What The Bible Says
Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice
“Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God” (Rom 11:33). King David's last words describing his might men capture depth and richness. In 2Sam 23 David's top three men have a historical depiction, a portrayal of a Christians present challenge, and a Hebrew linguistic richness that only God could orchestrate. It is like reading in three dimensions! “The Tachmonite that sat in the seat (Hbrw - thou hast made me wise)... The same was Adino (Hbrw - his ornament) the Eznite (Hbrw - sharp, strong spear), he lift up his spear against eight-hundred” (23:8). Eight-hundred to one are the odds for the believer today, and just as Adino lift up his spear, we are to lift up Christ (John 12:32), his preserved, inerrant, infallible, inspired Word (2Tim 3:16, Heb 4:12), and our sword (Eph 6:17).
Eleazar (Hbrw – God has helped) the son of Dodo (Hbrw – his beloved) the Alhohite (Hbrw – brother of rest) defied the Philistines, got weary, but cleave to his sword (23:9-10). The believer today needs to defy the “tripple-A.” The 'A'theistic evolutionist, the 'A'gnostic apathy, and the 'A'postacy of the Protestant church; they modernize Bibles and deny Israel with their Replacement Reformed Theology. Jeremiah 33:14 is not allegorical, “Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.” The more “AAA” makes one weary, the more one should cleave to their sword.
Shammah (Hbrw – astonishment) the son of Agee (Hbrw- I shall increase) the Hararite (Hbrw – mountain dweller) stood the ground and defended it (23:11-12). “Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth... and having done all, to stand” (Eph 6).
An Essay for week #30 Jul 24, 2016
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