What are the Sure Mercies of David?

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Jerry

Knowing the answer to this question will greatly help you to understand Bible prophecy, as demonstrated in a recent Facebook discussion I joined in with a few comments of my own:

8-15-23 What are the Sure Mercies of David

My Facebook friend, Duane Burgess, recently posted this on his Facebook page, and this led to quite a discussion!

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: Biblical Eschatology.

In sound biblical hermeneutics & exegesis there is no allegorizing, no spiritualizing and no replacement theology.

It has been wisely said, do not present your eschatology until you master Zechariah.

God has one Redeemed people, but He deals with the saints in various ways from generation to generation.

God also has unique distinctions for ethnic national Israel and for the Church.

The Church is not, in any way, Israel.

The Church has dealt with error from its beginning, 2000 years ago.

The churches got some things wrong and some things right.

Paul would establish local churches, then he would turn around and issue correction and even rebuke.

The Church fathers got some things wrong and some things right.

Premillennial eschatology is taught in Scripture and was believed in the early Church (Chiliasm).

The Pretribulational Rapture is taught in Scripture and was believed in the early Church.

The Church has mistakenly been moving away from sound biblical eschatology since the first century.

Amillennial and Post Millennial beliefs have no exegetical biblical support.

There is no biblical or historical fulfillment yet of Daniel’s 70th week. God has future plans for ethnic national Israel, to purge and cleanse that people in great tribulation, her time of Jacob’s trouble.

To get prophecy and Scripture right we must embrace God’s unique distinctions for ethnic national Israel and for the Church.

 

My Comment:

Included within Romans 9:24-33 is a most important statement:

Rom 11:29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. (ESV)

Much Bible prophecy is closely related to the Biblical Covenants already given, particularly the Abrahamic and the Davidic Covenants.

Isa 55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. (KJV)

 

Bradley responded (8-10-23):

re read the convents. To ABRAHAM. I will bless those who bless you. You will be a blessing to ALL families of the earth. ALL here means every people group. Abraham was not a Jew or part of ISRAEL. Israel is 2 generation later. Noah surely wasn’t a Jew. What kind of Jew would name their son HAM!!!

My response to Bradley (8-15-23):

You still may be missing the full truth of Scripture. I mentioned two Biblical Covenants, the Abrahamic and the Davidic.

The New Testament book of Matthew begins with the statement:

Mat 1:1  The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Carefully searching the Scriptures by means of cross reference Bible study will shed much light and provide a more accurate understanding of what the Bible itself actually teaches.

of David. Matthew necessarily proves the Saviour to be the son of David on account of the promise that he should, as David’s son, sit on David’s throne (Luk 1:32, Isa 9:6, 7) in fulfillment of the Davidic Covenant (+**2Sa 7:10).

of Abraham. Matthew proves the Saviour to be the son of Abraham as “the seed of Abraham in whom all nations of the earth should be blessed” (Gen 17:5, Gal 3:16, Rom 4:16) in fulfillment of the Abrahamic Covenant (+**Gen 12:2 note). Luke in his genealogy establishes our Saviour to be the son of Man (Luk 3:23; Luk 3:38) to prove him “the Seed of the Woman” (Gen 3:15), the “Second Adam” (1Co 15:47), the Redeemer of man, and the restorer of his lost inheritance (Psalms 8; Heb 2:5, 6, 7, 8).

The text I cited before, Isaiah 55:3, is key to the proper understanding of natural or ethnic Israel’s connection to these great eternal and unchangeable Covenants:

Isa 55:3  Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

Just what are the “sure mercies of David”? These may be learned by a study of what the Bible itself says about them in other passages of Scripture, pointed to by cross references:

Isaiah 41:9
9  Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
King James Version

Leviticus 26:42
42  Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
King James Version

Leviticus 26:44
44  And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
King James Version

Leviticus 26:45
45  But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.
King James Version

1 Kings 11:39
39  And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
King James Version

Psalms 94:14
14  For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
King James Version

Jeremiah 33:20
20  Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
King James Version
Jer 33:21  Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
Jer 33:25  Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
Jer 33:26  Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.

Zechariah 10:6
6  And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.
King James Version

Mal 3:6  For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Rom 11:1  I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

Romans 11:28-29
28  As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
29  For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
King James Version

“Without repentance” is translated “are irrevocable” in the ESV.

 

Bradley stated (8-10-23):

It does not say ALL ETHIC ISRAEL will be saved. Read it again in context with the rest of Romans. Israel is out, the Gentiles will come in, Israel is back. In this way ALL ISRAEL WILL BE SAVED. In context Jews and Gentiles make up ALL ISRAEL. Any pagan grammar teacher can see the grammar use here.

For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: [7] Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. [8] That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. Rom 9:6-8

 

My Comment (8-15-23):

Paul’s immediate reference to “but the children of the promise are counted for the seed” must be understood in accordance with the immediate following context stated in Romans 9:9,

Rom 9:9  For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.

Jews and Gentiles do NOT constitute “all Israel.”

Paul cites the Bible prophecy when he wrote what we have in our Bibles as Romans 11:26, where Paul said:

Rom 11:26  And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

Rom 11:27  For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

all Israel. This is a direct reference to the future conversion of the Jews in the land of Israel, and has nothing to do with “spiritual Israel” or the church in this age, as proven by Paul’s citation of Messianic prophecy later in this verse from Isa 59:19-20.

Isaiah 59:19-20

19  So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.

20  And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. King James Version

Thus, though Ishmael was also a son of Abraham, his offspring or seed are not the children of promise for the promise was stated that through Sarah the promised seed will come.

Therefore, the Scripture does not teach that “all Israel” is composed of both Jews and Gentiles!

