Category Archives: the cross

living the resurrection life

20240814 living the resurrection life 1 Peter 4:1-2 (JDV) 1 Peter 4:1 Therefore, because Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same thinking — because the one who suffers in the flesh has ceased to sin —1 … Continue reading

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restitution and exaltation

20240605 restitution and exaltation Isaiah 53:10-12 (JDV). Isaiah 53:10 But Yahveh was pleased to crush him; he made him weak. If anyone accepts his life as a guilt offering, he will have a future. He will extend his days, and … Continue reading

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he did not answer

20240604 he did not answer Isaiah 53:7-9 (JDV) Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed and afflicted, but he did not open his mouth; he was brought lamb-like to slaughter, and like a sheep is dumb before its shearers, neither did he … Continue reading

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while people looked on

20240603 while people looked on Isaiah 53:4-6 (JDV). Isaiah 53:4 However, he was the one who lifted up our sicknesses, and he carried our pain, yet we ourselves assumed him stricken, struck down by God and afflicted.Isaiah 53:5 But he … Continue reading

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high priest of the good things

20230822 high priest of the good things Hebrews 9:11-28 (JDV) Hebrews 9:11 But Christ has appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come. In the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands (that is, … Continue reading

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once for all time

20230819 once for all time Hebrews 7:15-28 (JDV) Hebrews 7:15 And this becomes clearer if another priest like Melchizedek appears,Hebrews 7:16 who did not become a priest based on a legal regulation about physical descent but based on the power … Continue reading

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490 years

20230722 490 years Daniel 9:24-27 (JDV) Daniel 9:24 Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city – to bring the rebellion to an end, to put a stop to sin, to atone for iniquity, to bring in … Continue reading

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atonement for the house

20230203 atonement for the house Ezekiel 45:18-20 (JDV) Ezekiel 45:18 “This is what the Lord Yahveh says: In the first month, on the first day of the month, you are to take a young, unblemished bull and purify the sanctuary.Ezekiel … Continue reading

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a ransom for all

20220508 a ransom for all 1 Timothy 2:5-7 (JDV) 1 Timothy 2:5 You see, there is one God and one mediator between God and humans, the human Christ Jesus, 1 Timothy 2:6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, … Continue reading

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until he is tried

until he is tried Joshua 20:7-9 (JDV) Joshua 20:7 So they designated Kedesh in the hill country of Naphtali in Galilee, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (in other words, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah. … Continue reading

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