by admin | May 18, 2018 | Section Four, To Make Holy
I tend to use the word believers for ἐκκλησία primarily because the word church had become a not-for-profit corporation managed and operated by believers. It helps me study the Bible as if it pertains to me, rather than as a search for bylaws and provisions for the...
by admin | May 14, 2018 | Chapter 15, Romans, Section Four
Paul wrote believers in Rome (Romans 15:28, 29 NET): Therefore after I have completed this [contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem[1]] and have safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set out for Spain by way of you, and I know that when I come...
by admin | May 2, 2018 | Father, Forgive Them, Section Four
I have attempted to cleanse Jesus’ words of the crime/punishment motif I think the translators of the NET and NASB superimposed upon them, so that his mercy—planning the offspring of vipers’ escape from being condemned to hell—shines through (Matthew 23:33-35 NET;...
by admin | Mar 31, 2018 | Father, Forgive Them, Section Four
Jesus said (Matthew 23:33-36 NASB): You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell? “Therefore (Διὰ τοῦτο; See: Table1 below), behold, I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of...
by admin | Mar 7, 2018 | My Deeds, Section Four
There is a table representing my unstudied view of the relationship of the clauses of Revelation 2:26-29. I’m considering the clause, who continues in my deeds until the end, because it tugs the hardest at me to return to my own works. I’ve begun to try to...
by admin | Feb 20, 2018 | Atonement, Section Four, To Make Holy
I plan to begin a slow pilgrimage through kâphar, which will at a minimum include surveying kôpher and kippûr. The first occurrences of kâphar and kôpher according to Strong’s Concordance are found in, Make rooms in the ark, and cover (kâphar, וכפרת; Septuagint:...