 

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Daily Bible Nugget #772, Hebrews 4:12

Posted on August 12, 2023 by Jerry

The Nugget:

Heb 4:12  For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

From Ken Sagely’s Facebook post:

HEBREWS 4.12 For the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

JEREMIAH 15.16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them;
and Thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart:
for I am called by Thy name, O Lord God of hosts.

PSALM 119.18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous
things out of Thy law.

PSALM 119.130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it
giveth understanding unto the simple.

PSALM 119.133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any
iniquity have dominion over me.

The Spirit breathes upon the Word, And brings the truth to
sight: Precepts and promises afford A sanctifying light:
Let everlasting thanks be Thine! For such a bright display
As makes a world of darkness shine WIth beams of heavenly
day.
PSALM 117.1-2
O Praise the LORD. all ye nations:
Praise him, all ye people. For his
merciful kindness is great toward us:
Praise ye the LORD.

My Comment:

I lost this message yesterday but found it on Ken’s Facebook page today, so now here it is!

The Bible clearly tells us that (Hebrews 4:12) it will reach to the depths of our being to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Read the Bible long enough each day (at least 20 minutes in total, not necessarily all at one stretch) and often enough each week (at least four days a week) continuously and it will produce an absolute change in your life! That happened for me starting in August of 1953, now 70 years ago, so I know absolutely by continuing experience that this is true. It is also confirmed by recent research reported by Barna and also Pew Research.

Jeremiah reports that he “ate” God’s Word (Jeremiah 15:16). We might say he “devoured” God’s Word. If you start with the New Testament as I did and read it continuously you will soon find it to be a necessary and tasty food that feeds your spiritual life and you will enjoy devouring its message (1 Peter 2:2).

If you will pray, as did David (Psalm 119:18), for the Lord to open your eyes as you read and study God’s Word, the Holy Spirit will work through His written Word in the Bible to give you greater understanding (1 Thessalonians 2:13).

David testified that God’s Word is a lamp to his feet and a light to his path (Psalm 119:105).

David further declared that God’s Word as it enters your life will give light, and give understanding to even the ordinary person as they read it (Psalm 119:130).

I am greatly chagrined and have said so in my note on Psalm 119:130 when any church, denomination, pastor, or religious organization or supposed authority takes it upon themselves to declare that they are the only authorized teaching authority and only they can correctly interpret the Bible (1 John 2:27). The Bible, properly read and carefully studied, explains itself to a much greater degree than they apparently realize because they themselves have not given themselves to the proper study of God’s Word. If your church teaches it is the only one true church outside of which is no salvation, flee that church! (Revelation 18:4)

When your steps–the direction of your life in your daily walk and pursuits–are guided by God’s Word (Psalm 119:133), God will work in your life (1 Thessalonians 2:13) to overcome the dominion and stronghold–even stranglehold–sin attempts to have over your life (John 8:31. John 8:32. 1 Corinthians 10:13. 1 Corinthians 15:58. Romans 6:14. Hebrews 12:14).

This explains why the research results discovered by Barna and also Pew Research are true–God’s Word promises to change your life if you will carefully read and heed what it says (2 Peter 3:18). Start seriously reading the Bible today!

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The hog is unclean, so why do Christians eat pork?

Posted on August 8, 2023 by Jerry

7-28-23 The hog is unclean so why do Christians eat pork

The Muslim Challenge:

Deuteronomy 14:8  The hog is unclean, then why Christians eat pork??

My Response:

The answer to your question is given in many places in the New Testament.

Mar 7:17 After Jesus and his disciples had left the crowd and had gone into the house, they asked him what these sayings meant.
Mar 7:18 He answered, “Don’t you know what I am talking about by now? You surely know that the food you put into your mouth cannot make you unclean.
Mar 7:19 It doesn’t go into your heart, but into your stomach, and then out of your body.” By saying this, Jesus meant that all foods were fit to eat.
Mar 7:20 Then Jesus said: What comes from your heart is what makes you unclean.
Mar 7:21 Out of your heart come evil thoughts, vulgar deeds, stealing, murder,
Mar 7:22 unfaithfulness in marriage, greed, meanness, deceit, indecency, envy, insults, pride, and foolishness.
Mar 7:23 All of these come from your heart, and they are what make you unfit to worship God. (CEV, Contemporary English Version)

Notice verse 19 above. It is translated in the ESV (English Standard Version):

Mar 7:18 And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him,
Mar 7:19 since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.)

A careful study of what the rest of the New Testament says about the subjects mentioned in Mark 7:19 and/or Deuteronomy 14:8 will enable anyone to learn that the food law or food restriction given in Deuteronomy 14:8 has been abolished by Jesus Christ because as He said, He came to fulfill the Law (Matthew 5:18). The passages of Scripture involved may be found by means of consulting more complete sources of Bible cross references.

Contrary to what some have claimed here, there are many truths taught in the Bible which can only be understood by necessary inference. Many readers who lack inference skills will not understand these truths unless they are taught in a more direct form and understood by the enlightenment provided by the Holy Spirit.

Cross Reference Bible Study from The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury:

Deu 14:8  And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.

Deuteronomy 14:8
the swine. Isa 65:4; Isa 66:3; Isa 66:17, Luk 15:15, 16, 2Pe 2:22.

unclean unto you. Deut 14:7, %Rom 14:14; %Rom 14:17, %1Co 8:8, Col 2:16, 17, %*1Ti 4:3, Heb 9:9, 10.

touch. Lev 11:26, 27.

My Comment:

When the text of Scripture reads “unclean unto you,” careful readers will know that “unto you” is directed and restricted to the author’s immediate intended audience.

This command, therefore, was given exclusively to the Hebrew or Jewish nation and people.

