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PHall | June 18, 2013
Hebrews is filled with family regulations of food and drink (9:10). For the kids we have fruit lips (13:15). For men there is both solid food and milk (5:12). For ladies there are vegetables: lettuce draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith; lettuce hold fast the confession of our hope without […]
PHall | July 10, 2012
It is the fear of death that perpetuates war. That is the paradoxical conclusion of Ted Peters (“Sin – Radical Evil in Soul and Society, chapter 2). Death is nonexistence. While the fear of dying is what makes us defend ourselves, how does that fit in with being the aggressor? War is begun due to […]
PHall | March 19, 2012
There are four positions on who is being primarily discussed in Hebrews 6:3-6 and consequently what is lost: True believer: apostasy/loss of salvation; True believer: apostasy/loss of reward; True believer: hypothetical apostasy/loss of salvation; and False believer: apostasy/eternal condemnation. Another way of organizing this would be: Who is being described? True believers (always saved) or […]
PHall | March 7, 2012
Enlightened – enlightened (11/l32) Tasted the Heavenly Gift Parkers – companions (11:33) The Holy Spirit – Spirit of grace (11:29) Tasted the Word of God – knowledge of the truth (11:26) Tasted the Power of the Ages to Come Impossible – expectation of judgment (11:27); punishment (11:28-29); Vengeance (11:30) Fall away (11:38,39) Renew – blood […]
PHall | February 16, 2012
Hebrews 6:6 NASB and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame. Hebrews 6:6 HCSB and who have fallen away, because, to their own harm, they are recrucifying the Son of God and holding […]
PHall | February 9, 2012
The same concept of “if God permits” is found in also in 1 Corinthians 16:7 where Paul writes, “If the Lord permits.” In Corinthians Paul was saying his plan was to spend some time with them later, if the Lord permits. He knew that God’s plans triumphs his plans. In Hebrews 6:3, the writer is […]
PHall | October 13, 2011
Did you know that the Ark of the Covenant had three objects hidden within, hidden behind the veil? According to Hebrews 9:4, they were: “a gold jar containing the manna, Aaron’s staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.” Each had a purpose for the generation when placed into the Ark. The tablets were […]
PHall | January 11, 2011
Can you imagine someone who is so smart that they are dumb? Sounds, crazy enough to be true! This paradox is explained very simply where someone has “book sense,” but no “common sense.” They are smart and educated, they just are not wise or street-wise. They score high on an IQ test, but have no […]
PHall | January 11, 2011
I love driving. In fact my favorite part of driving is putting on the brakes. It is so thrilling slowing down. Most people enjoy pushing down the gas pedal and accelerating out of a curve, not me. Slowing down going into the curve, now that’s fun. When I see a red light, I get giddy […]
PHall | December 2, 2010
There are only two covenants in contrast to the many covenants when contextually the topic is one replacing the other. The Noahaic covenant (Gen.6) was not replaced by the “New Covenant” (Heb.8), and therefore would not be considered ‘the first covenant” although it came first temporally. The language would be comparable to the second coming (Heb.9) not contextually related to the […]