Precept Upon Precept
"To whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, those taken from the breast? For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little." (Isaiah 28:9-10 ESV)
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And There Was Evening…
And there was evening and there was morning, one day. (Genesis 1:5b ASV) The King James Version translates this verse as follows: “And the evening and the morning were the first day.” This reads so much differently than the above rendering, so let’s look at it in the Hebrew… Gen 1:5b ויהיH1961 ערבH6153 ויהיH1961 בקרH1242 יוםH3117 אחד׃H259 H1961 “hayah” H6153 “ereb” H1961 “hayah” H1242 “boqer” H3117 “yom” H259 “echad”. The Young’s Literal Translation translates this as: “and there is an evening, and there is a morning–day one.” Sadly, the KJV gives the impression that the evening and the morning comprise the first Day in that order, causing great confusion for those reading…
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And God Called the Light Day…
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. (Genesis 1:5a ASV) Light = Day Darkness = Night Here we see God naming the separated light and darkness “Day” and “Night”, respectively, similar to his naming the firmament “Heavens” on the 2nd Day, and the dry land “Earth” and the gathered waters “Seas” on the 3rd Day. He is providing us with a Glossary of Terms in this first chapter to help us understand their use throughout the rest of Scripture. Unfortunately, so many take what we’ve come to understand in life (outside of Scripture) and have imposed those understandings onto these terms, specifically the term “Day”, as…
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And God Separated the Light…
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. (Gen 1:3-4) Here we see “light” (H216 “or”) being called into existence. Elohim saw that it was good. Then, Elohim separated (H914 “badal”) the light from (H996 “beyn”) the darkness. This means He made a distinction between the two. EDIT 1/11/17 It was recently pointed out to me that “beyn” (H996) appears twice in verse 4. A more proper translation of this verse in the Septuagint would be “And God divided between the light and between the darkness.” Given this, I don’t know how…
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Two or Three Witnesses
2 Corinthians 13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established Deuteronomy 19:15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established Deuteronomy 17:6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. Matthew 18:16 But if he will…
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What about Matthew 23 and calling no man rabbi?
1Then spoke Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat: 3All therefore whatever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not you after their works: for they say, and do not. 4For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, 6And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,…