It applies to no other people outside the territory of the nation of Israel.

Therefore, the dietary law of Deuteronomy 14:8 does not apply to any Christians today, just as Jesus said in Mark 7:19.

Cross Reference Bible Study from The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury:

Mar 7:18  And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
Mar 7:19  Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

purging all meats. Making all meats clean. Luk 11:41, Act 10:14, 15; Act 11:9, *Rom 14:17, Gal 2:12, *Col 2:16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, **1Ti 4:3, *Tit 1:15, Heb 9:10; Heb 13:9.

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Daily Bible Nugget #771, 1 Peter 5:7

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Jerry

 

The Nugget:

1Pe 5:7  Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

From Ken Sagely’s Facebook post:

1 Peter 5.7 Casting all care upon him for
he careth for you.

Psalm 62.8 Trust in him at all times; ye people
pour out your heart before Him: God is a refuge
for us.

Psalm 55.22 Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and

and He shall sustain thee; He shall never suffer the right-
– eous to be moved.

Psalm 37.5 Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also
in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.

Isaiah 28.29 This also cometh forth from the Lord
of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent,
in working.

Philippians 4.6 Be anxious for nothing, but in every
thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving
Let Your Requests be made known unto God.

Isaiah 41.13 For I the Lord thy God will hold thy
right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not I will help
thee.

Hebrews 4.16 Let us therefore come boldly unto
the throne of grace; that we may obtain mercy, and
find grace to help in time of need.

It is His concern about you, Where’er
you stand in this hour. So lay your burden
upon Him, who delights to show His power
How gracious is our Lord to invite us to
throw over on Him all that would distract
us or make us anxious.

Psalm 117.1-2 O PRAISE the Lord; all
ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
2 For His merciful kindness is great
toward us; and the truth of the Lord
endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord.

Cross Reference Bible Study for 1 Peter 5:7 from The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury:

1 Peter 5:7
Casting. Gr. epirrhiptō (S# G1977, only here and Luk 19:35). lit. having cast. “The aorist participle denotes the once for all act of throwing all of life’s worries upon Him” (LNT, fn o). 1Sa 1:10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18; 1Sa 30:6, Psa 22:10; Psa 27:13, 14; +*Psa 34:4; +*Psa 34:5; **+Psa 37:5 mg. **Psa 55:22; Psa 56:3-4, Amos 6:1, *+Mat 6:25; *+Mat 6:31; *+Mat 6:34; Mat 13:22 g. Luk 12:11, 12; Luk 12:22; Luk 12:26, **Php 4:6, +*Heb 13:5; +*Heb 13:6.

all your care. or, anxiety. Psa 39:6, Ecc 2:22, +Mat 6:25; +Mat 6:31; +Mat 6:34, Luk 12:26, 1Co 7:21, *Php 4:6.

upon him. Psa 10:14, *Pro 16:3, Isa 50:10.

for he careth. T829, Deut 32:11-12, Psa 33:18; Psa 34:15; *Psa 103:13; *Psa 103:14; Psa 142:4, 5, Isa 46:3, 4; *Isa 63:9, *Zec 2:8, *Mat 6:26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33; Mat 10:30, Mar 4:38, Luk 12:30, 32; Luk 21:18, Joh 10:13; *Joh 18:8.

for you. +**Psa 40:17.

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Daily Bible Nugget #770, 1 Thessalonians 5:23

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Jerry

The Nugget:

1Th 5:23  And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

My Comment:

I had always assumed from what I have heard preached in church or what I learned in passing in Sunday school that man is trichotomous–that man consists of body, soul, and spirit.

Only when I was practically forced to study deeper because of my experience of learning more about the Bible during four years of weekly studies with Jehovah’s Witnesses did I learn that the dichotomy point of view seems more consistent with what the Bible teaches.

In preparing The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge I dug even more deeply into these matters than ever before. Here are the results of that study.

From The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury on 1 Thessalonians 5:23–

your whole. Gr. holoteleis, *S# G3648, only here and Jas 1:4 (entire); the noun in Act 3:16. Paul in this text does not use the word “holomereis, ‘in all your parts,’ followed by the summing up of those parts, spirit, soul, and body; but that it reads holoteleis, which refers, not to the parts, but to the final end, telos” (Abraham Kuyper, The Work of the Holy Spirit, p. 491, note. Also cited by J. I. Marais, ISBE, vol 4, p. 2496), thus a reference to man as a unity.

Paul speaks here of “body,” “soul,” and “spirit” by way of periphrasis to represent the whole man. This text and Heb 4:12 appear to teach man is trichotomous, that he consists of three distinct elements: body, soul, and spirit. Yet no one argues on the basis of Luk 10:27 that man’s being consists of four or five elements: (body), heart, soul, strength, mind. Careful comparison of Scripture with Scripture will show that man is dichotomous (+*Rom 8:10), and that soul and spirit are but two different aspects of the same conscious non-material eternal part of man. That they are the same element in man is proven by the fact that the terms soul and spirit are used interchangeably (+*Gen 2:7 note). The terms soul and spirit are used with a wide degree of meaning in Scripture (see for soul, +*Mat 2:20 note; for spirit, +*Mat 8:16 note), but it is possible to affirm absolutely that the soul is not the body (+*Mat 10:28 note), contrary to the frequent affirmation of materialists like the Jehovah’s Witnesses.

That soul and spirit as they comprise the “hidden man of the heart” are immortal is absolutely affirmed by Peter (+*1Pe 3:4), for the Greek word aphthartos, rendered “not corruptible” is rendered “immortal” at 1Ti 1:17, and the closely related noun form of this word, aphtharsia, is rendered “immortality” at Rom 2:7 and 2Ti 1:10. Yet some quibble may be raised that aphthartos is best translated “incorruptible,” and that the rendering immortal and immortality is best reserved for athanasia, which occurs at 1Co 15:53, 54 and 1Ti 6:16.

