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- Anti-Christ(Greek antichristos) — anti means both "against" and "in place of": an opponent and a counterfeit. John, the only writer to use the term, defines it not by a future political figure but by a confession — the spirit of antichrist "does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh" (1 John 4:3; 2 John 7). More
- Antitype(Greek antitypos) — in typological language, the New Testament reality an Old Testament "type" supposedly points to. The term runs backwards. Antitypos in Hebrews 9:24 means "a copy of the true" — so the scheme ends up calling the reality the copy. The picture confirms it: a piece of type is the raised, solid substance that presses out the flat print. Christ is the substance — the body that casts the shadow (Col 2:17) — yet the doctrine labels Him the antitype (the copy) and the shadow the type (the substance). Inverted top to bottom. Better to set the scheme aside: Israel is an example, Christ the substance it was shaped by. See also: Example, Shadow More
- ApostleFrom the Greek apostolos — one sent out on behalf of another. In the NT, applied to those sent by Christ as direct witnesses of his resurrection; the authority is tied to the sending and the witness, not to an institutional title that can be passed down. More
- ArchēgosGreek archēgos — the founder-leader who goes first and brings others through; translated variously "author," "captain," "prince," or "pioneer." Hebrews calls Jesus the archēgos of salvation (Hebrews 2:10) and "the pioneer and perfecter of faith" (Hebrews 12:2) — the originator who opens the path and runs it to the end, the companion word to prodromos. Synonyms: pioneer, author, captain, prince, founder, trailblazer. See also: Forerunner More
- ArtosGreek for bread in the generic sense — a loaf, leavened or unleavened alike. At Emmaus, Luke chose this open word for the bread the risen Christ broke (Luke 24:30), during the very week of Unleavened Bread, rather than the precise azymos he knew — but because artos names a loaf without telling its kind, it raises the question without settling it. Synonyms: loaf, bread. See also: Azymos See What Is A New Lump? — A Demonstration More
- AtonementAn English construction — at-one-ment — coined by Tyndale, not a direct translation. The Hebrew behind it, kaphar, means to cover, sharing its root with kapporeth — the cover of the ark, the mercy seat. The Day of Atonement centers on the High Priest bringing blood to that cover. The act and the object are the same word pointing at the same reality. Synonyms: Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, kaphar, kapporeth. More
- AvivAviv (or Abib) is barley at the stage of ripening — "in the ear," nearly ready to harvest. It is the condition the Wave Sheaf depended on: the grain had to be aviv before it could be cut and waved, which is why the timing of the Feast of Weeks bent to the harvest rather than to a fixed date. Synonyms: Abib, barley in the ear, ripening barley. See Why Pentecost Has No Fixed Date More
- AzymosGreek for unleavened bread specifically — the marked word where artos is the open one. It is the Septuagint's term for the bread of the Days of Unleavened Bread, and Luke knew it and used it elsewhere (Luke 22:1; Acts 12:3) — which is what makes his reaching for artos at Emmaus worth noticing. Synonyms: azyma, unleavened, unleavened bread. See also: Artos See What Is A New Lump? — A Demonstration More
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- Baptism(Greek baptizō) — to immerse, dip, or submerge; the word is physical before it is religious. The ceremony pictures dying, being buried, and rising with Christ, and the washing that comes with it — not a ritual requirement but an image of an inward reality. Synonyms: immersion, submersion. More
- BrickA manufactured unit — clay shaped and fired into uniform, interchangeable form. Where stone is found, brick is made. In the symbol-system, brick represents fabricated reality substituted for natural reality. The builders of Babel used brick instead of stone. Synonyms: bricks, masonry. See The Tower of Babel More
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- ChristNot a surname but a title: the Greek Christos, rendering the Hebrew Mashiach (Messiah) — "the Anointed." The anointing that set apart Israel's kings, priests, and prophets all converges on the one person it was pointing to. Synonyms: Messiah, Anointed, the Anointed One, Mashiach, Christos. See also: Logos More
- ChurchThe English word "church" doesn't translate the Greek ekklesia — it derives from kyriakos, a pagan term for a building belonging to a lord. Ekklesia is a called-out, gathered people; the New Testament rarely leaves it bare but qualifies it — "the church of God" (whose it is, who called it) or "the church at Corinth" (which local gathering) — never a building. The Septuagint already used it for Israel's qahal, the congregation God called out and assembled (Acts 7:38). A spiritual organism, not an institution. Synonyms: ekklesia, ecclesia, called-out ones, assembly, congregation, kyriakos, qahal, edah.
