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Category Archives: Bible Study

Isaiah_35-36

Isaiah 35 – God’s Glory Transforming Zion The eschatological message of divine judgment in the previous chapter is contrasted with new promises about God’s appearance on earth. He will marvelously transform the dry earth into fertile ground (35:1–2, 6–7) and the weak and blind into a holy and redeemed people (35:3–4, 8–10). This announcement of […]

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Isaiah_33-34

Isaiah 33:1-5 (ESV)  – The message to TRUST God: 1  Ah, you destroyer, who yourself have not been destroyed, you traitor, whom none has betrayed! When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betraying, they will betray you. Isaiah 33:1 (NLT) 1  What sorrow awaits you Assyrians, who […]

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Isaiah_31-32

Isaiah 31:1-9 (ESV) 1  Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the LORD! 2  And yet he is wise and […]

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Isaiah_30

Isaiah 30:1-11 (ESV)  Woe against Trusting Worthless Egypt 1  “Ah, stubborn children,” declares the LORD, “who carry out a plan, but not mine, and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin; 2  who set out to go down to Egypt, without asking for my direction, to […]

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ItIsFinished

The words of Jesus on the cross in John 19:30 “It is Finished!” may cause confusion as to what is meant without reviewing the actual Greek word definition(s).  The word carries a sense of “to be fully accomplished – be perfected”.  In reading the words “It is Finished” one would conclude that he is speaking […]

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Beware

Beware – What that word entails in the usage at Matthew 7:15 “Beware” in English:  verb  –  be cautious and alert to the dangers of: consumers were warned to beware of faulty packaging  –  synonyms: be on your guard, watch out, look out, be alert, be on the lookout, Matthew 7:15 (ESV) 15  “Beware (G4337 […]

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WhyWordStudies

Why do word studies?   –  Use “Hand” as the word to study. Why the problem for translators to convert “Greek” or “Hebrew” into English?  In those languages, as in our language there is meanings to each word that is varied.  Take these phrases that use the common word “hand”: My hand is against you.  My […]

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UncleanThings

Isaiah 30:22 (ESV) 22  Then you will defile your carved idols overlaid with silver and your gold-plated metal images. You will scatter them as unclean things. You will say to them, “Be gone!”   The Phrase of this discussion is: “You will scatter them as unclean things (H1739).”  The translation using “unclean things” leaves one […]

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Covering-Idol

A study in the word “alliance” used in Isaiah 30:1.  The translations replace the Hebrew word (massekah) H4541 – as ‘alliance’.  That is true, however, why did God react so strongly against them for their actions?   Remembering the 1st commandment it reveals God’s position on Idolatry and encompassing the first set of commandments that […]

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RighteousVsGood

Righteous Vs. Good Romans 5:7  7  For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— In Romans 5:7 there is are two statements comparing a ‘righteous person’ and a ‘good person’ what one would do for each type of person.  Because the translation used […]

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