Yet by the rule that things equal to a third thing are equal to each other, the Corinthian passage shows that the bodies of dead saints must put on incorruption, and the living saints who are mortal must put on immortality: but since both the living and the dead are one body (Eph 4:4) in Christ, at the Rapture (1Th 4:15, 16, 17) the final form of existence for both groups is identical. Since the dead saints are raised to incorruption and the living saints (“mortals”) are changed and put on immortality, incorruption and immortality are in this case one and the same thing in final result, and the objection that “incorruption” is not “immortality” has no force. For if the living are granted immortality, but the dead only incorruption, then living believers have an advantage over the dead in Christ, which is contrary to Paul’s argument in 1Th 4:13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, for such a concept is the very error Paul wrote to correct in the Thessalonian church.

Perhaps the term “immortality” with its meaning of deathlessness was reserved by Paul to living believers since they shall never experience physical death, and applied to their bodies, not their souls or spirits, both of which latter are never said in Scripture to be subject to natural (as opposed to spiritual) death in any case. +Gen 37:35 note. Lev 23:5 g. Jos 8:31 g. +**Mat 10:28 note. %Mat 22:37, %+*Rom 8:10, **Heb 4:12.

From The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury on Hebrews 4:12–

Heb 4:12  For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

dividing asunder. Gr. merismos (S# G3311, only here and Heb 2:4). This clause is often popularly understood to support “trichotomy,” the doctrine that “soul” is distinct and discrete from “spirit,” and that man is a trinity consisting of body, soul, and spirit. There can be no proper analogy drawn between the Divine Trinity of the Godhead who are equal in power and glory and of the same substance, and an alleged trinity in the human nature of body, soul and spirit, for to which Person of the Trinity shall “body” be equated, when the body is considered inferior to the soul and spirit? Likewise, soul being considered inferior to spirit, to which Person of the Trinity shall each be equated? The analogy, when pressed, breaks down immediately, and if held, is a fruitful source of heresy, as it has been throughout church history, though not all trichotomists are heretics!

Elsewhere in Scripture man is consistently spoken of as “dichotomous” (+*Rom 8:10 note; Mat 6:25, Jas 2:26), consisting of two elements, body and soul, sometimes expressed body and spirit, the soul and spirit being the same element (+Gen 2:7 note).

Here, the text in the original does not say soul is divided from spirit, but that soul and spirit are divided from the joints and marrow, speaking of man as dichotomous. Others understand the text to mean “the piercing of the soul and the spirit, even to their joints and marrow” (Strong, Systematic Theology, p. 485), and point out it is not stated that there is a “dividing between soul and spirit” but a dividing of, indicated in Greek by “a series of genitives, each one in itself naming something which is divided” (J. Oliver Buswell, A Systematic Theology of the Christian Religion, Vol. 1, p. 243). See related notes (Gen 2:7 note. 1Th 5:23 note). +Gen 2:7; Gen 15:17, +Rom 8:10, 1Co 15:44, Php 1:27, +1Th 5:23 note. Jud 1:19.

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Daily Bible Nugget #769, Romans 8:10

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Jerry

The Nugget:

Rom 8:10  And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. (KJV)

Rom 8:10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness. (ASV, American Standard Version)

Rom 8:10  If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness. (WEB, World English Bible)

Rom 8:10  However, if Christ lives in you, your bodies are dead because of sin, but your spirits are alive because you have God’s approval. (GW, God’s Word translation)

Rom 8:10 But if Christ lives in you, although your bodies must die because of sin, your spirits are now enjoying life because of right standing with God. (Williams NT)

My Comment:

The original Greek text of the New Testament did not employ capital letters the way we do in modern English. We capitalize the “S” in Spirit when we understand the reference is to the Holy Spirit. In Romans chapter 8 there is considerable controversy about when pneuma or spirit is a reference to the Holy Spirit or the human spirit. That is why some English translations for Romans 8:10 read “Spirit” while others read “spirit.” After considerable study, I have come to the conclusion that the lower case “spirit” is correct for Romans 8:10.

Sometimes my pupils in an adult home Bible study class get quite disturbed and disagree with me about some of these things! That is always fine with me, but often not fine with at least some of them.

In the case of Romans 8:10 we have a good example which shows Paul believed in Dichotomy not Trichotomy. This means Paul believed and taught that we have a body and a spirit. Two parts to our nature, not three (body, soul, and spirit).

That this is so is clear when we carefully compare Scripture with Scripture by means of cross references.

Many people, including many contemporary Bible scholars, reject the notion of using cross references in Bible study. I just finished reading a scholarly nearly 400 page new (2023) book today about the history of the decline of Dispensationalism and its effect on American religious and political history where the author expressed, even emphasized this very thing. He thinks “Bible readings” (like what is presented in the Thompson Chain Reference Bible) and cross reference Bible study is a very mistaken way to study the Bible since, in his opinion, it represents a false method or hermeneutic of Bible interpretation.

I firmly disagree!

The way the Bible is written requires that to understand what the Bible teaches we must search out all the passages that are about the subject we are studying. These passages can be found by using a source of more complete cross references, such as the original Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and my expansions of this resource, The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible, and The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury.

From The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury for Romans 8:10,

the body. Paul speaks here of man’s constituent parts in terms of dichotomy: body and spirit (1Co 5:5; 1Co 7:34, 2Co 7:1, Eph 2:3, Col 2:5).

