Further note: :-) I've come to the conclusion that 'scheduling' myself or putting a deadline on posting isn't, at this juncture, what is best. As I study and prepare my weekly notes (and I am obviously weeks behind) I'll share.
1 Corinthians 7-8
Marriage review in chapter 7. Interesting time to be reading, my oldest son just got married...pondering upon the exhortation that marriage is the desired state. That those who are called to be single are the exception, not the rule. Marriage is a refining relationship like no other. It is a wonderful growing together. I wonder how many people delay marriage waiting on the 'right one' rather than working on being the 'right one?'
I've seen sayings - Choose your love, love your choice. It is a choice, one does need to examine the other person to ensure, as much as is possible, that each is a good match/fit. We have so many singles within the Bride of Christ, is it due to incompatibility issues? Immaturity? Lack of guidance? Unreasonable expectations?
Marriage is to be a reflection of Him and His love for the Bride. How often do we miss this point as we seek to have our own desires/lusts/wants/needs met? Desiring to be served, versus desiring to serve. To lay down our lives for another...to work through the beautiful rose scented times, as well as the thorny?
If you are married, may the Lord bless you with an understanding heart, a desire to fulfill His commands as you serve one another. If you're not married and hesitant, please prayerfully consider if this is HIS state for you or your reluctance to lay down your life for another.
Genesis 44-47
Gen 45:18 And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
Gill: and ye shall eat the fat of the land; the choicest fruits of the earth, such as were produced in fields and gardens; meaning that they should have the finest of the wheat for themselves, and the fattest pastures for their flocks.
fat - H2459 - From an unused root meaning to be fat; fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence the richest or choice part.
land - H776 - From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).
Corn - is that actual corn as we know it, or does that mean a form of wheat?
Gen 45:23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
Gen 45:23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
Corn - H1250 - From H1305 (in the sense of winnowing); grain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extension the open country: - corn, wheat.
- H1305 - A primitive root; to clarify (that is, brighten), examine, select.
I had to chuckle at myself...its interesting when making a mistake some of the gems discovered.
H1350 - A primitive root, to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), that is, to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative’s property, marry his widow, etc.).
That obviously caused me a double take when reading on what I thought was supposed to be a root for the word corn. :-D
Gen 47:15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan,
money failed - Gill: It had been all spent in the third, fourth, and fifth years of the famine; for it seems to be at the end of the fifth, or beginning of the sixth year of the famine, that this was the case, since we after read of a second or following year, which was very plainly the last, since seed was given them to sow the land with, which shows the time of drought to be near at an end:
What was the money? Gold?
money - H3701 - From H3700; silver (from its pale color); by implication money.
- H3700 - A primitive root; properly to become pale, that is, (by implication) to pine after; also to fear.
1 Samuel 6-19
1Sa 10:9 And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.
God gave him another heart. Does this mean Saul had a regenerated heart?
Gill: God gave him another heart; not in a moral or spiritual sense, not a new heart, and a new spirit, as in conversion, but in a civil sense, a right heart, a heart fit for government; filled with wisdom and prudence to rule a people; with courage and magnanimity to protect and defend them against their enemies, and fight for them; a heart not taken up with the affairs of husbandry, with care for his father's asses, and looking after his herds, but filled with concern for the civil welfare of Israel, and with schemes and contrivances for their good, and with warm resolutions to deliver them out of the hands of their enemies:
Keil and Delitzsch: When Saul went away from Samuel, to return to Gibeah, “God changed to him another heart,” - a pregnant expression for “God changed him, and gave him another heart” (see at 1Sa_10:6); and all these signs (the signs mentioned by Samuel) happened on that very day. As he left Samuel early in the morning, Saul could easily reach Gibeah in one day, even if the town where he had met with Samuel was situated to the south-west of Rachel's tomb, as the distance from that tomb to Gibeah was not more than three and a half or four hours.
