We often think of essential information as coming out in books. In many cases, however, I have found insights that are just as profound, and generally expressed in more compressed form, in articles. I recently happened on Joosten’s article “The…
ἐν ᾧ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, ὀλίγον ἄρτι εἰ δέον ἐστὶν λυπηθέντες ἐν ποικίλοις πειρασμοῖς, Translation: In which you will be rejoicing greatly, although now for a short time, if it is necessary, you are afflicted with trials of various kinds, Some Theological…
In a recent post, I wrote about the covenant formula in Revelation 21:3. As I indicated in that post, I became interested in the covenant formula due to my work in Revelation 21. This interest led me to read and…
Notes on 1 Peter 1:6 (part 1b) ἐν ᾧ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, ὀλίγον ἄρτι εἰ δέον ἐστὶν λυπηθέντες ἐν ποικίλοις πειρασμοῖς, Translation: In which you will be rejoicing greatly, although now for a short time, if it is necessary, you are afflicted…
In four previous posts, I provided a summary of points from Rendtorff’s The Covenant Formula. I became interested in the covenant formula due to my work in Revelation 21. Revelation quite clearly mentions the covenant in Revelation 11:19 when it…
As I stated in my previous posts, the covenant formula occurs repeatedly in the Old Testament. It is part of the stock language of the Old Testament that is used to express God’s covenant relationship to his people. In The…
ἐν ᾧ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, ὀλίγον ἄρτι εἰ δέον [ἐστὶν] λυπηθέντες ἐν ποικίλοις πειρασμοῖς, Translation: In which you will be rejoicing greatly, although now for a short time, if it is necessary, you are afflicted with trials of various kinds, Some Grammatical,…
As I stated in my previous posts, the covenant formula occurs repeatedly in the Old Testament. It is part of the stock language of the Old Testament that is used to express God’s covenant relationship to his people. In The…
As I stated in my previous post, the covenant formula occurs repeatedly in the Old Testament. It is part of the stock language of the Old Testament that is used to express God’s covenant relationship to his people. In The…
τοὺς ἐν δυνάμει θεοῦ φρουρουμένους διὰ πίστεως εἰς σωτηρίαν ἑτοίμην ἀποκαλυφθῆναι ἐν καιρῷ ἐσχάτῳ. Translation: who are being guarded by the power of God through faith unto salvation, which is prepared to be revealed in the last time. Some Theological…