Recent content by Martin Marprelate

I don't disagree with what you say, but you're missing the point I was making. Simon carried the cross - we don't know how far he carried it - instead of the Lord Jesus; obviously he didn't die instead of Him! I'm not sure why you would be suggesting that I was proposing it. Crazy idea!

A very old pop/rock song came into my head today: Substitute by the Who, written by the band. I am not recommending the song for its theology, but solely for its use of the English language. Among the lyrics are: 'I'm a substitute FOR another guy.' The singer's girl-friend has been dumped...

I am a member of Good News for Everyone! (the successor to the Gideons in the UK). We give away thousands of Bibles, NTs and other materials. However, that does not mean that they have no cost.

I find wandering or intrusive thoughts are often a problem in private prayer. I dismiss them and start praying again. Eph. 6:16. 'Above all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.' The devil cannot indwell a Christian, but he...

If I bear someone's burden, and that someone stills bears it, then I have not borne his burden in any meaningful sense. I might have shared it, but I have not borne it. If the Lord Jesus bore our sins,and the curse attached to them, then He bore them instead of us - as our substitute...

Nobody has answered the questions I asked in the O.P. But I want to ask just a couple of questions: Matthew 27:32. 'Now as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. Him they compelled to bear His cross.' So Simon of Cyrene bore our Lord's cross. Did the Lord Jesus still have to...

I don't think you should be reluctant to look for help. Acts 8:30-31. "Do you understand what you are reading?" "How can I, unless someone guides me?" Proverbs 11:14. 'Where there is no counsel, the people fall; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.' Ephesians 4:11-12. 'And He...

I think the gist of this is that first of all, we must become what we are not - we must be born anew. Then, we must battle all our Christian lives against the world, the flesh and the devil. This is in line with what God told the Israelites on Mt. Sinai: "I am the LORD your God who brought you...

If you say so. But you are missing the wonderfully spiritual wood for the desperately prosaic trees. Kaphar is not the word for pitch; it is the word used seventy times in the O.T. for atonement. The ark was covered by atonement, inside and out. When the wrath of God came nigh the ark it saw...

One problem with this. Romans 3:9-18. 'For we have already charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin. As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not one; There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God.......etc."' v.19. '....That every mouth may be...

People may have wondered why I have not contributed to the 'Atonement (not PSA)' thread. The reason is that @JonC has used his position as a moderator to keep me (and, I believe, @DaveXR650 ) excluded from the thread. This has not worried me unduly because I have been very busy with local...

Again, I am not aware that it is/was necessary to coat the inside of a vessel with 'pitch' to make sure that it is/was watertight. Perhaps it is, but I have not come across any evidence of it. Moreover, if Gen. 6:14 used the word 'pitch' you might have a point, but He did not. He spoke of the...

I can't help thinking that this is a bit worldly and pedestrian. I believe that there are lessons for us in every aspect of the flood narrative. The kaphar on the inside spoke to those on the ark of the kaphar on the outside. The ark would have been tossed about most horribly as the waters...

I am interested to know where you found this in the examples of kaphar that I gave. Are you confusing the word with kasah [Strongs 3680]?

This use of kaphar in Gen. 6:14 is very interesting. I had intended to consider this a little later, but now will do. May I make a disclaimer now? I am no expert at all in ancient Hebrew. All that follows linguistically is gleaned from commentaries, dictionaries and Young's Analytical...