What makes this commentary so helpful and valuable to you is that under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, I am willing to amplify the exact meaning of each verse without shrouding the intent of Jesus’s penmen. My intent is to leave you with few questions after reading my exegesis of Holy Scripture. On main points, I offer multiple texts in both the New and Old Testaments.
What makes this commentary so helpful and valuable to you is that under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, I am willing to amplify the exact meaning of each verse without shrouding the intent of Jesuss penmen. My intent is to leave you with few questions after reading my exegesis of Holy Scripture. On main points, I offer multiple texts in both the New and Old Testaments.
From the birth of Christianity and with the Christian churches’ separation from Judaism, a tragic misunderstanding of marriage and divorce has occurred. Not only have we lost the understanding of biblical marriage counsel and wisdom, we have also lost the process of marriage and its biblical allowances for separation of man and wife under certain conditions. Christianity often fails to understand the biblical practice of marriage, as well as divorce and remarriage. Our Lord employed rabbinic teaching to uplift the status of women in his temple discourses with Jewish sects, such as the Sadducees and many groups of Pharisees. Unless we understand the Semitic discussion within those groups and properly translate Our Lord’s response to these questions, his teaching is held in tension with that of the epistles of Paul. Jesus and Paul are dealing with different case studies together with different communities of faiths, which affects how we should interpret the general message contained in the text. These misinterpretations of this vital information have needlessly ruined the lives of many innocent victims. It is long overdue for the Christian Church to reevaluate her response to this growing problem. There is a blessing for those who will receive this teaching.
A guide to understanding, teaching, and preaching the Word of God.Includes reproducible exegesis work sheets for contextual, cultural, structural, verbal, theological, and homiletical analyses.
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I am encouraged by the author’s appeal, from the beginning to the end of his book, for readers to be aware of their personal relationship with Christ. Dr. Busby shows throughout that God’s prophecies and promises found fulfillment in a history I can check for myself. That being true for the past, I can also rest assured that what God has promised and predicted for the future will happen without fail in His own time and way. —Rhoda Wills, Retired Teacher Dr. Busby’s The Battle for Your Heart is not only a good read but an excellent book to add to your library! Whether you’ve studied the book of Revelation for many years or have never given it your personal study, this thought-provoking, verse-by-verse walk through Revelation’s 22 chapters includes not only details you may have missed in your earlier studies but adds a big-picture dimension to this last book of the Bible. I was blessed! –Judi Seeders, Retired from Review and Herald Publishing Association A must-read for every Adventist who is looking for the soon return of Jesus! You will be challenged and will understand how to be prepared for the soon appearance of our Lord and Savior. The Battle for Your Heart is an excellent study for any individual, for family worship, and small group study. --Gail V. Lane, Head Deaconess, Retired Business Owner I am amazed by this book! Ron Busby’s use of the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy is both informative and clear. The Battle for Your Heart takes the reader through the books of Revelation, Daniel, and Ezekiel, along with supportive information. I not only gained greater insight into the raging controversy that surrounds us today but found throughout every page God’s deep, everlasting love for us shining through. --Larry Sharon, Church Elder
The Day of the Lord texts of Malachi (Mal 3:2, 7; 4:5) demonstrate that he seems to allude to Joel's Day of the Lord (2:11, 13, 31 [MT 3:4]). Malachi's Day of the Lord seems to have a strong inner-biblical relationship with the Day of the Lord motif of Joel. A significant interpretive loss is committed when allusion is recognized in the source text but ignored and not explored. Thus, the passages themselves call for an inner-biblical allusion study. In addition, the interpretive significance of Joel's Day of the Lord in Malachi has not been investigated comprehensively as the review of literature and intertextual and inner-biblical studies on Malachi validated. Thus, these are the interrelated questions: (a) "What are the criteria to verify the inner-biblical connection between Malachi and Joel on the Day of the Lord?" (b) "How did Malachi use Joel's Day of the Lord motif?" (c) "How did Malachi develop the Day of the Lord theme in his book?" There are three purposes of this study. The first is to identify objective criteria to verify the inner-biblical connection between Malachi and Joel on the Day of the Lord. The second is to determine how Malachi used Joel's Day of the Lord motif. The last is to ascertain how Malachi developed the Day of the Lord theme in his book.
