by admin | Apr 21, 2020 | A Shadow of the Good Things, Section Five
Another statement of the law of the Sabbath in Exodus reads as follows: Masoretic Text Septuagint Exodus 23:12 (Tanakh) Exodus 23:12 (NET) Exodus 23:12 (NETS) Exodus 23:12 (English Elpenor) Six days thou shalt do thy work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest...
by admin | Apr 12, 2020 | A Shadow of the Good Things, Section Five
As I continue to focus on the Sabbath (because it has so much material to access) I’ve arrived at the first statement of the ten commandments in Exodus. So here is the shadow of the good things to come of the Sabbath in its most definitive form. This section begins,...
by admin | Apr 5, 2020 | A Shadow of the Good Things, Section Five
Paul wrote believers in Colossae (Colossians 2:16, 17 NET): do not let anyone judge you with respect to food or[1] drink, or in the matter of a feast, new moon,[2] or Sabbath days—these are only the shadow of the things to come, but the reality is Christ![3]...
by admin | Mar 28, 2020 | A Shadow of the Good Things, Section Five
I began this particular investigation considering “whether τη αληθεια μη πειθεσθαι (KJV: that ye should not obey the truth) was original to Galatians 3:1” [Table]. A brief study of forms of πείθω calmed my fetish that obey the truth meant “obey the law.” So if τη...
by admin | Mar 19, 2020 | Hope/Understanding, Section Five
And I will give her possessions from thence, and the valley of Achor to open her understanding:[1] This rendering of Hosea 2:15a (2:17a in the Septuagint) hit me like a bolt. It seemed too important to think “of Achan’s confession as the door or opportunity of/for...