The eyes of the Lord are in every place, watching the evil and the good. Proverbs 15:3 NASB Eyes of the Lord – Is God everywhere? Does He “see” everything? Answers to these questions are straightforward for most believers. The doctrine has the official title “Omnipresence.” It simply means that God is present in all His creation. There…
If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. Psalm 139:8 NASB Behold– We’ve looked at this verse several times.[1]Our previous investigations concentrated on the use of She’ol and its distinction from the contemporary idea of Hell. But this time we’ll look at the tone of the verse,…
“Am I a God who is near,” declares the Lord, “And not a God far off? “Can a man hide himself in hiding places so I do not see him?” declares the Lord. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the Lord. Jeremiah 23:23-24 NASB I do not see him– God is everywhere. That’s what omni-present means. …
If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! Psalm 139:8 ESV Sheol – So where do you go when you die? Today we might think the answer is either “heaven” or “hell.” At least that’s the expected evangelical rhetoric when this question is posed as…
If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! Psalm 139:8 ESV If – David’s famous poetic line expresses the impossibility of escaping God’s concern. David is the precursor to Paul’s similar passage in Romans 8. Nothing can separate us from the love of God. But…
If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. Psalm 139:8 NASB In Sheol – This verse is often used as a proof text for the omnipresence of God, but I don’t think David had any theological doctrine in mind when he wrote it. It…
“If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.” Psalm 139:8 Make my bed – Four in thirty nine. Keep that in mind when you think of the number of times this word is used in the Old Testament. Yasa’ occurs only four times in thirty-nine…
