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The inmost essence of the law is revealed in a single, lofty conception: 'to love Jehovah thy God.' This is the sovereign commandment, to which even the minute regulations of Leviticus are subordinate.
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Luthardt identifies seven critical aspects: God's kingdom surpasses all earthly kingdoms; amidst the collapse of human rule, men seek one that endures; it is founded upon moral goodness rather than external might; it originated in Elohim's *protē noēsis* (primeval thought);...
In what sense does the Almighty cast off His people?
Yet if we saw truly, we should find many streams of refreshment, many sunny spots, and on all sides evidences of the Divine tenderness.
In Psalm 132, David and his successors appealed to God's solemn covenant spoken through Nathan the prophet, words so momentous they remained fresh in Israel's memory for generations.
I am thy part and thine inheritance' (Numbers 18:20).
First, consider what the good man loses by gaining the world's approval.
When Christ pronounces blessing upon the poor, He does not flatter the poor *as such*, nor does He suggest that mere material destitution produces virtue.
why tarry the wheels of his chariots?" This language of Sisera's mother—hopeful yet half-despairing—echoes through multitudes in the stern fight of existence and the moral campaign of consecrated life.
The human mind's finite grasp of the Infinite does not account for our blindness to Yahweh; rather, our sinful moral nature darkens His countenance and dulls our spiritual perception.
Spurgeon discerned in this verse a sermon for every loiterer and procrastinator in God's kingdom.
She had rhapsodized, calling for her beloved's return—yet when he came at an inconvenient hour, she could not rise from her bed to meet him.
Jesus becomes the Sun Himself, shining immediately upon all inhabitants.
Initially, when God inscribed the law upon man's heart at creation, the preparation and writing belonged exclusively to Elohim.
This declaration reveals three dimensions of Divine creativity and purpose.
In earthly transactions, once a covenant is confirmed between two parties, neither can annul it or add fresh clauses—the agreement stands in all integrity.
The reason was not spiritual unworthiness but historical reality: David's hands, reddened with blood from warfare, could not rear a house of peace.
We do not live by a single mercy granted at conversion or at some pivotal moment.
Skinner observed, the Messianic age flows from every historical crisis—Babylon's captivity becomes the type of humanity's greater deliverance.
Scripture tells us that until a priest with Urim and Thummim stands before God (Ezra 2:63, Nehemiah 7:65), this mystery cannot be fully resolved.
It is faith that gives the Christian a new relationship to God, making him son of God and joint-heir with Christ.
Their liberation was so extraordinary that the people scarcely believed it themselves—they felt as men awakening from a dream, uncertain whether their deliverance was real or mere imagination.
Yet the people of God have always encountered persecution and sacrifice.
In Old Testament thought, moral and physical evil are not reduced to a single principle.