Who, or what, is a Gentile and, Biblically, what is the significance of this status after Christ? In this examination, I look at the word which was used to represent all those who were ‘not of Israel’.
GENTILE
Lord – hláford
…the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.’ (Mark 2:28)
The Greek word κύριος kyrios (Strongs 2962) -and its various declensions -appears 722 times in the New Testament, most often in reference to Jesus; it means lord or master, or properly ‘a person possessing absolute rights of ownership’. Read more
Shechem
Abram travelled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time, the Canaanites were in the land. The Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘To your offspring, I will give this land.’ So, he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him. (Genesis 12:6-7)
This is the first mention of Shechem. שְׁכָם Shekem (Strong’s Hebrew 7927) means ‘ridge’ or ‘shoulder’ Read more
FULFIL
I have been considering the Jewish Feasts. In this post, I will look in brief how they have been fulfilled in Christ. Of course, this is only one element of the fulfilment of the Law, but the festivals were given both for observance and for revelation:
‘Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them…’ Matthew 5:17
HARVEST
For those of you following my blog, I began with a look at the Jewish Feasts (Leviticus 23). You many have noted that the seven feasts are set in a pattern, three together (Passover, Leavened Bread and Firstfruits), one by itself (Pentecost) and, again, a cluster of three (Trumpets, Day of Atonement and Booths); this timing aligns with the three periods of harvest in Israel. (With God, there are no coincidences!) So, in this post we consider the word ‘harvest’ in a Biblical context. Read more
FEAST
To further understand Jesus, the modern Christian necessarily must know how the Mosaic Law governed his life as a Jewish man. On the sermon on the mount, Jesus said: ‘Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them’ (Matthew 5:17). Among the many requirements to be observed were the three annual pilgrimages. In this post, I will outline the Seven Feasts that punctuate the Jewish year, then and now. In a subsequent post I will examine how Jesus fulfilled them.
God Breathed Words 