have wronged in you. You have despised My holy things and profaned…
“Also the foreigners who join themselves to YHWH, to minister to Him, and to love the name of YHWH, to be His servants, every one who keeps from profaning the sabbath and holds fast My covenant;” Isaiah 56:6 Profaning – Does this verse apply to you? Well, are you a foreigner (literally, “sons of the…
