by admin | Oct 25, 2017 | Deuteronomy, Section Four, The Fear of the Lord, Visiting Iniquity
“Because you obeyed (shâmaʽ, שמעת; Septuagint: ἤκουσας, a form of ἀκούω) your wife, the Lord (yehôvâh, יהוה) God (ʼĕlôhı̂ym, אלהים) said to Adam, and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ cursed is the ground thanks to you; in...
by admin | Oct 9, 2017 | Deuteronomy, Section Four, The Fear of the Lord, Visiting Iniquity
I’ll continue to look at yehôvâh’s fearful pronouncement: I punish the sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons for the sin of the fathers who reject me…[1] Two tables comparing/contrasting four partial verses follow. In the center columns the Hebrew words read from top...
by admin | Sep 7, 2017 | Chapter 15, Romans, Section Four
This is the reason I was often hindered from coming to you,[1] Paul continued his letter to believers in Rome. The hindrance here was Paul’s own φιλοτιμούμενον (a form of φιλοτιμέομαι), translated I desire (NET) and have I strived (KJV), his own fondness for honor:...
by admin | Jul 2, 2017 | Deuteronomy, Section Four, The Fear of the Lord, Visiting Iniquity
I was standing between the Lord and you at that time, Moses said to Israel, to reveal to you the message of the Lord (yehôvâh, יהוה), because you were afraid (yârêʼ, יראתם) of the fire and would not go up the mountain.[1] Then he recounted the ten commandments. ...
by admin | Jun 19, 2017 | Chapter 15, Romans, Section Four
So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.[1] Initially I took this to mean that Paul’s boast was about what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed, in the power of signs and...
by admin | Apr 16, 2017 | Deuteronomy, Section Three, The Fear of the Lord
In this essay I’ll consider three occurrences of yârêʼ (תירא), the first two very briefly. They simply mean fear, the fear of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more they can do.[1] Numbers 21:33-35 (NET) Deuteronomy 3:1-4 (NET) Then they turned and...