Category: NT
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Murderous slander
Deuteronomy 19 is structured to draw a heavy parallel between murder and false witness. But if anyone hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and attacks him and strikes him fatally so that he dies (11) If a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing (16) and he flees into one…
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False sons
I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. – John 5:43 Pilate offers to release Christ, “The King of the Jews,” but the Jews call out, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Barabbas is Aramaic for “son of a father.”…
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Wedding wine
The miracle at the wedding in Cana in John 2 fits into the creation/dominion pattern quite nicely. This is the pattern of the whole scripture (and thus, all of creation) and shows up in little patterns all over the place, like a fractal. Creation – Now there were six stone water jars there for the…
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Humble servant
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep…
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Blood curse
God pronounced a blood curse on the royal family of Judah in Jeremiah 22: Is this man Coniah a despised, broken pot, a vessel no one cares for? Why are he and his children hurled and cast into a land that they do not know? O land, land, land, hear the word of the Lord!…
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There will your heart be
Vapor of vapors, says the Preacher. Vapor of vapors! All is vapor. – Ecc 1:2 Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is,…
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Fruitless trees
Jesus rode into Jerusalem as the King And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom…
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The will of God
From David Chilton’s Days of Vengeance, regarding Revelation 17:17: The sovereign Lord is thus not at the mercy of the Beast and his minions; rather, all these events have been predestined for God’s glory, through the execution of His decrees. For God has put it into their hearts to execute His purpose by having a…
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Enjoyment and entertainment
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. He could have left it without form, without color or variation. He could have made it without hills and mountains and valleys. Without streams and lakes and oceans. Without trees and birds and leafy sea dragons. All those colors in the sunset really aren’t necessary.…
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John 6 chiasm
John 6:53-57 A. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. B. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. C. For My…