Understanding : Hebrews 12:6

[William Barton]

IMO:
God is triune: Father, Son, Spirit. By that understanding Jesus is God the Son become flesh. When Jesus died it was God Himself paying our penalty for us.

Jesus came as Lamb of God; he will return as Lion of Jehovah.

 

[William Barton]

Behold noted:

<Jesus is Kingdom>

I would say, "Jesus is King over his kingdom."

<told Jews they were going to be destroyed>

He said they would be cast out of the land, but he also promised he would bring them back. And they are back. See Jeremiah 30:3, Isaiah 11:12, Ezekiel 36:24, 37:21, Amos 9:14, Zephaniah 3:20.

The Jews reestablished their country in a single day, as prophesied in Isaiah 66:7,8:

"Before she goes into labor, she gives birth,
before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son.
Who has ever heard of such things?
Who has ever seen such things?
Can a country be born in a day
or a nation be brought forth in a moment?
Yet no sooner is Zion in labor
than she gives birth to her children.

 

[William Barton]

IMO:
God is triune: Father, Son, Spirit. Jesus is God become flesh.

When Jesus died the debt we owed was paid for; Jesus paid it for us. He died a painful, disgraceful death to give us a chance not to to go to hell.

 

[William Barton]

Where is that in the Bible? There is much about the Holy Spirit, but I can't think of one place where the Holy Spirit s referred to as an intelligence without a body.

IMO:
o. God does not have a body, rather God is spirit (John 4:24), and God is invisible (Colossians 1:15).

o. We speak of the triune God: Father, Son, Spirit.

o. Man, made in the image of God, is likewise triune: body, soul, spirit.

o. Animals are body, soul.

o. Plants are body.

 

[William Barton]

I would say that Jesus died, not to give us a chance to redeem ourselves, but to redeem us:

(1Pe 1:18-19 NKJV) knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

The angel said to Joseph:

(Mat 1:20-21 NKJV) "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins."

Not " for He will enable His people to save themselves."

IMO:

English "redeem" stems from Latin redimere, where:
o. re=again
o. demere=take away from

i.e. "go back the way it was."