Category: 3 – The Bible

The Bible – Biblical Hebrew, Koine Greek, Aramaic – Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, the books” – Hebrew Tanakh and early Christians writings. “from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.”

Septuagint I AM Statements ἐγώ εἰμι Greek

Did Jesus claim to be God? ἐγώ εἰμι – ὁ θεός – κύριος Gen 17:1 ἐγένετο δὲ Αβραμ ἐτῶν ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα καὶ ὤφθη κύριος τῷ Αβραμ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ θεός σου εὐαρέστει ἐναντίον ἐμοῦ καὶ γίνου ἄμεμπτος God to Abraham Gen 23:4 πάροικος καὶ παρεπίδημος ἐγώ εἰμι μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν δότε οὖν μοι κτῆσιν τάφου μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν καὶ θάψω τὸν […]

Importance of Forgiving

Forgiveness - Purposefully altering one’s attitude toward someone who has offended or otherwise owes us a debtm changing from negative feelings toward them to a desire for them to prosper, Thoughts of God, Thoughtsfogod, David Reese

As believers in Jesus, we have reason to be cautious as we look at Matthew 18:23-35 18:23-35. “For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves…. “And the lord of that slave felt compassion and released him and forgave him the debt. But that slave went […]

Nail pierced, Name Inscribed

15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child And have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you. 16“Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me. Isaiah 49:15 David Reese, mythoughts, thoughtsoggod, Thoughts of God

15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child And have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you. 16“Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me.   Isaiah 49:15 John 20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when […]

Revelation 2:1 Through 3:22 – Imperatives to the Seven Churches

ἀκουσάτω (let him listen) τί (what) τὸ (the) Πνεῦμα (Spirit) λέγει (says) ταῖς (to the) ἐκκλησίαις (churches) , στήρισον (strengthen) τὰ (the things) λοιπὰ (that remain) ἃ (which) ἔμελλον (are about) ἀποθανεῖν (to die), κράτει (hold fast) ὃ (what) ἔχεις (you have)

Until you know the meaning of a terms, hearing one can cause you to loose attention. I did not know what pesher was when I first heard it but pesher is used in the Church today,  day to day, week to week.  Pesher focuses the reader/hearer on considering how to apply scripture to our lives today. Toward the beginning […]