How do we face difficulties and terrible circumstances? Obviously the Christianeze answer is with … faith. So we immediately face the nagging question of why we personally don’t have enough faith for whatever we are facing. The fact is we will always be facing something that will be challenging our level / measure of faith. […]
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In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the
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These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. Genesis 2:4 Jehovah-Elohim the Eternal Creator. This title of ‘elohim’ is translated these ways… divine (1), divine being (1), exceedingly (1), God (2326), god (45), God’s (14), goddess
And you shall flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him. Zechariah 14:5 Jehovah-Elohay
This man went up from his city each year to worship and sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh. Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were priests to the Lord there. 1 Samuel 1:3 Jehovah-Saboath the Lord of Hosts. Here the title is a derivative of the Hebrew word ‘tsaba’ meaning armies
“I am the Lord your God, who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. Exodus 20:2 Jehovah-Eloheka the Lord your God. Here the Hebrew masculine word is a derivative of ‘Elohim’ with the connotation of ‘your’ in the in the title word. This title was used in
Exalt the Lord our God; worship at his footstool! Holy is he! Psalms 99:5 Jehovah- Eloheenu the Lord our God. David here in this Psalm uses the identifier ‘Eloheenu’ which is a derivative of ‘Elohim’ and this derivative is used 174 times in the OT. The difference is in the the aspect of ‘our’. David
I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High. Psalms 7:17 Jehovah-Elyon the Lord Most High. David in this Psalm gives the Lord this title. The Hebrew adjective means supreme, the uppermost. From Barnes’ Notes on the Bible… “Most
Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and called it, The Lord Is Peace. To this day it still stands at Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiezrites. Judges 6:24 Jehovah- Shalom the Lord our Peace. Here the title is ‘shalom’ meaning completeness, soundness, welfare, and peace. The word ‘shalom’ is used in many
So Abraham called the name of that place, “The Lord will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.” Genesis 22:14 Jehovah-Jireh the Lord will see or provide. This Hebrew word ‘ra’ah’ of which this title is a derivative is used many different ways and
