Bible Commentaries

Genesis 1:14 — SUN AND MOON ‘And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.’ Genesis 1:14 There are few words much oftener in our mouths than that short but most important word, ‘Time.’ It is the long measure of our labour, expectation, and pain; it is the scanty measure of our rest and joy. And yet, with all this frequent mention of

Genesis 18:22 — A PERSEVERING INTERCESSOR ‘And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.’ Genesis 18:22 Even under the Old Testament, there were certain visits of Christ to our world which we cannot but consider as earnests or shadows of His great advent. It is clear that in very ancient times God appeared to His servants in the form of a man. I.

Genesis 18:22 — UN INTERCESADOR PERSEVERANTE "Y los varones se apartaron de allí, y fueron hacia Sodoma; pero Abraham estaba aún delante del Señor". Génesis 18:22 Incluso bajo el Antiguo Testamento, hubo ciertas visitas de Cristo a nuestro mundo que no podemos dejar de considerar como ganancias o sombras de Su gran advenimiento. Está claro que en tiempos muy antiguos Dios se apareció a sus siervos en forma

Genesis 47:23 — canción de los ancianos así: "Fuiste inmolado, y compraste a Dios con tu sangre, hombres de todo linaje" ( Apocalipsis 5:9 ); pero la palabra griega que podría traducirse, 'habías hecho comprar a Dios.' Es la misma palabra que se usa en 2 Pedro 2:1 , 'negar al Señor que los compró'. "Vosotros no sois vuestro propio", dice el apóstol Pablo, "porque fuisteis comprados por precio". I. Fue un gran golpe de habilidad política, que contribuyó enormemente a la estabilidad del trono del faraón, cuando

Exodus 30:1-38 — y tenía aproximadamente un metro de alto y cuarenta centímetros cuadrados. Se quemaba incienso sobre él cada mañana y cada noche, y se usaba solo para este propósito. El altar y el incienso eran simbólicos. I. De las oraciones del pueblo de Dios. - (1) En oración hablamos con Dios y le decimos los pensamientos de nuestra mente, los sentimientos de nuestro corazón, los deseos de nuestro espíritu. El humo del incienso ascendió, como una flecha, en una columna recta y más directa al cielo. Nuestras

Exodus 30:6-10 — THE ALTAR OF INCENSE ‘And thou shalt put it [the altar of incense] before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony,’ etc. Exodus 30:6-10 The altar of incense was made of acacia wood, and stood about a yard high and eighteen inches square. Incense was burnt upon it every morning and evening, and it was used for this purpose only. The altar and incense were symbolic— I. Of the prayers

1 Kings 14:13 — ONE GOOD AMONG THE BAD ‘In him there is found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.’ 1 Kings 14:13 I. Look first at the description of Abijah’s piety.—The ‘good thing’ in him was not any material endowment, neither was it any moral excellence. The good thing was a ‘good thing toward the Lord God of Israel,’ a gracious, a spiritual, a

1 Kings 14:13 — UNO BUENO ENTRE LOS MALOS "En él se halló algo bueno para con el Señor Dios de Israel en la casa de Jeroboam". 1 Reyes 14:13 I. Mire primero la descripción de la piedad de Abías. —Lo 'bueno' en él no era ninguna dotación material, ni tampoco excelencia moral. Lo bueno fue una 'cosa buena para con el Señor Dios de Israel', una cosa misericordiosa, espiritual, divina

2 Chronicles 1:7 — YOUTH’S OPPORTUNITY ‘Ask what I shall give thee.’ 2 Chronicles 1:7 Who ever commenced life with higher aims, with a fairer prospect, than Solomon? With obvious limitations the Supreme Lord speaks thus to every young heart, affording opportunity for participating in the highest blessings. I. Youth is the season

Psalms 113:1 — THE LORD’S NAME BE PRAISED! ‘Praise the name of the Lord.’ Psalms 113:1 I. As God has given Himself a name that is above every name, and has therein revealed His nature for all times and the whole world, so will He be invoked always and everywhere by His servants by this name, and bids His Church in all places of the

Isaiah 10:27 — THE YOKE-DESTROYING ANOINTING ‘The yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.’ Isaiah 10:27 I. The Assyrian yoke of old was not so real, so tangible, so continually felt a yoke, as that under which many a child of God is writhing; yet they are ‘called unto liberty,’ even ‘the glorious liberty of the children of God.’ And if the yoke of

Isaiah 26:1-21 — CIUDAD Y CIUDADANOS "Una ciudad fuerte ... La nación justa". Isaías 26:1 Este capítulo se inicia con una canción. Y es muy digno de ello. ¿Qué estamos llamados a estudiar? I. La ciudad de Dios ( Isaías 26:1 ) .— Esta visión de una ciudad en la que serán reunidos los redimidos se ve más claramente en el Apocalipsis, pero

Daniel 5:30 — often does a foolish son squander the acquisitions of a father’s life! A vast empire was handed down by Nebuchadnezzar. Why was this, but because the lessons of that father’s life had been forgotten? Of this Daniel faithfully reminds him ( Daniel 5:18-24). II. ‘In that night’ judgment lurked at the door of sin.—The trophies of his father’s power, ‘the golden and silver vessels’ of the Temple, were brought forth, and then came the fearful handwriting on the wall (cf. 1 Thessalonians 5:3-7; the antediluvians;

Hosea 14:3 — THE ORPHAN’S GOD ‘The fatherless findeth mercy.’ Hosea 14:3 This description of the pity and benignity of God is literally true. And the literal truth is suggestive of a wider sense in which the words may be employed, and a glorious principle of the Divine government precious to God’s people in every age.

Matthew 10:4 — A CHAPTER IN HUMAN BIOGRAPHY ‘Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.’ Matthew 10:4 There is an awful and fascinating interest about the history of Judas; he stands in such a fearful solitude, his sin is so terribly unique, that the mind is irresistibly drawn to him. I. Early opportunity.—Called to be an apostle. Separated from

1 Corinthians 15:1 — THE GOSPEL ‘Brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel.’ 1 Corinthians 15:1 The Gospel! How familiar are the words! What a grand thing is the Gospel!—the good news which nobody would ever have found out by himself. The good news sent down straight from heaven. The great foundation upon which all teaching must

1 Thessalonians 1:5 — THE POWERFUL GOSPEL ‘Our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power.’ 1 Thessalonians 1:5 The preaching of St. Paul was exceptionally successful at Thessalonica, and there too the good results of his work were less marred by later evil influences than in many other centres of his apostolic labours. With the Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians 2:1 — THE SECOND COMING ‘Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto Him.’ 2 Thessalonians 2:1 When will this ‘gathering’ be? It will be at the end of the world, when Christ returns to earth the second time. Visibly He went away, visibly in the body He will return; and the very first thing that He will do will be to ‘gather together’ His people

Revelation 1:13 — THE PRESENT LORD ‘And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of Man.’ Revelation 1:13 This vision of St. John in Patmos, granted to him ‘on the Lord’s day,’ brings before us— I. A living Lord.—It is not a mere historical personage, to whose great deeds we look back with admiration, that we call Master. It is He Who is alive for

1 Samuel 15:1 — UNA VIDA NAUFRAGADA 'Rey sobre su pueblo Israel'. 1 Samuel 15:1 La historia de Saulo es una de las más tristes que contiene la Escritura. I. Nótese primero los elementos singulares de nobleza que se deben rastrear en su carácter natural , de modo que su estatura moral no contradice por completo la majestuosidad