In our culture we often hear the motto “Time is money,” but in my world just the opposite is true. For me, money is time because when YOU, all of you as a community, support me, then I have the time needed to continue the writing, the research and the teaching. And YOU have given…
One of the difficulties believers face understanding the place of the cross in Christian theology is directly related to a prior commitment (usually without reflective consideration) to the philosophical concept of the Greek idea of time. Examination of this assumption demonstrates that it is the philosophical concept itself that produces confusion about the role of…
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying ‘If a person sins unintentionally in any of the things which the LORD has commanded not to be done, and commits any of them, . . .” Leviticus 4:1-2 NASB Unintentionally – The book of Leviticus provides atonement for unintentional sins. …
Paul, a bondservant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago, but at the proper time manifested, even His word, in…
“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.” Matthew 24:36 NASB No one knows – oudeis oiden – not a single being has complete knowledge of. Except the Father. No one at all understands fully, intuitively when that day and hour…
There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven – Ecclesiastes 3:1 Appointed Time – Do you believe that God has an appointed plan for your life? Do you think that everything is already mapped out for you and you are just waiting for it to happen? …
Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men, but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil. Ephesians 5:15-16 NASB Time – In the past, we’ve studied a lot about the idea of time. We’ve even looked at this verse with regard to the difference between chronos and…
being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6 NIV The day of Christ Jesus – How long will it take for God to finish the exclamation of your life? Paul gives us the answer. “Until the…
And these are the generations of Terah: Genesis 11:27 (translation J. Green) These are the generations – We are familiar with the Hebrew term toledoth, in this verse, e’le toldoth. We investigated the problem with the spelling of this word. We’ve noted that the toledoth pattern is the structural framework of Genesis and the deliberate…
There is a time to act for God; set aside the Torah Psalm 119:126 (Heschel) To act for God – You won’t get this translation in the English Bibles. Most English Bibles, and a lot of translations of the Jewish Tanakh, read something like, “It is time for the Lord to act, for they have…