See also: firstfruits. See A People, Not a Place More - ChurchspeakReligious vocabulary so overused across so many traditions that it no longer points reliably at anything. Words like "saved," "grace," and "repentance" still circulate widely but carry different meanings in different mouths — creating the appearance of shared understanding where little exists. More
- CorruptFrom the Latin corruptus — broken, destroyed, altered from its original state. In Scripture, describes something changed or turned from what it was meant to be — a neutral description of a process, not primarily a moral label. The word itself has undergone the very process it describes. More
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- Days of Unleavened BreadThe seven days following Passover — Nisan 15 through 21 — when leaven is put out and only unleavened bread is eaten (Lev 23:6). Scripture calls that bread the "bread of affliction," tied to leaving Egypt in haste (Deut 16:3) — a fuller sense than leaven simply standing for sin. Synonyms: Feast of Unleavened Bread, Unleavened Bread, ULB. See Does Leaven Really Mean Sin? More
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- Example(Greek tupos) — Paul's own word: "these things happened to them as examples, written for our admonition" (1 Cor 10:11; cf. v. 6). Israel's recorded life is set down for us to learn from — largely as a warning; Christ is the example to follow (1 Pet 2:21; John 13:15). See also: Shadow. See: Through What Lens Do We View the Feasts? More
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- FaithFaith (Greek pistis, Hebrew emunah) — trust and faithfulness, not mere belief or assent to doctrine. Scripture's own definition: faith is the substance of things hoped for (Hebrews 11:1) — the hypostasis, "that which stands under," giving the unseen its standing and reality. Synonyms: trust, faithfulness, assurance. More
- False DichotomyTwo options that feel like opposites and feel like they cover the ground — but both share an unexamined assumption. The answer is not found between the two positions. It is found by stepping outside the frame that contains them both. Related: Polarization. See: Fulfillments of Christ Simplifies All More
- FeastIn Leviticus 23, a feast is a designated period — not a single day but a span of time with its own structure and sequence. The Feast of Weeks spans seven weeks. The Feast of Tabernacles spans seven days. A feast may contain one or more annual holy days, but the feast itself is the full period, not any single day within it. Synonyms: festival, appointed time, moed. More
- Feast of TrumpetsThe common name obscures the Hebrew Yom Teruah — the Day of Blowing, or sounding. While trumpets were blown, they were also blown on every new moon; what distinguishes this feast is not the instrument but the act itself — breath, sound, something sent out. What that points toward requires a closer look. Synonyms: Yom Teruah, Day of Blowing, Day of Sounding. More
- Feast of WeeksThe longest feast in the Leviticus 23 calendar — seven full weeks of counting from the wave sheaf to the fiftieth day, Pentecost. Beginning with the unleavened first of the firstfruits and culminating in two leavened loaves offered as firstfruits. An alternative name for this feast is demonstrated by its contents: the Feast of Leavened Bread. Synonyms: Pentecost, Shavuot, Feast of Firstfruits, Feast of Harvest. More
- FirstfruitsFirstfruits (Greek aparchē; Hebrew bikkurim) — the first and best of a harvest, brought to God ahead of the rest and set apart as His. Scripture layers it: Christ is the wave sheaf, "the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep" (1 Cor 15:20-23); the ekklesia are in turn called firstfruits (James 1:18) — an early portion themselves, ahead of a far larger harvest still to come. See also: Wave sheaf See Why Pentecost Has No Fixed Date More
- ForerunnerGreek prodromos — one who runs ahead, a scout who enters first so others can follow. Hebrews 6:20 calls Jesus our forerunner, entered behind the veil "on our behalf" — the first through, opening the way we now follow. Synonyms: prodromos, pioneer, trailblazer. See Review of Some APPARENT Inconsistencies of The Cross More
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- Gnosticism(from Greek gnōsis, "knowledge") — ancient movements seeking salvation through secret knowledge. The tell isn't knowledge (Scripture prizes that) but the direction: escape out of the flesh — the inversion of the biblical mystery, God manifest in the flesh (1 Tim 3:16). More
- GraceAmong the most loaded terms in Christian vocabulary — claimed so thoroughly by one side of the Law vs Grace debate that using it tends to import the entire framework rather than the underlying reality. The Greek charis — favor, gift freely given — is worth examining directly rather than through the accumulated weight of the English word. Synonyms: charis, favor, gift. See Nowhere on That Spectrum More
