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Verse 4 and 5 are also similar to Psalm 119:105 on God being a "lamp unto our feet."
Verses 6 through 14 could once again involve Christ prophetically or David himself as to enemies being justly recompensed. Verse 13 has a brief impreccatory word for "casting down" the wicked. We can look at Psalm 103:16 and no doubt many others on wealth being left to others of the wicked. (see also Jeremiah 5:28; Psalm 22:21).
The last verse about awaking and beholding His face in righteousness as well as having His likeness no doubt has allusions to the Resurrection and our eternal glorified state.
It may be well here with these repeated themes to consider how we should have as David did a "perfect hatred" for the wicked. ( Psalm 139:22). Such can only be with one filled with the Holy Spirit (as our own wickedness would make us judge others in the flesh with an unrighteous standard and also would condemn ourselves with such hypocricy). It is for jealousy of the God of Israel alone and His exalted state as the only Creator and Sovereign Lord that should lead us to a disdain of the world; the flesh and the Devil. It should also compel us to be preachers of righteousness for His Name's sake; knowing that God is a God of wrath as well as mercy; but that it is in this lifetime that we must be Born Again.
No where in the scripture you will find we should pray to Mary.
Philippians 4:6. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
One might understand better, the presence of the bridegroom, when we consider the faces that are in the bridle party. There are distinct features of both. Everyone dressed the same, looking the same, acting the same, yet there is something peculiar about the bridegroom!
He has an aura that precedes Him, an expression of hope and love, that He will soon be with the one, the one He loves, this one He will spend the rest of His life with!
This of course is what Jesus is speaking of, when we see Him as the bridegroom coming for His church!
His preeminence that goes before, whom we know, we will see Him. We will see before and as He arrives. We who know His promises. He has told us, we will share and see, at the hope of His coming!
How absolutely lovely He is, dressed for us, waiting to take us where He has promised!
As their was, marriages have a time of courtship. A time, being with Him, and times we would be without Him.
Times of uncertainty, and times of joy! Times of wonder, and times of thankfulness.
Even so our love would grow, in the face of all these, a faith that He would be all we would hope He would be!
If you belong to Christ, then you are living in this courtship, you are living in the hope that He is coming for you and me! As with all courtships their is a time and times of uncertainty! These things must come to pass, and certainly your love will grow as you wait for Him! Forsake Him not, even as you forsake not those around you! This is the love that He speaks of, a love that will move mountains. Repent and be Baptized
I am supposing this be Elijah and it example of Malachi 4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: which convinces me of him geing one of the two witnessess. What do you think , maybe?
.....In Isaiah 11:1 Which was approx. 250 yrs after Jesse David and Solomon had all died...Isaiah is using these 3 men as symbolic of a kingdom coming in the last days... Isaiah 11:11 is saying that this Jesse David and Solomon is coming again a 2 nd time which is symbolic of the Father Son and H.G. Which is Father Son and Granson...Thats y Jesus is saying he is the root and the offspring of DAVID...Impling the Davidic Kingdom was a type of the heavenly Kingdom..Father Son and Granson.
Some piece of information. You have written about the Book of Acts "but many Greek scholars hold that Luke and Acts are the highest quality of Greek in all ancient literature!". Sorry but this is not true really, not at all. The Greek language that people were speaking during Jesus' time was very simple and poor in many aspects compared to the rhetoric Greek of classical Athens, that is 4-5 centuaries earlier. Most of the masterpieces of ancient Greek literature come from that period, even earlier on like Homer's "Iliad and Odyssey" from the 8th centuary BC. But Luke's Greek is perfect that is why many scholars consider that he was probably a Greek himself. But his gospel is not written as a literature text (like the KJV translation is). It is written in everyday's language of people at that time. But his greek is perfect and also show a well educated man. The writtings of the other 3 evangelists who were Hebrew, and Greek was not their native language, show a limited vocabularly (lke mine in English!), and are simpler in the structure of the language compared to that of Luke. They contain many Hebraisms, that is Hebrew expressions that are not said in Greek (or in English) and may sometimes confuse people, like "son of man" which simply means "man", and "son of God" which simple means "God", or call as a "father" any ancestor, or as a "son" any decendant and so on. They also contain linguistic errors, like e.g. the "sea of Galilee" (or Gennesaret or Tiberias). Which is not a sea, but it is a lake. Luke is the only one who calls it a lake. Why? Because in Hebrew all waters are sea, the Hebrew language (at that time) does not distinguish between sea and lake. Everything is called "sea", whether a sea or a lake. So the other 3 evangelists just said in Greek what they would have said in Hebrew, but it is not right. And some other as well...
Have a blessed weekend. GBU
If you are a born-again believer in Jesus Christ, demons can attack you, but they have not power to harm you.
If you think you are being stalked, contact the police.
I understand that you are afraid, but as David said of himself in Ps. 56:3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in You.
God bless!
"I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered."
Be encouraged.
Have a Blessed Weekend.
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The eternality of the sacrifice of Jesus reminds us of the gravity of sin, lest we think that it is but a small, insignificant matter to us or to God.
The sight and smell of the burnt offering day and night for the Israelites would ever make them conscious of the need to obey His commands and to make use of God's means for the forgiveness of their sins when they fall into transgressing His law. It is always an appeal to God to be merciful to them. They cannot rest on their own laurels. They must rest in God His way.
The peace offering (fat, oil, incense, and salt) was to be placed on top of the burnt offering. Peace with God only comes from atonement through a redeeming action of a substitute. The death of the sacrifice replaces the death of the sinner every time he sins. There must be redemption first before peace can be realized between God and His chosen ones. There is no true peace without God's acceptance, favor, mercy, and grace. He provided the way for us to be reconciled and have peace. It was not of our doing. We could never make our own way to God. He came to us. He reached down to us. He made Himself one of us to be the perfect substitute to die in our places. He humbled Himself. He set aside His glory to be vulnerable and able to suffer for us. He provided all that is needed for our salvation. We are just to believe this and receive salvation from Him. Before creation, God had all things worked out for our good despite knowing we would be sinful and corrupted. In all this God displays His glory in exercising His love, grace, mercy, and justice through redemptive creation and history.
All dominion, power and authority is God's. He alone is above all things. He alone is sovereign over all things. He alone is the sole decider of what is right and good and pure as well as what is evil, wicked, and unholy. He decides the rules for His universe. All creation bows to Him. All creation answers to Him. He alone is God.