The Pillars of Wisdom According to St. James the Just. “Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out its seven pillars.” (Proverbs 9:1). This verse pictures the quality of wisdom as a wealthy woman who has built her lavish mansion with seven columns that support and stabilize her home. She welcomes all who want to …
The Sevenfold Holy Spirit as the Pillars of Wisdom. “Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out its seven pillars.” (Proverbs 9:1). This verse pictures the quality of wisdom as a wealthy woman who has built her lavish mansion with seven columns that support and stabilize her home. She welcomes all who want to partake …
The Seven Days of Creation as the Pillars of Wisdom. “Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out its seven pillars.” (Proverbs 9:1). This verse pictures the quality of wisdom as a wealthy woman who has built her lavish mansion with seven columns that support and stabilize her home. She welcomes all who want to …
On Seven (7) as the Holy Number. Seven: a Biblical symbol for perfection, completion, fullness, fulfillment, wholeness, finished. A case can be made that seven (7) is God’s favorite number. Because of what it represents, the number seven seems woven into the very fabric of Holy Scripture. Between the Hebrew Bible (OT), and the Gospels …
The Seven Pillars of Wisdom – Introduction. “Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out its seven pillars.” (Proverbs 9:1). This verse pictures the quality of wisdom as a wealthy woman who has built her lavish mansion with seven columns that support and stabilize her home. She welcomes all who want to partake of …
God’s Will – His Creation. “You alone made the whole universe; by Your will and design, whatever did not exist was brought into being.” (Revelation 4:11). Hebrew Word for Will is “haspasti”, which means to will something because it brings great delight; to desire because it brings pleasure; to wish something to be done because it …
God’s Will – Heaven on Earth. “You may expend your whole life in search of the Will of God, His “perfect will,” but you will not find any other perfect will of God than that which God has revealed in Christ Jesus. And that will is mercy, a mercy which involves giving your life for …
God’s Will – Mercy. “The root of all of God’s activity in this world, beginning even with the world’s creation, is Mercy… Mercy is the cause and reason of all that God does. God does nothing, absolutely nothing, except as an expression of His Mercy.” (Rev. Patrick Henry Reardon, from his book, Christ in the Psalms). …
God’s Will – A Mystery. “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may obey the words of His teachings.” (Deuteronomy 29:29). MYSTERY: (Greek, Musterion); a sacred secret hidden in the heart of God until the appointed time of revelation; …
God’s Will – Introduction. God’s Will, Beyond our Understanding. “O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His decisions! And how mysterious are His ways, His methods, and His paths! For who has known the mind of the Lord, who has understood His thoughts, or who has ever been …
A Question – “When the pillars of justice collapse, what can the upright person (tzaddik) do?” Psalm 11. At first reading, David’s psalm here might seem to be a psalm for our time. But then when we consider the history of humanity and the rising and falling of nations and kingdoms of men, David here …
A Question – Will God Keep All His Promises. “All of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding Yes! And through Christ, our ‘Amen’ ascends to God to bring Him glory. Whatever God has promised gets stamped with the Yes of Jesus. In Him, this is what we preach and pray, the great …