WORD STUDY – GOD BRINGS FORTH HIS PROMISE

    Isaiah 66:9: “Shall I bring forth birth and not cause to bring forth, says the Lord.  Shall I cause to bring forth and shut the womb? says your God.”   At first glance this repetition of the phrase, to bring forth, seems to say the same thing and...
WORD STUDY – TOO SMALL

WORD STUDY – TOO SMALL

  Genesis 32:10, “I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.”   Of all the modern translations I read this verse...

WORD STUDY – THE TITTLE

Isaiah 63:9: “In all their affliction he was afflicted…”   Here is something I have never understood about the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia or the Kittle which is the standard Masoric text used by our Western Christian translators.   For you Hebrew students,...
WORD STUDY – THE QUEEN IN GOD’S PALM

WORD STUDY – THE QUEEN IN GOD’S PALM

  Isaiah 62:3: “You will also be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord and a royal diadem in the hand of the your God.”   In ancient Hebrew culture there were two types of crowns.  There was an enduring crown and a temporary crown. The permanent or...
WORD STUDY – TIME TO SHINE

WORD STUDY – TIME TO SHINE

  Isaiah 60:1:  “Arise, shine, for your light has come and the glory of the Lord has risen upon thee.”   What probably runs through most peoples minds when they hear this verse is “Wake up, time to rise and shine.” I guess metaphorically this verse is a slap...