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626. The Old Testament Ritual Described

Hebrews 9:1-10

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... be atoned for (see Lev. 4:1, 13, 22, 27; 5:15, 17–19), not that done “with a high hand” (see Num. 15:30; Deut. 17:12). 9:8 The author now draws a lesson from this, that is, from the physical setup and the continuing cultic practice. As the Holy Spirit was showing (lit., “makes clear”), through the Scriptures from which the information in the preceding verses has been gleaned, the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed (lit., “made visible”). That is, the situation under the ...

627. Christ's Sacrifice Once for All

Hebrews 10:1-18

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... ) occurs elsewhere in Hebrews only in 6:18 and 11:1. See C. Maurer, TDNT, vol. 6, pp. 638f. For sacrifices (thysia) and repeated (lit., “offered” [prospherō]), see note on 5:1. The Greek underlying endlessly is eis to diēnekes; for the translation “continually,” see BAGD, p. 195. Who draw near (proserchomai) is again language of the cultus. See note on 4:16. On the important word make perfect (teleioō), see note on 2:10. 10:2–3 The “conscience” of the worshiper is frequently in our author ...

628. God Disciplines His Sons

Hebrews 12:1-13, Hebrews 12:14-29

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Donald A. Hagner

... in very great contrast to the picture of the new covenant situation the author now presents. 12:22 The opening of this verse picks up the opening verb of verse 18. The perfect tense of this verb, you have come, indicates arrival some time in the past with continued enjoyment of the results of that arrival in the present. By the use of this tense the author clearly means to stress that what he is about to describe is in some way already enjoyed by the readers. They have come to Mount Zion, a mountain of even ...

629. Warning Against Refusing God

Hebrews 12:14-29, Hebrews 12:1-13

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

630. Concluding Exhortations

Hebrews 13:1-25

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Donald A. Hagner

... verse, which reads, literally, “Jesus Christ yesterday and today is the same, and until the ages.” His work of yesterday, the sacrificial and atoning work as high priest, has been expounded at length by our author. That is the very basis of Christianity. Today his work continues in the intercession he makes for us at the right hand of God (7:25; cf. 4:14–16). It is also true, as a kind of surplus, that the future of the readers remains secure. The faithfulness of Christ in the past and present will ...

631. The Christian and the World

James 4:1-12

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Peter H. Davids

... have tried to manipulate God by their prayers, if they have ignored God’s commands in the teaching of Jesus, they have not been submitted to God. That attitude must change. There will be no cheap grace, no forgiveness of sins in which the person intends to continue. But grace is available, if they submit. As a first step they must halt their pleasing the devil: Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you. James shows that though the impulse to sin may be internal; to give in to that impulse is to yield ...

632. Praying for Endurance and Healing

James 4:13-17, James 5:1-6, James 5:7-12, James 5:13-20

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Peter H. Davids

... hear the groaning cry in prayer before the poor person dies. But James knows that that is not the end: In heaven the wronged continue to raise their cry, “How long?” (Rev. 6:9–11), for they have an audience in the very presence of God. This is ... ; Prov. 20:9; 28:13. There were also prayers of confession for the community (Lev. 16:21; 26:40; Dan. 9:4–10). The intertestamental period continued this tradition (Psalms of Solomon 9:6; Judith 9:1–14; Tobit 3:1–6; 3 Macc. 2:2–20; 6:2–15). The Dead Sea ...

633. The Living Stone and a Chosen People

1 Peter 2:4-12

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Norman Hillyer

... any individual’s status, worthiness, or achievements, but it is solely the consequence of being made a member of God’s family through Jesus Christ. That is the glorious prospect of you who believe. But to those who do not believe, the outlook, if they continue on that slope of unbelief, is perilous in the extreme. To such, the stone, and what it represents in the person of Jesus Christ, will result in their inevitable doom. At the climax of his ministry, Jesus applied this verse cited by Peter (Ps. 118 ...

634. The Sin and Doom of Godless Men

Jude 1:1-16

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Norman Hillyer

... from faithful Joshua and Caleb, that entire generation was condemned to spend the rest of their lives in a physical and spiritual desert. Thus they never enjoyed the land of milk and honey God had promised to give them (Num. 14:34–38). The continuous blessing of God depends on continuous reliance on God. The fate of those disbelieving Israelites haunted the minds of the NT writers (1 Cor. 10:5–11; Heb. 3:1–4:2). 6 The second warning example from the OT concerns the sin and fate of fallen angels. They ...

