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Delitzsch observed that this promise extends not to Israel's senile decline, but to her yet-future history.
This truth presents two terrible events in human history.
The seer of Patmos drew this imagery from his island circumstances, much as Peter's rooftop vision at Joppa arose from hunger and his lodging with a tanner.
Consider first the dissolution of the human frame—that wonderful machine bearing the mark of Divine wisdom and skill.
Samaria, perched high on its hillside with luxuriant vegetation and bright flowers, wears a crown of pride—yet this garland must fade.
Trees inhabited Eden's garden where Yahweh first conversed with mankind beneath their shadow.
The Greek word here *kleio* means not merely to close, but to lock—to shut in a way that cannot be reopened.
The Hebrew word for "abide" (*yalun*) literally means "to lodge" or "to spend the night." Thus the ancient scholars read the verse with piercing irony: Adam, placed in honor within Paradise itself, did not remain even one night.
First, consider who bestows it: Yahweh Himself, the Giver of all good gifts.
They proclaim that the city lies open and accessible to all quarters equally.
The annihilation of Assyrian power unfolds as a great funeral obsequy, well known among Eastern nations.
Shepherds move constantly in pursuit of fresh pasture for their flocks, making the shepherd's tent the perfect emblem of life's transience and uncertainty.
Richard Hooker, the great theologian, wrote that law's "seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world." All creation—material and spiritual—moves according to divine law.
A landlord cannot truthfully declare of his fields, "These are mine forever and ever." A king cannot say of his crown with certainty, "This shall be mine eternally." These earthly possessions inevitably change masters; their possessors soon mingle with dust,...