Psalm 45:11

Let’s talk about one of the most famous verses in the Bible. There are some verses that have taken on a life of their own completely separate from their original context. The one that always comes to my mind first is Matthew 7:1, “Judge not, lest you be judged.” That one’s never going back into context, sadly. Then there’s Philippians 4:13, life verse of athletes everywhere. But my favorite on this list of least favorite culturally hijacked verses has to be Psalm 45:11, “The king will admire ……

“Now the Lord had said to Abram: Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you” (Genesis 12:1, NKJV) . In this opening chapter in Genesis we see that God has chosen Avram (Abram), yet it gives us no indication for what motivation? Noah’s elec…

“Now the Lord had said to Abram: Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you” (Genesis 12:1, NKJV) . In this opening chapter in Genesis we see that God has chosen Avram (Abram), yet it gives us no indication for what motivation? Noah’s elec…

Psalm 45 proclaims itself as "a lovely poem about the king." It becomes, however, a powerful declaration of the glory of Christ, the divine Bridegroom, and His…

Psalm 45 proclaims itself as "a lovely poem about the king." It becomes, however, a powerful declaration of the glory of Christ, the divine Bridegroom, and His…

Abraham’s servant seeks a bride for his master’s son. Abraham lived his whole life for a unique mission—founding a nation that would be ruled by God. It was actually God’s mission— re-establishing his reign over the nations through the Abrahamic nation. The missio dei (mission of God) is all about...…

In his study of 1 Samuel 25, “Ancestral Motifs in 1 Samuel 25: Intertextuality and Characterization,” Journal of Biblical Literature 121 (2002), p. 627, Mark E. Biddle wrote: “Hebrew narrative does……