Haggai 2:4b: “Be strong all you people of the land, saith the Lord, and work for I am with you saith the Lord of Host.” “Work is love made visible, and if you cannot work with love only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate
WORD STUDY – SWEET SAVOR Genesis 8:21: “And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as
John 7:1 “After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.” In the Aramaic Bible the word Jews is Yihudaya (Judean) which references the people who lived in the land of Yuhuda (Judah). The Greek is just a transliteration of the Aramaic
Haggai 2:17: “I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labors of your hands; yet you turned not to me, saith the Lord?” The Book of Haggai is an often overlooked Book of the Bible, probably because it is only two chapters. Haggai was the first of the
Psalms 28:1 “Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.” The word for pit is bore in Hebrew which could mean a well, a prison, or a crypt. A prison is
Matthew 7:29: “For he taught them as [one] having authority, and not as the scribes.” “Let us so lie so that when we die even the undertake will be sorry.” Mark Twain I grew up in Baptist church were preaching was preaching. I mean we would not tolerate any of these sissy little
Hosea 2:16 “And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, [that] thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.” The English word master has gone through many changes throughout the centuries. It means many things to many different people. A slave owner is called a master, the owner
Hosea 2:16 “And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, [that] thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.” The English word master has gone through many changes throughout the centuries. It means many things to many different people. A slave owner is called a master, the owner
Deuteronomy 7:7-8 “The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye [were] the fewest of all people. But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers.” Matthew 24:24 “For
Isaiah 62:5: “For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee. And as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.” This is an interesting poetic expression. In the first part of this verse in Isaiah it appears that Israel is playing the role
