competing areas of study, pick which one to study
#Is 9:6, checking a translation by how they render what king James has as the everlasting father but Darby renders “Father of Eternity.”
- Of late I have wondered how modern translations incorporate the Septuagint or dead sea scrolls into the understanding of the scriptures.
- A new area of Gospel study appears beside my original intent, the son given at the cross.
- And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God. Mark 15:39
- For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
- But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence. John 14:31
- Wonderful
- Counsellor
- Mighty
- Everlasting
- Prince
#slayer, who is a murder = sinners. Who else is portrayed near the slayer in Numbers 35?
- That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: Heb 6:18
- Whither the forerunner is for us entered, [even] Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. Heb 6:20
#firstborn, whether a man or a beast, the various ways in which this one was treated in the Old testament has instruction for how we handle the Lord Jesus
- For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Rom 8:29
- Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: Col 1:15
- And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. Col 1:18
- And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. Heb 1:6
- And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begottenof the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, Rev 1:5
Principles of Bible study by Thomas Bentley (tract, unfolding truth page by page)
Section 1 | Browsing a Book
- reading
- reflection
- recording
- response
Seciton 2 | Charting a Chapter
- Analysis
- context, chapter
- context,
Section 3 | Pondering a Paragraph
- chart
- content
- challenge
Section 4 | Viewing a Verse
- Setting
- structure
- sense
- secret
- sermon
Section 5 | Weing a word
- Context
- compare