“The Lord is my portion, says my soul; therefore I will hope in Him.” Lam 3:24 It is our great privilege, beloved, that we live in a portionless world. This is both our distinctive badge and our Christian charter. When God parceled out the land of Canaan among the tribes of Israel, He […]
Covenant
“The Lord is my portion, says my soul” Lamentations 3:24 “For your Maker is your husband–the Lord Almighty is his name–the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth.” Isaiah 54:5 How many–appropriate to our circumstances, and endearing to our hearts–are the titles […]
Who: Melchizedek, was the King of Salem by translation that is “King of Righteousness” and “King of Peace.” He is considered by some to be a: Theophany. An appearance or manifestation of God; a compound word derived from the Greek noun for God and the Greek verb “to appear.” In […]
The passages we have reviewed so far reveal (in part) the relationship established between God and his creation. As we continue to review passages with regard to Gods Covenant promises, we will find a clear and distinct ownership which moves away from less direct contextual assent toward a clear directive […]
While studying the covenant, it seems simple enough to begin at the first appearance of the word covenant and move forward in the scriptures, this however is not sufficient to grasp the biblical idea of covenant. The isolated instances of the word even in the immediate context, grant us only […]
New Cool Stuff! A couple of things here. I have added the new Libronix study tools integration tool RefTagger to this blog. This means if you have Libronix installed and you see a link with an “L” next to it, it is linked directly to the reference in the Logos […]