“The history of man teaches us that man learns nothing from history.” Hegel
“EVERYONE DID WHAT WAS RIGHT IN HIS OWN EYES” Mark 3 11
"Don’t confuse disbelief and doubt. Doubt is healthy inquiry. Disbelief is a willful choice."
"Charles Dickens’s famous opening line in Tale of Two Cities: “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.”
“there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.”
"four strange “living creatures” called cherubim. They each had faces—one was the face of a lion, one was the face of an ox, one was the face of a man, one was the face of an eagle."
“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”15 That says it all!" Micah
Christian theology, Israel has been substantially dismissed. Five-sixths of the Bible is about Israel—from Genesis 12 to Revelation 22. And yet how many churches teach that the Church has replaced Israel?
“And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood the Lamb as it had been slain. (Revelation 5:6)
They are the marks of His humiliation, but they are also the marks of His glory."
Saints are a group of displaced persons, uprooted from their natural home, and on their way to an extraterrestrial destination, not of this planet, neither in its roots or in its ideals.
They speak of three basic types of people: the Pagan Man, who has never heard the god;3 the Moral Man, who strives to live a good life;4 and the Religious Man, who keeps all the rules and regulations.5 All three stand condemned because their righteousness is not adequate to avoid offending a perfect and holy God.
GRACE could be an acronym to summarize Romans: “God’s Righteousness At Christ’s Expense.
When they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools
“prophecy is pattern not just prediction.” Midrash
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. (Revelation 3:21-22)
"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. (Revelation 3:20)"
"Two things in that throne room are extremely significant: the lamp stands and the twenty-four Elders. The seven lamps of fire,
"‘Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.’ OSWALD CHAMBERS
“ex nihilo nihil fit” (nothing comes from nothing) Parmenides
“Times are changed; we also are changed with them”
