Morning Prayer: 9/21/2022

Halley’s “Bible Handbook:” the discussion covers the history of the Solomonic, Second, and Herodian Temple. For Psalm 30, Prof. Calvin comments on verse 6 and the strength of assurance to David and believers. Zondervan Pictorial Bible: “Israel:” traces the term through the beginning of the Exodus. ISBE on “Leviticus:” comments are made from the old covenant to new hopes for the new covenant. For Genesis 26: Prof. Keil follows the shift of focus to Isaac’s sojournings. For Judges 15, Prof. Keil comments on Samson’s exploits and braggings. For Isaiah 14, Prof. Henry: God will protect Israel although the Babylonians will be God’s instrument of judgment. ISBE on Johannine Theology, Prof. I. Howard Marshall comments on Bultmann’s de-eschatologizing of the Parousia. For Mathew 11.20-30, Prof. Jamieson muses over the wonder of Jesus’s psychology. He takes a moment to pause on Jesus’s intellectual and moral life. For Romans 8, Prof. Hodge comments on Jesus’ work as the “telos” of the law, fulfilling the law, justifying the believers to whom those perfect, active and passive merits are applied. For Acts 2.14-36, Prof. Henry comments on the miracles noted by Peter about Jesus which the Jerusalemites witnessed. Frederick Copleston’s “History of Philosophy: Greece and Rome (1.1):” the beginnings of minor Socratic schools after Socrates’s death c. 399/400 BC. For Systematic Theology (locus 2), Prof. Hodge outlines Auguste Comte’s “faith” in no metaphysics, reducing religion and intellect to molecular, atomic brain issues. Nice leap of dogmatic faith, Mr. Compte. For Theology Proper (locus 2), Prof. Reymond notes the “miracles” were self-authentications of God’s spokesmen: Moses, the Prophets, Elijah, Jesus and the apostles. Clear presentation by Dr. Reymond. For Theology Proper (locus 2), Prof. Berkhof comments on God’s names: El, Elohim, Shaddai and cognates, and Yahweh. ODCC: “Latitudinarianism:” a long list of late 17th century divines, including Anglican ABCs and Bishops, essentially Arminian, react to the Calvinism of the Puritans. England never recovered from 1662 in terms of Reformed theology, although a Reformed stream survived alongside the Arminians and Deists. For Apostolic Christianity, Vol. 1 (1-100) Prof. Schaff theorizes that 25000 Jews lived in the 14th quarter of ancient Rome. For Medieval Christianity, Vol. 4 (590-1073), Prof. Schaff surveys the development, uses, dates and effects of the Papal interdicts exercised at the zenith of Papal power. For the Swiss Reformation Vol. 8 (1519-1605), Prof. Schaff comments on Calvin’s view of miracles, a claim Rome has made to its own attestation. The Reformers don’t have miracles, other than the divine attestations and authentications in Scriptures. Sound like Roman Pentecostalism for self-assertion. Westminster Confession of Faith 15.6: 6. As every man is bound to make private confession of his sins to God, praying for the pardon thereof; upon which, and the forsaking of them, he shall find mercy; so, he that scandalizeth his brother, or the church of Christ, ought to be willing, by a private or public confession, and sorrow for his sin, to declare his repentance to those that are offended, who are thereupon to be reconciled to him, and in love to receive him.