I Corinthians 12:24: “And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood…”
Hosea 4:6: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou has rejected knowledge, I will reject you, thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” I consider these little studies a personal journey and not really teachings. I
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
Matthew 16:24: “Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” Practically every modern translation I read will render this as “let him deny himself.” The only exceptions are Young’s Literal Translation which says, “Let him disown himself,”
Genesis 49:22: “Joseph is a fruitful son, a fruitful son by a spring. His branches run over a wall.” This is presented as a poetic expression. It is the final blessing given by Jacob just before he died. However, this is more than just a blessing but a prophecy. In Genesis 49:1 we learn
Genesis 47:31: “And he said swear unto me and he swore unto him, And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.” Hebrews 11:21: “By faith Jacob when he was dying blessed both the sons of Joseph and worshipped upon the top of his staff. This is one passage that sure does not make
Deuteronomy 7:17-18: If thou shalt say in thine heart, “These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?” Thou shalt not be afraid of them but shall remember what the Lord did unto Pharaoh and all of Egypt. When twelve spies confronted giants in the promised land only two remembered the words
Genesis 18:10: “And Sarah heard it in the tent door which was behind him.” I was reading in an ancient rabbinical work which noted that there was no preposition in the original text before the word door. Rabbi Shimon in this ancient text translated this as “Sarah heard the opening of the tent (dwelling
