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Andralamousia

The Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. Genesis 6:6 NASB Grieved – We’ve explored the theological bias that treats this verse as anthropomorphic.  Hopefully, that’s settled.  God really does feel.  When the verb ʿāṣab is used to describe God’s reaction to the corruption of creation, the…
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Underworld

Out of the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  Genesis 2:9  NASB In the midst – (This article was first published on 10 April 2016)…
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Under Covers

casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.  1 Peter 5:7  NASB Anxiety – “Of course I know I’m dreaming,” I said to myself in my dream.  But it didn’t help.  The spectre of imminent injury was still there.  In fact, intensified.  Yes, I knew it was a dream but it was a…
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Hidden Contradictions?

who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”  Exodus 34:7  NASB No means leave the guilty unpunished – Exodus 34:6-7 is one of the most important passages in the…
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Go Straight to Hell

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat and opened its mouth without measure;  Isaiah 5:14a Without measure – Why do people go to Hell?  No, it’s not a theological trick question.  Why do you think God would send people to Hell?  Is it because they were wicked and deserved long-lasting punishment?  Is it because true justice demands that…
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Endless Imagination

May our God come and not keep silence; fire devours before Him, and it is very tempestuous around Him.  Psalm 50:3 NASB “For He bruises me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause.”  Job 9:17 NASB Very tempestuous/ tempest – If we’ve learned anything at all about rabbinic exegesis of the Tanakh, we’ve learned that chronological and…
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