by admin | May 20, 2019 | Hannah's Prayer, Section Five
I want to consider Hannah’s prayer in four English translations, two from the Hebrew of the Masoretic text[1] and two from the Greek of the Septuagint: Masoretic Text Septuagint 1 Samuel 2:1, 2 (Tanakh) 1 Samuel 2:1, 2 (NET) 1 Reigns 2:1, 2 (NETS) 1 Kings 1:28b-2:2...
by admin | May 12, 2019 | Section Five, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?, Who am I?
“One more thing you should know about me,” I wrote in another essay: “I usually appreciate God’s deceptiveness (the NIV translates it shrewdness, if you prefer) first, before I recognize his reliability, trustworthiness and loyalty. So I assume that I am far more...
by admin | Mar 18, 2019 | A Monotonous Cycle, Section Five
Moses wrote (Genesis 3:22-24 Tanakh): And HaShem (yehôvâh, יהוה) G-d (ʼĕlôhı̂ym, אלהים) said: ‘Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for...
by admin | Feb 20, 2019 | Jesus' Prayer, Section Five, To Make Holy
The next form of ἁγιάζω I want to consider is found in Jesus’ prayer to his Father: Set them apart (ἁγίασον, a form of ἁγιάζω) in the truth; your word is truth.[1] But I’m making a slow pilgrimage through his prayer because I believe I can know his holiness here. ...
by admin | Feb 8, 2019 | Deuteronomy, Section Five, The Fear of the Lord, Visiting Iniquity
I’ve been considering yehôvâh’s fearful pronouncement: I punish (pâqad, פקד) the sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons for the sin of the fathers who reject me…[1] By way of review, I didn’t find anything about the Hebrew word itself that would compel anyone to...
by admin | Jan 13, 2019 | Chapter 16, Romans, Section Five
Now I urge you, Paul wrote believers in Rome, to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid[1] them![2] The Greek word translated to watch out was σκοπεῖν (a form of σκοπέω). Jesus said (Luke 11:33-36...
by admin | Dec 30, 2018 | A Monotonous Cycle, Section Five
Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don’t understand these things? Jesus said to Nicodemus. I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony. If I have told you people...
by admin | Dec 28, 2018 | Father, Forgive Them, Section Four
Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.[1] “That’s me,” I responded as I read that this time. The Greek word translated enemies was ἐχθρούς (a form of ἐχθρός). For if while we were enemies (ἐχθροὶ, another form of ἐχθρός), Paul...
by admin | Dec 13, 2018 | Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Section Four
I am more or less willing to be a polytheist. Trinitarianism gives me a headache. I’m not quite sure how anyone deduced monotheism from, HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE HaShem (yehôvâh, יהוה) OUR GOD (ʼĕlôhı̂ym, אלהינו), THE HaShem (yehôvâh, יהוה) IS ONE[1] anyway. The Hebrew...
by admin | Nov 20, 2018 | Gospel Proclamations, Section Four
Moses was burdened excessively, beyond [his] strength, so that [he] despaired even of living:[1] I am not able to bear all this people myself alone, he said, because it is too heavy for me. And if Thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray Thee, out of hand, if I have...