635. The Plague on Livestock

Exodus 9:1-7

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James K. Bruckner

... . The narrative drama begins with three rhetorical devices. The same narrative marker begins the second, fifth and eighth plagues (the second of each cycle): Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh” (8:1 frogs; 9:1 livestock; 10:1 locusts). This marker continues with the familiar words, “This is what the LORD . . . says.” The verse concludes with the freedom to worship formula: “Let my people go, so that they may worship me.” This is the fifth statement of the main reason for the exodus (5:1 ...

636. Manna and Quail

Exodus 16:1-36

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James K. Bruckner

... Lord.” In the afternoon the people saw the familiar cloud from the sea: “there was the glory of the LORD” appearing in the cloud. The later command to place an omer of manna in the ark of the covenant corroborates the importance of the manna as a continual sign of God’s presence and glory, even when the cloud was not visible. This was the first time the glory was said to be manifest in anything. The glory of Yahweh was manifest in the pillar of cloud many times after this first time, which makes it ...

637. The Golden Calf

Exodus 32:1-33:6

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James K. Bruckner

... your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.” God then said, “I have seen these people.” Idolatry and all kinds of intentional sin are the result of living as if God cannot see (Ezek. 8:12; 9:9; Pss. 14:1–2; 53:1–2). God continued with the request, “Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them.” God’s anger did not burn simply because they rejected the Lord. It burned because they had known God as their savior from slavery, provider in the ...

638. Ibzan, Elon and Abdon

Judges 12:8-15

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Cheryl A. Brown

... marriages for his thirty daughters indicated that he was a man of means. All implied that he lived during a time of relative peace and prosperity in order to be able to engage in normal social functions such as these, which underscores the Lord’s continued gracious provision for Israel. The reference to Ibzan’s giving his sons and daughters in marriage to those outside his clan is puzzling, for the author’s audience would not have viewed this positively. Yet there is no censure. 12:11–12 Elon, the ...

639. Ruth Meets Boaz

Ruth 2:1-23

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Michael S. Moore

... does more than just talk about Yahweh’s protection; he becomes Ruth’s protector. He does more than just visualize hesed; he incarnates it. Ruth’s Introduction to Bethlehem 2:13 For the third time (see 2:2, 10) Ruth mentions “favor”: May I continue to find favor in your eyes, my lord. Though I do not have the standing of one of your servant girls is a sensitive political statement acknowledging the reality of a delicate situation. Not only does she address Boaz as “lord” (’adon), she also ...

640. Triumph of the Jews

Esther 9:1-19

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Timothy S. Laniak

... the court one fateful morning (6:5). His fate was confirmed in 7:7 when he stood (“stayed behind”) to beg for his life from the queen. With irony, Harbona points out to the king that a gallows “stands by Haman’s house” (7:9). As Esther continues to execute her plan, she is beckoned to stand before the king (8:4). 9:6 They also killed Parshandatha, . . . : For more background on daiva and other Old Persian names, see Yamauchi, Persia, pp. 237–38. 9:10 They did not lay their hands on the plunder ...

641. A Message About Egypt

Jeremiah 46:1-28

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Tremper Longman III

... defeats Babylon and allows for the return of the exiles to Judah. The comfort that God extends to Judah is based on his presence even while they are in exile. The declaration of this presence is stated with a phrase (I am with you) that indicates a continuing covenant relationship. It is not that Judah has or will escape pain. After all they are being punished (I will not let you go unpunished), but there is a limit to this punishment. They will get only what they deserve and no more (I will discipline you ...

642. Israel’s Sin

Hosea 11:12--12:14

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Elizabeth Achtemeier

... heel,” which is given in the Genesis account—is not followed. Rather, Jacob’s well-earned title of “supplanter” or “deceiver,” which the name can also signify, is used. Ephraim’s ancestor was a deceiver even before he was born, and his descendants have continued in that role ever since. Nevertheless, God showed grace to Jacob, as he has shown grace to Ephraim. This is affirmed by recalling Jacob’s encounter with the angel of God at the ford of the River Jabbok (Gen. 32:24–29), when the ...

