For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light... Proverbs 6:23 Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill. For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass…
A word study on serpents in Scripture. serpent 5175 viper (cockatrice or adder) 6848 dragon 8577 etc... A cognate word to the Hebrew word for serpent (nah-ghash) is the word for witchcraft or divination (cf. Strong's 5172 with 5175). Another cognate is the word for brass (cf. 5174 and 5178). And God created the great…
The wicked trample upon what is righteous. Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. Matthew 7:6 The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the…
Then the Egyptians chased after them with all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and they overtook them camping by the sea....(The flesh always pursues after the spirit to overcome it.) Exodus 14:9 Then the Egyptians took up the pursuit, and all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots and his horsemen went…
I have been meditating lately upon Jesus' remarks about how dreadful it will be for pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days before His return: Woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babes in those days; for there will be great distress upon the land, and wrath to this…
To better understand the spiritual significance of the hair and shaving one's head let us recall that in Lev 21:5 it was unlawful for the priests, who were always in the presence of God, to make their heads bald. We should also recall that in Leviticus one would shave himself as part of the process…
Now I praise you because you remember me in everything, and hold firmly to the traditions (like a Christian woman covering her head in the presence of God), just as I delivered them to you. But I want you to understand (Paul wants the believers to understand that there is a spiritual reason why the…
For the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, and the LORD brought back the waters of the sea on them; but the sons of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of the sea. And Miriam the prophetess, Aaron's sister, took the timbrel in her hand,…
And it came about when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the testimony were in Moses' hand as he was coming down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him (cf. Is 42:21--"The LORD was pleased…
And the sixth angel poured out his bowl upon the great (spiritual) river, the Euphrates; and its (life-giving, spiritual) water was dried up, that the way might be prepared for the (spiritual) kings from the east. And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast…