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Genesis 14:18-20 — secret of understanding this place when he declared that: "We must be guided by the N.T. writers and by our Lord himself."[13] The N.T., of course, has a magnificent discussion of this event in Hebrews, where it is mentioned in Hebrews 5:5,6,10; 6:20, and repeatedly throughout Hebrews 7. The only other reference to Melchizedek in the Bible is in Psalms 110:4. This account in Hebrews is discussed thoroughly in my commentary on Hebrews, Hebrews 5:5-7:28, to which reference is made for those

Genesis 28:10-17 — vowed to kill him, so he was fleeing from his home and native land in order to escape. He was the heir of great wealth, but this journey would appear to have been taken on foot with minimal provisions. The mention of "bread ... and clothing" (Genesis 28:20) is equivalent to, "just enough to subsist on."[7] He no doubt felt rejected, ashamed, and frightened. But that night, God appeared to him in a dream. As the author of Hebrews said (Hebrews 1:1), God spoke to the fathers "in various ways."

Leviticus 18:6 — 18:7). (b) A step-mother (Leviticus 18:8). (c) A sister, a half-sister, or a step-sister (Leviticus 18:9). (d) A granddaughter, whether by a son or a daughter (Leviticus 18:10). (e) A half-sister (Leviticus 18:11). (f) A paternal aunt (Leviticus 18:12). (g) A maternal aunt (Leviticus 18:13). (h) An aunt by marriage (Leviticus 18:14). (i) A daughter-in-law (Leviticus 18:15). (j) A sister-in-law (Leviticus 18:16). (k) A granddaughter by marriage, whether by a son or a daughter (Leviticus

Ecclesiastes 3:16 — way than an animal, that no one knows whether the soul of man goes up to God when he dies, or if the soul of the beast goes downward. "This is a favorite proof-text for those who deny that man has an immortal spirit that survives physical death."[12] This writer is no apologist for Solomon. Throughout the historical books, we stressed the consummate wickedness of this evil man; but there are some things about the general interpretation of this paragraph that do not fit. Solomon believed in God;

Ezekiel 27:1 — account of the commercial commodities featured in the commerce of Tyre, together with the various origins of the commodities and the goods for which they were exchanged!."[1] Plumptre called this chapter "without parallel in the history of literature."[2] Cooke labeled it, "One of the finest of Ezekiel's compositions."[3] Keil divided the chapter into three sections: a presentation of the glory of Tyre under the figure of a majestic Merchant Ship (1-11), an account of the commodities involved in

Daniel 12:1 — prophet Daniel. Such interpretations we leave without comment to those who prefer to disbelieve the holy prophecies of the "end times." The various premillennial views of this chapter we also reject on the basis that "the millennium" of Revelation 20 is nothing more nor less than the entire dispensation of the Gospel, embracing all of the time between the First Advent and the Second Advent of Christ. (See extensive studies on this in the Book of Revelation. Also, we have given a summary of it

Numbers 21:4 — bitten, when he seeth it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard: and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived." "By way of the Red Sea ..." (Numbers 21:4). It seems almost incredible that so many current commentaries go out of their way here to insert comments such as the following: "This means Sea where the reeds grow! The word is [~Yam] [~Cuwph], or Reed Sea."[5] This is an example of how otherwise

Jonah 1:17 — ready at the instant God needed it, just as the tree had been growing by the bitter waters of Marah for a long time prior to the moment when Moses was commanded to cast it into the waters for the purpose of making the bitter waters sweet (Exodus 15:23f). The miraculous nature of the event narrated here is seen in the timing of the fish's appearance and swallowing Jonah and in the fact of the experience not being fatal to Jonah. "Three days and three nights ..." Most commentators move quickly to

Micah 5:2 — Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is written through the prophet, And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, art in no wise least among the princes of Judah: For out of thee shall come forth a governor Who shall be the shepherd of my people Israel" (Matthew 2:5,6).SIZE> The entire religious hierarchy of ancient Israel understood perfectly the Messianic character of this prophecy and answered Herod accordingly, Testimony of such a nature is irrefutable as regards the true import of this verse. "Which art

Zechariah 11:13 — in the house of Jehovah." Here again the prevalent misunderstanding of the critics finds a stumbling block in the fact that here Jehovah cast the money unto the potter, whereas, in the New Testament it was Judas who did it. See under Zechariah 11:12, above. It was indeed God who cast that money to the potter; and the same thing is true of a number of other actions accredited in the New Testament to many of the persons engaged in the dark drama of Calvary. It was God who spoke a prophecy through

Romans 3:21 — gospel. Apart from the law … Whiteside and others are quick to point out that Paul here used a term which includes more than the law of Moses,<footnote> R. L. Whiteside, op. cit., p. 75.</footnote> but, as pointed out under Romans 3:20, the impossibility of procuring justification under God’s divine law automatically argues the impossibility of such a thing’s being possible under any other similar kind of law; and, therefore, the translators have wisely left it to read

Romans 3:21 — to discharge that debt to all mankind he had acknowledged in 1:14, and he would do it by preaching that gospel. Apart from the law ... Whiteside and others are quick to point out that Paul here used a term which includes more than the law of Moses,[24] but, as pointed out under Romans 3:20, the impossibility of procuring justification under God's divine law automatically argues the impossibility of such a thing's being possible under any other similar kind of law; and, therefore, the translators

Joshua 8:30 — evidence of the extremely abbreviated nature of the Book of Joshua. Here we have a passage that the critics hate. The narrative here is denounced as misplaced, unfitting, and "impossible to be true, since Joshua had not yet conquered central Canaan."[25] What really troubles them is the proof this passage gives of the PRIOR existence of the Mosaic law. It is a vain criticism that the passage does not belong here; "Here is where it is!" Furthermore, it belongs here. As Schaeffer noted, "The victorious

Hebrews 2:14 — blood, but they have been made partakers of flesh and blood; thereby making a distinction between what constitutes the essential and eternal part of man’s nature, and what is merely accidental, and in which we now live, as in a clay tabernacle (2 Corinthians 5:1).<footnote> R. Milligan, New Testament Commentary (Nashville: Gospel Advocate Company, 1962), p. 98.</footnote> Here is the explanation of the mingled love and pity that humankind have for animals, flesh and blood being the

Hebrews 2:14 — and blood, but they have been made partakers of flesh and blood; thereby making a distinction between what constitutes the essential and eternal part of man's nature, and what is merely accidental, and in which we now live, as in a clay tabernacle (2 Corinthians 5:1).[19] Here is the explanation of the mingled love and pity that humankind have for animals, flesh and blood being the common bond between them, and man's higher self the impassable gulf that separates them. A sympathetic view

1 Peter 4:7 — is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer: DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM Such a verse as this, along with many others similar to it, is a problem to some people. "The night is far spent, the day is at hand" (Romans 13:12), "The Lord is at hand" (Philippians 4:5), "The coming of the Lord is at hand" (James 5:8), "It is the last hour" (1 John 2:18), "The time is near" (Revelation 1:3). What is actually meant by all such expressions in the New Testament? Throughout

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