by admin | Aug 26, 2018 | Atonement, Section Four, To Make Holy
I’ll continue to consider yehôvâh’s (יהוה) instruction to Moses: They[1] are to eat those things by which atonement (kâphar, כפר; Septuagint: ἡγιάσθησαν, a form of ἁγιάζω) was made to consecrate and to set them apart, but no one else may eat them, for they are...
by admin | Aug 19, 2018 | Atonement, Section Four, To Make Holy
I’ll continue to consider yehôvâh’s (יהוה) instruction to Moses: They[1] are to eat those things by which atonement (kâphar, כפר; Septuagint: ἡγιάσθησαν, a form of ἁγιάζω) was made to consecrate and to set them apart, but no one else may eat them, for they are...
by admin | Aug 5, 2018 | Atonement, Section Four, To Make Holy
The next occurrence of כפר (kâphar), translated atonement, I want to consider on this pilgrimage is found in yehôvâh’s (יהוה) instruction to Moses (Exodus 29:33 NET): [Aaron and his sons[1]] are to eat those things by which atonement was made to consecrate and to set...
by admin | Jul 8, 2018 | Forgiven or Passed Over?, Forgiveness, Section Four
In another essay I considered occurrences of sâlach (ונסלח) in Leviticus, translated will be forgiven. The rabbis’ translation ἀφεθήσεται (a form of ἀφίημι) in the Septuagint (See Table1 below) impressed me and I compared those same passages of Leviticus to...
by admin | Jun 26, 2018 | Jesus' Prayer, Section Four, 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. I...
by admin | Jun 12, 2018 | Deuteronomy, Section Four, 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 | Jun 9, 2018 | Section Four
An article in the Washington Post by Mark Berman and Marwa Eltagouri, entitled “Parkland suspect detailed plans in chilling videos: ‘I’m going to be the next school shooter’” caught my ear. Two excerpts from it are contrasted below: He announced plans to become a...
by admin | May 27, 2018 | Section Four, To Make Holy
I think I can finally wipe some sticky filaments of ideas from my face and roll them up into something like a little cotton candy ball: I have dual citizenship in the rarefied and pampered world of resort hotels, both as a guest and as a servant working along with...
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...