643. The Lord’s Anger Against Nineveh

Nahum 1:1-15

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John Goldingay

... ; it relates to the putting down of Yahweh’s enemies, not Judah’s. If Judah appears in chapter 1, it is here in verses 7–8. What Judah is encouraged to look to Yahweh for is not vengeance but protection. Yet even here Judah is not mentioned. The continuing absence of any names in the prophecy means that both the people of Jerusalem and the people of Nineveh have to decide whether they want to be people to whom verse 7 applies or people to whom verse 8 applies. The antithesis and the implied choice are ...

644. The Day of the Lord

Malachi 4:1-6

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Pamela J. Scalise

... after generation to include Malachi’ s audience and the ones that followed. Remembering God’s will made known in torah is something that God’s people can do in the present to return to the Lord and to fear Yahweh’s name, and that they can continue to do until the Lord’s day of judgment. 4:5 An eschatological promise complements the admonition. God will send . . . the prophet Elijah before the Lord’s Day. Elijah seemed to be available to return because he had been taken up into heaven (2 Kgs. 2 ...

645. The Last Day of the Feast

John 7:45--8:11, John 8:12-30

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J. Ramsey Michaels

... v. 12) allows the Gospel writer to append further discussions probably remembered in connection with the same visit of Jesus to Jerusalem. The seams that are now and then visible in the fabric of the narrative only highlight the Gospel writer’s intention to weave a single continuous account of Jesus’ temple ministry from 7:14 to 8:59. The festival ends with Jesus still at large. The Pharisees are no more able to arrest him than the guards they sent out earlier, for still his time had not yet come (v. 20 ...

646. The Impending Departure I

John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14, John 14:15-31

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J. Ramsey Michaels

... not see Jesus after he departs. As far as the world is concerned, he is absent; a real (and permanent) separation has taken place. But for the believer, the separation is not real. Even though Jesus goes away in the sense of departing from human view, the disciple continues to see him (v. 19; cf. vv. 7b, 9) by sharing his life and by knowing the other Counselor, the Spirit of truth who takes his place. Jesus departs from the world only to be closer to his disciples than ever before. Because he goes to the ...

647. Jesus’ Love and the World’s Hatred

John 15:1-17

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J. Ramsey Michaels

... Jesus, and in verse 7 he significantly adds the condition that my words remain in you. It is the “teaching,” after all, that has made them clean (v. 3), and one dimension, at least, of remaining in (or united to) Jesus is remembering his teaching and continuing to obey it (cf. the many biblical injunctions to Israel to remember and obey the words of the Lord; e.g., Deut. 6:4–9). The familiar triangular pattern of chapter 13 is reaffirmed in verses 9–17. Remaining in Jesus and reflecting on his words ...

648. The Impending Departure II

John 16:5-16, John 16:17-33

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J. Ramsey Michaels

... . A different word for ask is used (Gr: aitēsēte), with the meaning “make a request,” or “pray.” The use of ask for both verbs in the NIV conceals a shift from “asking questions” in v. 23a to “asking in prayer” in v. 23b. The latter continues as the theme of v. 24. Thus the twin themes of open revelation and open prayer are introduced in vv. 23a and 23b–24 respectively (separated by the solemn formula I tell you the truth), and then developed more fully in vv. 25–30 (revelation, in vv ...

649. Thanksgiving and Prayer

Philippians 1:1-11

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F. F. Bruce

... he was in the place where God intended him to be, the ministry with which he had been entrusted would prosper. This assurance was strengthened in him by the steadfastness with which his Philippian friends showed themselves to be his partners in his imprisonment and in his continued gospel witness. 1:8 In moments of intense emotion Paul was prone to invoke God as his witness (NIV, God can testify; cf. Rom. 1:9; 2 Cor. 11:11, 31; 1 Thess. 2:5). Here the emotion is deep affection. The calling of God to testify ...

650. Shining as Stars

Philippians 2:12-18

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F. F. Bruce

... Apostle,” in E. Bammel, C. K. Barrett, and W. D. Davies, eds., Donum Gentilicium, pp. 88–102. In my presence … in my absence. In the Greek text these phrases are construed with continue to work out, as is shown by the preceding negative mē, the negative proper to the imperative katergazesthe, not to the indicative hypēkousate (you … obeyed): continue to work out not only as in my presence (parousia, as in 1:26) but now much more in my absence (apousia, here only in NT). The particle “as” (hōs ...

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