Calvary Through the Bible
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- Middle Knowledge (Molinism)This verse, along with the section in 1 Samuel 23, demonstrate that God knows more than simply all true prepositional knowledge. He also knows how all people would freely choose to act in any given scenario. Understanding this concept is instrumental to reconciling how God can be utterly sovereign in His plans and in dealing with mankind, yet give men free will and the ability to choose. Without middle knowledge (or "Molinism"), one is forced to abandon (or at least heavily diminish) one's concept of sovereignty, or one's concept of free will.
Jeremiah 23:22English Standard VersionBut if they had stood in my council, then they would have proclaimed my words to my people, and they would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their deeds. - Think DarknessHere it says God "would dwell in think darkness", but in 1 John we read clearly that God is light, and in Him there is no darkness. How do we reconcile these passages?2 Chronicles 6:1English Standard VersionThen Solomon said, “The LORD has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
- God's "Middle Knowledge"This verse is a great example of what's known as God's "Middle Knowledge", or the philosophy of Molinism. This is the view that God knows not only what all people HAVE DONE and WILL YET DO, He also knows what people WOULD DO in different circumstances. Here, God reports that the citizens of Keilah WOULD give up David and his men, so they leave, giving Keilah no opportunity to do as they intended.1 Samuel 23:12English Standard VersionThen David said, “Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” And the LORD said, “They will surrender you.”
- David's LeadershipI love the relationship between David and those following him here. They obey him faithfully, showing trust. They have raised their concern with David about the risks -- they are not blindly folowing -- but when God reconfirms His word they follow without further question.1 Samuel 23:5English Standard VersionAnd David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines and brought away their livestock and struck them with a great blow. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
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- Plant TypologyFigs are reckoned to represent the national privileges of Israel, as distinct to spiritual (the vine) or religious (the olive).
Jeremiah 24:5The Lexham English Bible“Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Like these good figs, so I will regard as good the exiles of Judah whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans. - Idolatry and EvolutionObviously, the tree and stone references point to idols of wood and stone. Yet, I can't help but be reminded of the evolutionary dogma that insists that life came from non-life (stone), and that mankind is a distant cousin of all other living things (trees).Jeremiah 2:27The Lexham English BibleThose who say to the tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to the stone, ‘You gave birth to me.’ For they have turned their backs to me, and not their faces. But in the time of their trouble they say, ‘Arise and save us.’
- Pretty Gruesome!The picture of one who's garments are stained red with blood is striking. This theme is carried forward and expanded in Revelation where we see the some imagery. Our Lord indeed comes with wrath stored up for the wicked, wrath that we deserved. Because He Himself was bloodied at his First Coming, our blood shall not stain His garments at His Second.Isaiah 63:1The Lexham English BibleWho is this, coming from Edom, from Bozrah in bright red garments? Who is this honored in his garment, lying down in his great strength? “It is I, speaking in justice, mighty to save!”
- God Creates EvilIsaiah 45:7The Lexham English BibleI form light and I create darkness; I make peace and I create evil; I am Yahweh; I do all these things.
- Created for a PurposeSalvation is truly wonderful - that God should call the dead and make them alive. But there is a purpose sometimes overlooked: we are created for GOOD WORKS. Not 'by good works,' which would imply works-salvation, but for them. We are not saved to lay about and await His return; we're to do His work til He returns.Ephesians 2:10English Standard VersionFor we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
