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:…