1 Corinthians 5:5
5  To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
King James Version

1 Corinthians 7:34
34  There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
King James Version

2 Corinthians 7:1
1  Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
King James Version

Ephesians 2:3
3  Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
King James Version

Colossians 2:5
5  For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
King James Version

I am very aware there is another point of view–Trichotomy! I plan to cover that view in my next post.

 

 

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Daily Bible Nugget #768, Matthew 8:16

Posted on July 28, 2023 by Jerry

The Nugget:

Mat 8:16  When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:

My Comment:

The term spirit is yet another term which is often misunderstood. To correctly understand the meaning of this term in the Bible, and particularly the New Testament when considering the underlying Greek word pneuma, it is necessary to consider all the instances where this word is used. Below, I share from The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury, my note given at Matthew 8:16 where I list 15 different uses of this term:

spirits. 1Sa 18:10. Gr. pneuma, +S# G4151. Here used of demons or evil spirits, as at Mat 10:1; Mat 12:43; Mat 12:45, Mar 1:23; Mar 1:26, 27; Mar 3:11; Mar 3:30; Mar 5:2; Mar 5:8; Mar 5:13; Mar 6:7; Mar 7:25; Mar 9:17; Mar 9:20; Mar 9:25; Mar 9:25, Luk 4:33; Luk 4:36; Luk 6:18; Luk 7:21; Luk 8:2; Luk 8:29; Luk 9:39; Luk 9:42; Luk 10:20; Luk 11:24; Luk 11:26; Luk 13:11, Act 5:16; Act 8:7; Act 16:16; Act 16:18; Act 19:12, 13; Act 19:15, 16, 2Co 11:4, Eph 2:2; Eph 6:12 mg. 2Th 2:2, 1Ti 4:1 b. 1Jn 4:1; 1Jn 4:1; 1Jn 4:3; 1Jn 4:6 b. Rev 16:13, 14; Rev 18:2.

The word pneuma, spirit, is used of:

(1) God, Joh 4:24 a.

(2) Christ, 1Co 6:17,

(3) The Holy Spirit, +Mat 3:16,

(4) FS121A1, The operations of the Holy Spirit, +Luk 1:17,

(5) FS121A2, The New Nature, +Rom 8:1,

(6) FS121A3, Psychological uses:

1) the principle of life, of which death is described as giving up or commending to God the spirit, (+Mat 27:50; +Mat 27:2)

2) the distinctive, self-conscious, inner life of man: (+1Co 2:11; +1Co 2:3)

3) “life” in the physiological sense, but drawing rather to the meaning of “soul,” +Luk 8:55.

(7) FS121A2, Spirit is put for character, as being in itself invisible and manifested in one’s actions, +Mat 5:3,

(8) FS121A2, By Metonymy, spirit is put for what is invisible, etc. +Mat 26:41 note.

(9) FS171Q1B. By Synecdoche, spirit, an integral part of man individually, is put for the whole man, +Mar 2:8.

(10) Adverbial use, whereby spirit implies essence, or whatever is spoken of as possessed or done, as being so in the highest degree, +Act 18:25.

(11) Spirit is used of angels or spirit-beings, +Luk 24:37.

(12) Spirit is used of demons or evil spirits, +Mat 8:16.

(13) Spirit is used of neutral beings, +1Jn 4:2 b, note.

(14) Spirit is used of the resurrection body, +Rom 1:4.

(15) FS121A1, Spirit in the phrase pneuma hagion, Holy Spirit, without the Greek articles, is put for the various gifts of the Spirit, “power from on high,” +Mat 1:18 note.

Compare the classification of the corresponding Old Testament Hebrew word, ruach, +*Gen 6:3 note.

If you own a copy of The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or its greatly expanded successor, The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury, you are able to turn to each of the Bible passages for each of the 15 categories given above to study how the word pneuma or spirit is used even further.

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Daily Bible Nugget #767, Matthew 10:28

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Jerry

The Nugget:

Mat 10:28  And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

My Comment:

Continuing my refutation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Seventh Day Adventists, and others who teach theological materialism–that when the body dies, the soul dies with it–I present the notes and cross references I have supplied in The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and more completely in The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury for Matthew 10:28, where the words of our Lord Jesus Christ Himself directly refute this mistaken doctrine:

Matthew 10:28
And fear not. +Mat 10:26, Mat 26:74, Gen 15:1, Exo 5:1; Exo 20:20, Deut 1:29; Deut 5:5; Deut 20:3, Jos 9:24, 1Ki 20:31, 2Ki 1:15, 2Ch 26:18, Neh 4:14; Neh 6:13, +*Est 1:12; Est 5:9, Psa 3:6; Psa 27:1; Psa 56:4; +Psa 118:6, Pro 29:25, Isa 7:4; **Isa 8:12, 13, 14; *Isa 51:7; *Isa 51:12; *Isa 51:13, *Jer 1:8; *Jer 1:17; Jer 26:21; Jer 36:14; Jer 42:11, Eze 2:6; Eze 3:9; Eze 32:25, *Dan 3:10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18; *Dan 6:10, Mar 14:68, **Luk 12:4; **Luk 12:5, Joh 9:22; *Joh 14:27, Act 5:20; Act 8:1; *Act 20:23; *Act 20:24; *Act 21:13; Act 27:24, *Rom 8:35, 36, 37, 38, 39, Eph 6:20, *Php 1:28, *2Ti 4:6, 7, 8, Heb 7:25; Heb 11:23; Heb 11:35; Heb 13:6, 1Pe 3:14, *Rev 2:10; +*Rev 21:8.

which kill. Gen 12:12; Gen 26:7; Gen 37:21, 1Ki 18:14, Job 3:17, +*Psa 119:87, Joh 16:2.