1Sa 10:6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
Keil and Delitzsch: “Ecstatic states,” says Tholuck (die Propheten, p. 53), “have something infectious about them. The excitement spreads involuntarily, as in the American revivals and the preaching mania in Sweden, even to persons in whose state of mind there is no affinity with anything of the kind.” But in the instance before us there was something more than psychical infection. The Spirit of Jehovah, which manifested itself in the prophesying of the prophets, was to pass over to Saul, so that he would prophesy along with them (הִתְנַבִּיתָ formed like a verb הל for התנבאת; so again in 1Sa_10:13), and was entirely to transform him. This transformation is not to be regarded indeed as regeneration in the Christian sense, but as a change resembling regeneration, which affected the entire disposition of mind, and by which Saul was lifted out of his former modes of thought and feeling, which were confined within a narrow earthly sphere, into the far higher sphere of his new royal calling, was filled with kingly thoughts in relation to the service of God, and received “another heart” (1Sa_10:9). Heart is used in the ordinary scriptural sense, as the centre of the whole mental and psychical life of will, desire, thought, perception, and feeling (see Delitzsch, Bibl. Psychol. pp. 248ff., ed. 2). Through this sign his anointing as king was to be inwardly sealed.
1Sa 10:26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
Gill: whose heart God had touched; and inclined to show honour and respect to their king; the Targum describes them,"men that feared to sin, and in whose hearts the fear of God was put.''
Psalms 33-35
Psa 33:15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
fashioneth - H3335 - probably identical with H3334 (through the squeezing into shape); (compare H3331); to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively to determine (that is, form a resolution).
- H3334 - A primitive root; to press (intransitively), that is, be narrow; figuratively be in distress.
- H3331 - A primitive root; to strew as a surface.
Psa 33:16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength (H3581).
Psa 33:17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength (H2428).
strength - H3581 - From an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard.
A large lizard - gotta love it. Used 126x in 121 verses - wonder if this is the word God used in Job talking about Levithan? Yep...Job 40:16. :-)
Psa 29:4 The voice of the LORD is powerful (H3581); the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.
Psa 71:9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength (H3581) faileth.
Isa 40:29 He giveth power (H3581) to the faint; and to them that have no might (H202) he increaseth strength (H6109).
The other 'strength as used Psalm 33:17)
H2428 - From H2342; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength.
- H2342 - A primitive root; properly to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), that is, (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively to wait, to pervert:
Used 243x in 228 verses - whoosh - -
Exo 18:25 And Moses chose able (H2428) men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
1Ki 10:2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train (H2428), with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
Interesting difference in definitions between the two words translated as 'strength' - an encouragement to not 'blindly' read w/out understanding.
Psa 33:18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope (H3176) in his mercy;
hope - H3176 - A primitive root; to wait; by implication to be patient, hope.
And since I'm 'behind' on posting, this fits quite well with a passage I read today in Jeremiah 17:17 (week 16 - think I'll remember that I've written on this topic when I get there?)
Jer 17:17 Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.
The cross reference (in my Bible) is:
I am literally sitting here laughing out loud at myself... *sigh* ...divine mistakes? The passage I looked at today was not verse 17, rather 7 (thought I obviously read 17 too!); however, I find it highly amusing that verse 17 also uses the word hope and will try to flesh that one out as well.
Now...verse 7 states:
Jer 17:7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope (H4009) the LORD is.
Cross reference for this verse is:
Isa 30:18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
What 'caught' my attention on this particular passage was the 'wait on him.' Waiting is such a difficult thing to do!
hope - H4009 - From H982; properly a refuge, that is, (objectively) security, or (subjectively) assurance.
- H982 - A primitive root; properly to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as H2620); figuratively to trust, be confident or sure.
verse 17 - hope (H4268) - From H2620; a shelter (literally or figuratively).
- H2620 - A primitive root; to flee for protection (compare H982); figuratively to confide in.
Trust and confidence in God and His timing, His protection, His loving mercy and guidance. Not sure if these are the same Hebrew words, but comforting nonetheless.
Psa_37:7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Psa_62:5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
Lam_3:25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Wait from Isaiah 30:18 - H2442 - A primitive root (apparently akin to H2707 through the idea of piercing); properly to adhere to; hence to await.
Interesting - this passage was one I recently read as well, waiting for due course.
Job 32:4 Now Elihu had waited (H2442) till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
Psa 33:20 Our soul waiteth (H2442) for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
Isa 64:4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth (H2442) for him.
Waiting...waiting...and learning...God doesn't have us wait, whether it is for a specific 'age' - or season, person, etc., without a divine purpose. Everything that God does and allows in our lives is to remove dross from our lives and make us a better reflection of Him. Not to glorify ourselves, but to give a proper estimate of Him in our conversation and conduct to those who are walking the path to the Celestial City and to those who are observing from different vantage points.
May the God of all grace and mercy endow each of us as we travel through this temporal setting the ability to wait upon Him, for His gifts are good and His delivery never out of season.
And the next passage that caught my attention in Psalms (now that I've trailed back to my original notes). A verse of comfort:
Psa 34:7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
And and exhortation to those who are of the household of faith:
Psa 34:9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
Job 23-24
Isaiah 62-66
Isa 62:5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
bridegroom - H2860 - From H2859; a relative by marriage (especially through the bride); figuratively a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal): - bridegroom, husband, son in law.
- H2859 - A primitive root; to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage.
rejoiceth - H4885 - From H7797; delight, concretely (the cause or object) or abstractly (the feeling).
- H7797 - A primitive root; to be bright, that is, cheerful.
bride - H3618 - From H3634; a bride (as if perfect); hence a son's wife.
- H3634 - A primitive root; to complete.
Which fits quite well as I contemplate my son just marrying his bride. He is now complete. She completes him as no other woman can or ever will. Which as I contemplate the Bride of Christ, we are espoused to Him. He is already complete, lacking in nothing, yet He has betrothed Himself to us. Awaiting the day our espousals will be consummated. We will complete Him? That really is a thought provoking statement. If He is already complete, is He lacking if He 'needs' us. Or is it rather that we need Him? The kinsman redeemer?
Wow...I am having a major struggle with getting this post done...it has literally taken me weeks and trying to finish up today...all day. Granted I've not been as diligent as I could or should have been. Major battle with the flesh today.
Isa 64:8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Heh...which thrusts me back (or forward in this case) to the passage I read TODAY in Jeremiah about the potter.
Jer 18:2-6 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
Isa 64:8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Heh...which thrusts me back (or forward in this case) to the passage I read TODAY in Jeremiah about the potter.
Jer 18:2-6 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
Mold me, make me, fashion me Lord to give a proper estimate of You...may I never be so stiff and unyielding that I must be broken. Help me Lord to cling to You and desire Your ways and thoughts.
Now these next passages - these are routinely used with eschatology (the study of end times)...which is a subject that encompasses many different and varying viewpoints.
Isa 65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
Isa 65:20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
There is pre-mill, post-mill, a-mill, pre-trib, mid-trib, post-trib, historist pre-mill, etc. I've been studying (on and off) for the past 3 years...there are a few I can, without a doubt, throw out, others, I'm still fence sitting.
The wikipedia article may be read here, the article from Theopedia here. These two are not the last (or first) word on the topic...there is more than enough out there on the internet to keep someone busy for a l-o-n-g time.
Mark 3-4
Mar 3:5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
anger - G3709 - From G3713; properly desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind), that is, (by analogy) violent passion (ire, or [justifiable] abhorrence); by implication punishment.
- G3713 - Middle voice of apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary (compare G3735); to stretch oneself, that is, reach out after (long for).
Rom 1:18 For the wrath (G3709) of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Eph 2:3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath (G3709), even as others.
Eph 4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath (G3709), and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
grieved - G4818 - From G4862 and G3076; to afflict jointly, that is, (passively) sorrow at (on account of) some one.
- G4862 - A primary preposition denoting union; with or together (but much closer than G3326 or G3844), that is, by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc.
- G3076 - From G3708; the act of gazing, that is, (external) an aspect or (internal) an inspired appearance.
- G3708 - Properly to stare at (compare G3700), that is, (by implication) to discern clearly (physically or mentally); by extension to attend to; by Hebraism to experience; passively to appear
Interestingly - this word for grieved is used only 1x - in the verse above.
Mar 3:21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
beside himself - G1839 - From G1537 and G2476; to put (stand) out of wits, that is, astound, or (reflexively) become astounded, insane.
- G1537 - A primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence motion or action proceeds), from, out (of place, time or cause; literally or figuratively; direct or remote).
- G2476 - A prolonged form of a primary word στάω staō (of the same meaning, and used for it in certain tenses); to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively).
G1839 is used 17x in 17 verses...
Mar 6:51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed (G1839) in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.
Act 8:9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched (G1839) the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
Act 10:45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished (G1839), as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
2Co 5:13 For whether we be beside ourselves (G1839), it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
When I did a search for the phrase 'beside himself' this passage came up as well:
Act 26:24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
beside thyself - G3105 - Middle voice from a primary word μάω maō (to long for; through the idea of insensate craving); to rave as a “maniac”.
Joh 10:20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad (G3105); why hear ye him?
1Co 14:23 If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad (G3105)?
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