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Category Archives: redemption
don’t bother remembering
Isaiah 43:14-21 14 This is what Yahveh says, your protector, the sovereign king of Israel: “For your sake I send to Babylon and make them all fugitives, turning the Babylonians’ joyful shouts into mourning songs. 15 I am Yahveh, your … Continue reading
spiritual dementia
Isaiah 1:1-6 1 A vision from Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw with reference to Judah and Jerusalem during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. 2 Listen, sky, and discern, land, for Yahveh has … Continue reading
the purpose of the commandment
Romans 7:7-13 7 So, what should we say to this? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! Certainly, I would not have known sin except through its exposure in the law. Because I surely would not have known what it means … Continue reading
released – not on probation
Romans 7:1-6 1 Or do you not know, brothers (because I am speaking to ones who know the law), that the law is lord over a man as long as he lives? 2 For example, a married woman is obligated … Continue reading
when miracles are insufficient
Exodus 7:8-13 8 At that time the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 9 “When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Give for yourselves a miracle,’ then you will say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, that it … Continue reading
our messy world
Genesis 38:1-10 It was at that time that Judah left his brothers and settled near an Adullamite man, whose name was Hirah. 2 There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her and went … Continue reading
gathering the assembly
Micah 4 This promise needs to be read in the context of the threat from the LORD in Micah 3. Mt. Zion must first be reduced to rubble in judgment, then the LORD will restore it and make it into … Continue reading
buy her back
Hosea 3 Hosea’s wife had left him for another man, and her adultery had apparently led to her eventually becoming a slave. Hosea could have said “good riddance” and assumed that she was getting what she deserved for being unfaithful … Continue reading
his own arm
Isaiah 59 His nation was full of blind transgressors whose sins had separated themselves from him. So, God picks up his own armor, and brings redemption himself. This is the message of Romans 1-3. It is the story of a … Continue reading
but first
Isaiah 52:13-53:12. The Servant shall be high and lifted up and exalted (52:13). But first he will be despised and rejected by men (53:3). Kings shall shut their mouths because of him (52:15). But first he must go to … Continue reading
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Tagged Isaiah 52, Isaiah 53
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