Genesis 12:1-3, “Now [in Haran] the Lord said to Abram, Go for yourself [for your own advantage] away from your country, from your relatives and your father’s house, to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you [with abundant increase of favors]…
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Today’s Chef Special: “THE BLESSING OF REDEMPTION AND COVENANT”
REDEMPTION: Gk. apolutrosis – Strong’s #629 – Two related words, lutrosis and apolutrosis, are both translated ‘REDEMPTION’ and are frequently used by the New Testament writers. The first word indicates the act of freeing or releasing by paying a ransom price; the second, the act of buying back by paying a ransom price. Christ paid…
Today’s Chef Special: “THE NEW COVENANT”
Today’s Chef Special: “THE NEW COVENANT” Hebrews 8:8-10, “However, He finds fault with them [showing its inadequacy] when He says, Behold, the days will come, says the Lord, when I will make and ratify a NEW COVENANT or agreement with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the COVENANT that I…
Today’s Chef Special: “POSSESS YOUR PROMISED LAND!
Today’s Chef Special: “POSSESS YOUR PROMISED LAND” The Old Testament offers beautiful pictures of New Testament truth. These are called types. The greatest picture or type of spiritual warfare is found in the Book of Joshua. The very name ‘Joshua’ is the Hebrew ‘Yeshua’ or Jesus, which means, ‘Savior’ or ‘Deliverer.’ The journey of the…
Today’s Chef Special: “CUP”
Jeremiah 25:15, “For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to me: Take this CUP of the wine of wrath from My hand and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it.” (AMPC) (Heb. kos) Strong’s #3563 The Hebrew word translated ‘cup’ refers to a drinking goblet. In the Old…
Today’s Chef Special: “ANGEL”
(Heb. mal’ak) Zechariah 4:1, “And the ANGEL who talked with me came again and awakened me, like a man who is wakened out of his sleep.” (AMP) Strong’s #4397 This noun may refer to ANGELIC BEINGS (Zechariah 4:1, 5-7, “The MESSENGER-ANGEL again called me to attention. It was like being wakened out of deep sleep…The…
Today’s Chef Special: “HEIRS TOGETHER”
1 Peter 3:7, “Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being HEIRS TOGETHER of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.” (NKJV) Amplified Version: “In the same way you married men should live considerately with [your wives], with an…
Today’s Chef Special: “SEED”
Genesis 22:18, “And in your SEED [Christ] shall all the nations of the earth be blessed and [by Him] bless themselves, because you have heard and obeyed My voice.” (AMP) (Heb. zera’) Strong’s #2233 The Hebrew word translated ‘seed’ can literally mean a seed sown in the ground (Genesis 1:11-12, “And God said, Let the…
Today’s Chef Special: “SWORE”
Deuteronomy 1:8, “Behold, I have set the land before you; go in and take possession of the land which the Lord SWORE to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their descendants after them.” (AMPC) (Heb. shaba’) Strong’s #7650 In Hebrew, the verb translated ‘swore’ is related…
Today’s Chef Special: “MILK AND HONEY”
Exodus 3:8, “And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand and power of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a land good and large, a land flowing with MILK AND HONEY [a land of plenty]—to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the…
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