WORD STUDY – WAITING FOR GOD

Isaiah 30:18: “Therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted to have mercy on you. For Jehovah is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him.”   This looks pretty clear cut.  The Lord will wait so that He...

{Hitting the Bullseye}

  Psalm 119 is one of my favorite Psalms and its theme is  love for the Word of God. It is an acrostic poem and has 176 verses. These verses are divided into 22 stanzas. One stanza for every letter of the Hebrew alphabet, for example: The first word of the first...

{Word Study} To See “Nihzon”

WORD STUDY – TO SEE Matthew 5:8: “Blessed are those who are pure in heart for they shall see God.” To See: Aramaic – nihzon: experience, to see beyond normal perception. To see colors of emotions. God has no body and is invisible, so how can we “see Him.”   “Seeing...

{Word Study} Poor (In Spirit)

{WORD STUDY} – POOR (IN SPIRIT) Matthew 5:3: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Poor – Greek: ptochos from the root ptoeo or pipto – a beggar, one who is destitute, a pauper, Spiritually poor, humble, devout. Aramaic –...