The Offering of Isaac – Genesis 22 1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said to him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. 2 And he said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and get you into the lan...
But the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that you have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you.
God understands the way thereof, and he knows the place thereof.
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
I felt very puzzled every time I read the Book of Ecclesiastes; it says: “I sought in my heart to give myself to wine, yet acquainting my heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do...
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
