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The narrative refuses naturalistic explanation; it is supernatural or nothing.
There is a time for the divine decree to be issued against a nation; a time when, though Noah, Job, and Daniel should stand before Him, yet He will not be entreated; though they cry early, cry aloud, cry with...
A godly person cannot maintain spiritual vitality while dwelling among those who mock the ways of Adonai.
Yahweh positioned His dwelling *skēnē* (tent) centrally so that every tribe maintained equal proximity to His presence, preventing quarrels over favoritism.
He is a ruminating animal, forever chewing the cud of private joy or grief.
When comfort abandons us and earthly props crumble, the soul rises on wings of intercession toward Yahweh.
The prophet employs striking, elevated language to convey God's gracious thoughts toward His erring but repentant people.
The Heavenly Physician addresses those who neglect His healing: those depending upon their own moral virtue, those trusting in religious duties alone, and those resting in correct doctrine without transformation.
The kiss signifies multiple progressive meanings in Scripture.
The guilt of forsaking God rests upon a fundamental truth: man is bound by the law of his nature to obey the Almighty Being who made him an intelligent and immortal creature.
Its rarity made it precious; it formed an essential ingredient in incense throughout the ancient world.
Both originate from God, yet they operate differently.
The Hebrew parallel, *nes* (ensign or standard), connects to Jehovah-Nissi (Exodus 17:15), God's banner of victory.
Exell's Victorian homiletical analysis reveals three cardinal parallels between the Jewish Passover and the Lord's Supper.
For He must reign till He hath put all enemies under His feet.—The reign of Christ establishes this world as His battlefield now; when this conflict ends, His reign concludes also. "He shall reign till," and no longer. Who are...
Joseph Exell's 1887 *Biblical Illustrator* frames this eschatological promise through three movements.
First, safe hiding-places are founded upon Christ alone, the foundation God has laid in Zion.
It is a corruption of self-love, a form of self-flattery.
The truths requiring cordial belief are these: all have sinned; I am a guilty sinner exposed to just punishment; Jesus Christ, having died for all, is Saviour to those who truly believe on Him.
Exell identifies the distinguishing mark of such hollow speech: the avoidance of Scripture's most penetrating term—*sin* (*hamartia*, missing the mark before God).
See here the woeful effects of refusing Elohim's free offers of grace.
But by what standard shall we measure ourselves?
The distinction between "lively" and "living" reveals Scripture's nature: where *lively* denotes mere animation, *living* (*zōē*) signifies life as an operative principle—comprehensive, generative, self-perpetuating.
and they shall be wanderers among the nations." This pronouncement from Ezekiel carries the weight of divine judgment in two dimensions.