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“Ant” starts with “a” and “cherub” starts with “c”. No aardvarks are in my ABC links currently, but the alphabet is pretty long and there’s no telling what might show up in this section.
Fire as Punishment
In the Bible, fire is very much an instrument of punishment. Consider, for example, Genesis 19:15, 24-25: “When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, ‘Up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city’. Then the LORD rained [...]
Proverbs 30:18-19 describes “the way of an eagle in the sky” as “too wonderful.” (NASB) Jeremiah 30:40 gives these words of the LORD: “Behold, one will fly swiftly like an eagle, and spread out his wings against Moab.” (NASB) Indeed, the way of an eagle in the sky is beautiful but beauty is not [...]
The Deep as Source of Punishment or Distress
The concept of the “deep” is very important for an understanding of the Great Flood. In Genesis 7:11-12, we see that “in the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of [...]
It would seem amazing that God is seen riding a cherub twice in Scripture, in 2 Samuel 22:11 and Psalms 18. What is the meaning of that? Could it be that this facet of God’s power and character was important enough to bear repeating? David’s song, which told of God riding a cherub, was told [...]
In the Bible, certain stones are given prominence. One such is beryl. In Ezekiel 1, the prophet Ezekiel was beside the river Chebar among the exiles in the land of the Chaldeans, and suddenly the heavens were opened and he saw visions of God. Ezekiel saw a storm wind coming from the north, a cloud [...]
People have different views of ants. The disdainful think they’re small and easily crushed, and the pragmatic think they need poisoning, to keep house or campsite clean. Yet the humble may admire their diligence and organizational acumen. Proverbs 30:24-31, gives a beautiful description of the wise little ants, as well as the wise ways of [...]