body. +Mat 6:25, 2Co 4:16; **2Co 12:2 note.

not able. *Mat 22:31; *Mat 22:32, Mar 12:26, 27, *Luk 12:4; *Luk 12:5, Act 7:59, 2Co 4:18.

kill. +*Mat 22:32, %*Gen 37:21, +Lev 19:27 note. Jos 10:28 note. Job 33:18.

soul. Gr. psychē, +Mat 2:20. The immaterial, invisible, eternally conscious part of man, as in Act 2:27; Act 2:31, *1Th 5:23, *Heb 4:12. For the other uses of psychē, see +Mat 2:20 note. It is evident that soul cannot mean here the “future life” or “opportunity for future life” (+Luk 21:19 note, T985x: the claim of the Jehovah’s Witnesses). The word psychē is never used when the future, eternal life is spoken of. Rather, a different word, zōē (+Luk 10:25 g), is used. Likewise, bios (S# G979, Mar 12:44) is never used of eternal life. It is equally clear that the soul here can not mean the physical life in the body or the body itself, for that can be killed by man, whereas here the soul cannot be killed. Neither can soul have reference here to mere character, for surely God is not bent on destroying the character of man in hell! It is of no use to argue that in other passages the soul can be killed, for in such passages soul is used to mean person, without specific reference to the immaterial, invisible, eternally conscious part of man, which is what is in view here. +Mat 6:25 note. +Gen 1:20; +Gen 2:7 note. Gen 25:8 note. Gen 35:18; Gen 37:35 note. +Gen 41:8 note. 1Ki 17:21, 22, 2Ki 4:27, +*Job 14:22, +*Psa 16:10; Psa 22:26; Psa 30:3; Psa 49:15; Psa 88:3; +Psa 146:4 note. +*Ecc 3:19; +*Ecc 12:7, +*Isa 38:16, %*Dan 7:15, %+Zec 12:1 note. Act 2:27; Act 2:31; **Act 7:59 note. **1Co 2:11 note. Php 1:23 note. **1Th 5:23 note. **Heb 4:12 note. Rev 14:13.

fear him. Exo 1:17; +*Exo 18:21, Deut 28:58, 1Ki 18:3, 2Ki 17:36; 2Ki 17:39, 2Ch 20:3, Job 13:11; Job 37:24, *Psa 34:7; Psa 76:7; +*Psa 89:7; Psa 96:4; Psa 119:120, *Pro 14:26; *Pro 14:27; Pro 28:1; Pro 29:25, Ecc 5:7; Ecc 7:18; *Ecc 8:12; *Ecc 8:13; +Ecc 12:13, Isa 2:21; Isa 8:13; *Isa 41:10; *Isa 66:2, +Jer 5:22, *Act 4:19, Rom 3:18, *2Co 5:11, *Heb 10:31; *Heb 12:28; *Heb 12:29, *1Pe 1:17.

able. *Mat 25:46, *Mar 9:43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, *Luk 16:22, 23, 24, 25, 26, *Joh 5:29, **2Th 1:8, 9, 10, *Heb 10:31, Jas 4:12, *Rev 20:10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.

destroy. Gr. apollumi, +Mat 2:13. This Greek word never means annihilate, but rather means to render unsuitable for the use originally intended. A “lost” coin is not annihilated; neither are the “lost sheep of the house of Israel,” nor those Jesus came to seek and to save (Mat 18:11).

In this very chapter (Mat 10:39), the loss or gain of psychē is spoken of as occurring in this present life, an impossibility if apollumi means annihilation.

Note the order of statement in Luk 12:5.

Follow carefully Paul’s logic in 1Co 15:16, 17, 18, and note that “perished” in verse 18 (1Co 15:18) is apollumi, the same word as here. Paul argues that if Christ has not truly been raised from the dead, then those that are asleep in Christ are perished; since Christ is raised from the dead, the dead in Christ are not perished. Nor are the dead who are not in Christ annihilated, for they shall yet be resurrected and judged (Joh 5:28, 29).

To suggest that all persons who have died are non-existent until the resurrection, but are kept “alive” in God’s memory (+*Job 14:13 x), has not a shred of Biblical evidence to support it, and is contrary to Biblical teaching, for then upon resurrection it would not be the same person (note Christ’s own emphatic statement of his personal bodily resurrection identity, Luk 24:39), but a reconstituted copy of the person. Since only bodies are resurrected, not spirits or souls, the whole materialist viewpoint is fallacious in positing a break in the continuity of conscious existence of the person. The materialist viewpoint was held even more consistently by the Sadducees, a viewpoint utterly demolished by our Lord’s answer to them in Mat 22:23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32. Mat 10:6 g, Mat 10:39, Mat 9:17; Mat 18:11, Job 19:10, Ecc 5:6, +*Isa 26:14; +*Isa 38:18; *Isa 47:14, Jer 4:20, +*Eze 18:4 note, **Eze 18:20 note. Hos 13:9, 10, +Luk 9:24; Luk 10:15; Luk 19:10 g. %1Co 5:5; 1Co 15:16, 17, 18; **1Co 15:54 note. 1Th 4:16 note. Jas 4:12, Rev 19:20.

both. +*Isa 10:18, Luk 12:5.

body. +*Mat 5:29, **Joh 5:29, Act 2:34 note. 1Co 15:44, Rev 19:20.

