THE DECALOGUE – THE TEN COMMANDMENTS – THE CODE OF HAMMURABI – Exodus 20
Christ came not to destroy but to fulfill the Law (Matthew 5:17), and yet, “He took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross” (Colossians 2:14).
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JESUS CHRIST – THE CORNERSTONE IN ZION- 1 Peter 2
The laying of this precious cornerstone in Zion for a foundation signifies that the Christian church, the new temple of God, was to begin in Jerusalem.
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SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES – 1 Peter 2
Although Christians must offer sacrifices to God, such are always “lesser sacrifices,” the one true, great and efficacious sacrifice already having been offered, namely, Christ himself.
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THE SEVEN CALVARY MIRACLES PART FIVE – THE OPENING OF THE GRAVES OF THE RIGHTEOUS – Matthew 27
At first it seems those two events occurred simultaneously; but the next verse notes that it was “after his resurrection” that they actually came out of their graves and appeared in the city, thus the mention of the saints in Matthew 27:52 is for the purpose of revealing which graves were opened.
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MEANINGS OF THE WORD “ISRAEL” – Isaiah 49
There are no less than eight legitimate meanings of the word Israel in the holy Bible.
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THE SEVEN CALVARY MIRACLES PART FOUR – THE EARTHQUAKE – Matthew 27
First, even the most ordinary of earthquakes would in this case, due to its timing, have been strongly suggestive of the supernatural; but this was far more and utterly different from any ordinary earthquake.
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CONCERNING ANGELS – Hebrews 1
The angels have the nature of servants, or “ministers,” as stated here, and thus must ever be accounted inferior to Jesus our Lord; despite this, however, those shining creatures of the unseen world possess a magnificence beyond our imagination; and the service they give to God and their activities on behalf of the saints, so mysteriously mentioned here, are matters of surpassing interest and curiosity.
