Ignoring the Obvious

For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter shall pass from the Law, until all is accomplished!  Matthew 5:18  NASB Pass away – When God created, what did He create?  Oh, I don’t want you to give me a list of all the…

ḥesed in Greek

who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.   2 Corinthians 1:4  NIV So that – It’s just a tiny word, eis, a little conjunctive.  Note Oepke’s comment: “Originally spatial, this word takes on theological significance in the NT.”[1]  This is…

I’m Not Done Yet

And even when I am old and gray, God, do not abandon me, until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to all who are to come.  Psalm 71:18  NASB Until – When is it over?  Ah, you know there’s no such thing as retirement in this Kingdom.  It’s not over until the fat lady sings.  When you…

Polluted

a person who touches any such shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy gifts unless he has bathed his body in water.  Leviticus 22:6 Until – Eve Levavi Feinstein points out that the biblical idea of pollution (ritual and moral) is quite similar to our present idea of environmental pollution.  She writes:…