soul. Gr. psychē, +Mat 2:20. Man has spirit as well as soul, but the Lord speaks of soul here, doubtless, because it is in closest connection with the body,—which is therefore called the “psychical” (not “natural”) body” (1Co 15:44),—of which it is the “life.” Psychē, like nephesh in the Old Testament, is thus used for “life” and “soul.” Of “spirit” there is not in Scripture a possible question; of soul there might be; but the Lord affirms here its survival also. The common thought of body and soul being the whole man has clouded the truth of immortality, as if it had to be proved from a solitary text or so, as here; and also from its making man only what the beast is, in which there is also a “living soul” (Gen 1:30). Spirit is what is distinctive of man (1Co 2:11). Again, when the Lord speaks of body and soul in hell, He does not speak of “killing” anymore, but “destroying,”—a word used as to “ruin” of any kind (F. W. Grant, Numerical Bible, The Gospels, p. 119).

in. +Luk 9:25.

hell. Gr. gehenna, +Mat 5:22 note. +Mat 5:29, +*Mat 3:12; +Mat 5:29; **Mat 18:8; **Mat 18:9; **Mat 25:41; **Mat 25:46, +Gen 37:35 note. Deut 32:22, 1Sa 28:19, Psa 139:8, +**Isa 66:24, Eze 32:25; Eze 32:27 note. **Amos 9:2 note. Luk 10:15, **Jud 1:7, Rev 19:20; **Rev 20:9; **Rev 20:10; **Rev 20:14; **Rev 20:15; +*Rev 21:8.

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Daily Bible Nugget #766, Matthew 2:20

Posted on July 22, 2023 by Jerry

The Nugget:

Mat 2:20  Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.

My Comment:

My last several posts presented a careful and complete study of the terms soul and spirit as they are used in the Old Testament.

In this post I present a complete study of the use of the term soul as it is used in the New Testament.

Notice Category (2) below. This category utterly refutes the Jehovah’s Witnesses and other mistaken denominations, religions, and individuals who teach that your soul is you and dies when the body dies.

From the Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury notes on Matthew 2:20

life. Gr. psuchē or psychē, *S# G5590. This Greek word occurs 105 times in the New Testament, and its uses and occurrences may be classified as follows:

(1) FS121A7, Metonymy of the Cause, “soul” put for “life,” which is the effect of it. The natural life of the body, Mat 2:20; Mat 6:25; Mat 6:25; Mat 10:39; Mat 10:39; Mat 16:25; Mat 16:25; Mat 20:28, Mar 3:4; Mar 8:35; Mar 8:35; Mar 10:45, Luk 6:9; Luk 9:56; Luk 12:22, 23; Luk 14:26; Luk 17:33 a. Joh 10:11; Joh 10:15; Joh 10:17; Joh 12:25 a, Joh 12:25 b. Joh 13:37, 38, Joh 15:13, Act 15:26; Act 20:10; Act 20:24; Act 27:10; Act 27:22, Rom 11:3; Rom 16:4, Php 2:30, 1Jn 3:16; 1Jn 3:16, Rev 8:9; Rev 12:11, Rendered “soul,” Mat 16:26; Mat 16:26, Mar 8:36, 37, Luk 12:20, 1Th 2:8,

(2) The immaterial, invisible part of man: **Mat 10:28, Act 2:27; Act 2:31, 1Th 5:23, Heb 4:12,

(3) The disembodied man (2Co 5:3, 4; 2Co 12:2): Rev 6:9; Rev 20:4,

(4) The seat of personality: Luk 9:24; Luk 9:24, Heb 6:19; Heb 10:39,

(5) FS121A9A. Metonymy of Cause. The seat of perception, feeling, desire: Mat 11:29, Luk 1:46; Luk 2:35, Act 14:2 (mind), Act 14:22; Act 15:24,

(6) FS121A9B. Metonymy of Cause. The seat of will and purpose: Mat 22:37, Mar 12:30; Mar 12:33, Luk 10:27, Act 4:32, Eph 6:6, Php 1:27, Col 3:23, Heb 12:3,

(7) The seat of appetite: Rev 18:14,

(8) FS121A8, Metonymy of Cause, soul put for person. FS171Q1A. Synecdoche of the Part, an integral part of man (individually) is put for the whole person. Used of persons or individuals: Act 2:41; Act 2:43; Act 3:23; Act 7:14; Act 27:37, Rom 2:9; Rom 13:1, *Jas 5:20, 1Pe 3:20, 2Pe 2:14, Rev 18:13,

(9) FS171Q2, Synecdoche of the Part. The expression “my soul,” “his soul,” etc., becomes by Synecdoche the idiom for me, myself, himself, etc. Used to emphasize the personal pronoun:

(a) in the first person: Mat 12:18; Mat 26:38, Mar 14:34, Luk 12:19; Luk 12:19, Joh 10:24 (us). Joh 12:27, 2Co 1:23, Heb 10:38 (soul);

(b) in the second person: 2Co 12:15 mg. Heb 13:17, Jas 1:21, 1Pe 1:9; 1Pe 1:22; 1Pe 2:25;

(c) in the third person: 1Pe 4:19, 2Pe 2:8,

(10) FS171Q3, Synecdoche of the Part. “Soul” (Gr. psychē) is also used of animals. An animate creature, human or other: 1Co 15:45, Rev 16:3,

(11) The “inward man,” seat of the new life: Luk 21:19, 1Pe 2:11, 3Jn 1:2,

Compare the classification of the corresponding Old Testament term nephesh at Gen 2:7 note.

