Seven represents all that is—the sum of the physical cosmos (the number four) and the spiritual realm (the number three). This was not unique to Judaism, but was also well-established in the Greco-Roman world.
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“On Purpose: Understanding God’s Freedom for Women Through Scripture”
On Purpose offers a comprehensive look at Genesis 1-3, Ephesians 5, Passages in 1 Corinthians 11 and 14, and 1 Peter 3.
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Isaiah 5: Prophetic Warning
It would be another one hundred years and more before God’s judgment would come, years of noticeable decline for Judah as they continued to ignore their prophets and disregard God’s word.
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Isaiah 5: God’s Lament
Devoting all our time to looking good and feeling good, to pursuing our own ambitions, and working situations out for our own good at the expense of others, will end up in compromising God’s righteousness.
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Goals and Desires
Learn what happens, in this ten-minute video, when goals and desires get criss-crossed!
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Revelation 1: Apocalypse of Jesus Christ
For this study, I’m going to be reading from the Greek text, so my translations will retain an "accent," so to speak. But I am convinced the gems are easier to find in the original language, and my decision was immediately rewarded as I opened to the first page and read the first three words.
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Isaiah 5: Ah, the Sorrow
Isaiah spoke of God’s anger, but he began with God’s deep sorrow, with a Hebrew word, הוֺי | hôy, that is translated as ah!, alas!, ha!, ho!, O!, woe! It is meant as a cry of pain, and of lament.
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Isaiah 5: God’s Vineyard
It was right for God to look for fruit from this vineyard, and it is right for the Lord to look for the same evidence of God’s grace in your life and mine today.
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Isaiah 4: The Beautiful Branch
The Branch has come in fulfillment of many prophecies, and He has given us His promise to return.
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Isaiah 3: A Judgment That Purifies
It was a judgment that purified. When the people would return from exile seventy years later, idolatry would never again be the problem it had been.
Grace and Peace, Joanne 