Today’s Word
Transcendental Texts
I will not act in My blazing wrath, I will no more destroy Ephraim. For I am God and not a man, the Holy One in your midst, and I do not desire to root out. Hosea 11:9 Robert Alter Not a man – Christian theology employs texts like this one to support its view…
Saving Grace
But God will redeem my soul from the [a]power of [b]Sheol, for He will receive me. Selah Psalm 49:15 NASB Will redeem – “I am redeemed,” said the new convert. “I am free at last.” Is that how you felt when you realized your sins were forgiven? Was there an emotional experience of relief? Did you feel like a new…
Lucky 7
Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. Joshua 6:4 NASB Seven – The numeral 7 in Hebrew is the word shiva. Like almost all Hebrew nouns, it has…
The Strange Death of Europe
And afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘Let My people go . . .’” Exodus 5:1a NASB Go – A new Gregorian year begins. This wasn’t always the case. Until 1582 the Julian calendar was the common civil calendar. Even today, some religious…
At the end
“Yes, I am coming quickly.,” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. Revelation 22:20b Quickly – Another annual cycle. Maybe this last one wasn’t quite the same as the pagan idea of eternal return, that is, just going around and around over and over. Maybe this last one created some changes; changes that will spin out new opportunities…
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