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Daily Bible Nugget #765, Genesis 6:3

Posted on July 21, 2023 by Jerry

The Nugget:

Gen 6:3  And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

My Comment:

Another important Bible term often misunderstood by some Bible scholars, some study Bible editors, false cults (like the Jehovah Witnesses) is the word spirit. For example, using The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society distributed by the Jehovah Witnesses, you would likely never learn that the Holy Spirit is a divine Person (Genesis 1:2):

Gen 1:2  And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

My explanatory note for the word “moved” from The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury: 

moved. or, was brooding. *S# H7363: Deut 32:11 h (fluttereth); Jer 23:9 h (shake). J. B. Rotherham remarks “The beautiful word ’brooding’—an exact rendering of the Hebrew—is most suggestive; since it vividly describes the cherishing of incipient life, as a preparation for its outburst. The partial form of such a word clearly denotes a process, more or less lengthened, rather than an instantaneous act. Standing where it does, it crowns the description of the condition of things on which the first creative mandate of six days took effect” (Emphasized Bible, note i on Gen 1:2).

Since only a person can brood, this is evidence that the Holy Spirit is a person. Compare “grieve,” as used in the New Testament at Eph 4:30 note, which likewise linguistically determines that the Holy Spirit must be a person.

A non-person cannot brood, nor can it brood, grieve, or be grieved by an act of delegation. One cannot grieve an influence or an active force. Neither is it possible to commit an unforgivable sin against an influence or an active force (Mat 12:31). Such a notion would be absurd, as is the notion of the non-personhood or non-personality of the Holy Spirit of God expressed by some who deny the doctrine of the Trinity.

In the Bible the act of Creation is ascribed to the work of all three persons of the Trinity in cooperation: (1) God the Father, Gen 1:1; (2) the Son, Joh 1:2, 3; (3) the Holy Spirit, Gen 1:2. Deut 32:11, Isa 31:5, Luk 1:35, *Joh 3:3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Rom 8:5; Rom 8:9; Rom 8:14, Gal 4:29, 2Co 5:17, 18.

In developing my notes for The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and its greatly expanded digital edition, The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury, I found it very difficult to correct the mistaken categories found in the Companion Bible edited by E. W. Bullinger, for he was a materialist in his theology similar in some ways to the Jehovah’s Witnesses of today. The founder of the parent group of present day Jehovah’s Witnesses, Charles Russell, a group called Christian Bible Students, still exists. I attended their meetings and purchased their literature. I noticed many of them carrying the Companion Bible to their services and conferences.

Cross references and notes for Genesis 6:3 from the Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury:

Genesis 6:3
A.M. 810, B.C. 3194.

My. Num 11:17, *Neh 9:30, +*Psa 51:11, Isa 1:5; *Isa 5:4; +*Isa 63:10, *Jer 11:7; *Jer 11:11, Luk 19:42, Joh 16:8, Act 7:51, **Gal 5:16; **Gal 5:17, +*Eph 4:30, *1Th 5:19, 2Th 2:6, 7, 1Pe 3:18, 19, 20, 2Pe 3:9, Jud 1:14, 15.

spirit. Heb. ruach. Here ruach has reference to the invisible psychological part of man given to him by God at man’s formation at birth, and returning to God at his death. +S# H7307. Num 16:22; **Num 27:16 note. Job 27:3; Job 34:14, Psa 31:5; Psa 104:30, *Ecc 3:21; *Ecc 3:21; Ecc 8:8; Ecc 8:8; Ecc 11:5; *Ecc 12:7, Isa 42:5, Eze 37:9 (wind). Zec 12:1 note.

The word ruach, spirit, is used of

(1) God, Isa 40:13.

(2) The Holy Spirit, +Isa 48:16.

(3) The operations of the Holy Spirit in (a) creation, Gen 1:2; (b) giving life, Eze 37:14; (c) executing judgment, +Exo 15:8.

(4) Invisible power from on high in giving spiritual gifts, +Gen 41:38.

(5) Psychological uses. 1) The invisible part of man, rendered “breath,” +Gen 6:17; “spirit,” +Gen 6:3, See Gen 2:7 note on the interchangeable uses of “soul,” Heb. nephesh, and “spirit,” Heb. ruach. 2) The invisible characteristics of man, rendered “mind,” +Gen 26:35; “breath,” Isa 33:11; “courage,” Jos 2:11; “anger,” Jdg 8:3; “blast,” Isa 25:4; “spirit,” +*Gen 41:8.

(6) By Synecdoche, spirit, an integral part of man individually, is put for the whole person, +Psa 106:33.

(7) Invisible spirit beings, angels and cherubim, +Psa 104:4.

(8) Neutral spirit beings, Job 4:15, Isa 31:3.

(9) Evil angels, +Jdg 9:23.

(10) Wind, +Gen 3:8.

For the corresponding Greek word, pneuma, see Mat 8:16 note.

shall not. +*Exo 4:21, 2Ki 13:23, *Psa 81:12, Pro 1:28, Jer 44:22, Dan 4:29, +*Mat 16:4, Heb 1:1.

always. Heb. olam, +S# H5769. 1Ch 16:15, Job 7:16, +*Psa 119:112, Jer 20:17.

strive. T347-1, T349, +*Job 36:9, Psa 81:11, 12, 13, 14, 15; Psa 103:9, *Isa 55:6, *Hos 5:6; Hos 9:12, Rom 1:24, 25, 26, 27, 28.

flesh. Job 34:15, Psa 56:4; *Psa 78:37, 38, 39, Isa 40:6, 7, 8, Jer 17:5, *Joh 3:6, *Rom 8:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 1Co 1:29; 1Co 15:39, Gal 5:16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 1Pe 1:24.

yet. 1Pe 3:20.

his days. Gen 47:9, *Psa 39:5, *Jas 4:14.

shall be. Gen 15:13, 14, 15, 16, Isa 38:5, Jer 25:12, Dan 9:2; Dan 9:23, 24, 25, 26, 27, Joh 21:18, 19; Joh 21:21, 22, 23, Act 1:6, 1Th 5:1, 2, 3, 4.

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