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- Holy DayA specifically designated day within the Leviticus 23 feast calendar, distinct from the weekly sabbath. Annual holy days function as structural markers — points of demarcation that encapsulate the period preceding them and carry its meaning forward. Not merely a sacred calendar date but a hinge in the sequence of God's plan. Synonyms: appointed time, moed, sabbath, qadosh. More
- Holy SpiritFrom the Greek pneuma and Hebrew ruach — both meaning breath or wind: invisible in itself, known by its movement and effects. The theological debates surrounding personhood and the Trinity are later developments; the original words are grounded in something physical and immediate. Synonyms: Holy Ghost, pneuma, ruach, Spirit of God, breath, wind. More
- HypocriteFrom the Greek hypokritēs — a stage actor performing behind a mask; its parts (hypo, under + krinō, judge) also suggest one who judges from a concealed position, motives hidden even from himself. In Jesus' mouth (Matthew 23:27-28) both seem at work: religion performed for an audience, and a self that judges others while never coming under the same view. See Mask and Verdict More
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- JubileeThe fiftieth year, reached after seven sabbatical cycles of seven years and announced by a ram's-horn blast — the year when debts were released, the enslaved set free, and every family's land returned to it. It runs on the same seven-times-seven-into-fifty structure as the Feast of Weeks, on a higher scale: the pattern of seven resolving into liberty and return. Synonyms: yobel, year of release, year of liberty. See also Sabbatical year. See From Fifty Days to Eternity More
- JustificationFrom the Greek dikaiōsis, rooted in dikaios — the Greek rendering of the Hebrew tsaddiq: right, just, in proper relationship and alignment. The process or condition of being brought into right order. The courtroom framing is one strand; the older sense runs relational and restorative — a setting-right of what was out of order. Synonyms: justify, justified, dikaiōsis, dikaios, righteousness, tsaddiq. More
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- KeepFrom the Hebrew shamar — to watch over, guard, protect, give attentive care to. A shepherd shamar the flock. The keeping the feasts and sabbath requires is the attentive, protective engagement that creates the conditions for seeing what they reveal — not external compliance with a schedule. Synonyms: shamar, observe, guard, watch over. More
- Key of DavidFrom Revelation 3:7 (drawing on Isaiah 22:22) — the authority to open what no one can shut and shut what no one can open, held by Christ: access, and the opening of understanding. Its dark mirror is the "key of knowledge" the experts "took away," shutting people out (Luke 11:52). Internal link: From Puzzle Pieces to The Picture of Jesus Christ More
- Kingdom of GodNot a future political territory but a present reality. Jesus said it plainly: entos hymōn — within you (Luke 17:21). Entos means inside — it's the "inside of the cup" in Matthew 23:26; "among you" is the softer rendering, leaning more on theology than on the Greek. The kingdom is not something to watch for out there, pointed to "here" or "there" — it is already within. Synonyms: kingdom of heaven, kingdom of Christ, basileia. More
- Koine GreekThe common Greek dialect of the 1st century Mediterranean world, and the language of both the New Testament and the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament). Because NT writers drew on LXX vocabulary, NT words arrive already loaded with meaning shaped by the Greek OT. More
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- LeavenIn the biblical symbol-system, leaven is amoral — neither good nor evil in itself. It represents doctrine, teaching, knowledge, influence: the system that permeates whatever it enters and transforms it from within. The type of leaven matters; "the leaven of the Pharisees" is their doctrine, not leaven as a category. Synonyms: yeast, leavening. See Does Leaven Really Mean Sin? More
- Living waterIn Scripture's plain sense, living water is moving water — a spring or flowing stream, as opposed to the still water of a cistern. Jesus offers it as a gift to whoever asks (John 4:10) and speaks of it flowing out from within the one who comes to him (John 7:38) — which John identifies as the Spirit (John 7:39). Synonyms: mayim chayyim, running water, flowing water, spring water. See How Does God Speak To Us? More
- Logos(λόγος): The Greek word translated "Word" in John 1:1 — but unlike rhēma (an individual utterance), logos means the ultimate organizing principle, the logic and source of all meaning. John's choice announces Jesus not as a messenger but as the living structure by which all things were made and hold together. See The Word That Isn’t Just a Word. See also: Christ More
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- Meta(μετά) — a Greek prefix meaning change, or movement beyond: "after," "with," "beyond." Attached to a root it drives change in either direction: a surface change of appearance (metaschēmatizō — the mask) or a real change from the inside out (metamorphoō). See: The Mask and the Metamorphosis More
- MetamorphoōMetamorphoō (μεταμορφόω) — A compound Greek verb joining meta (change, beyond) and morphē (the essential, underlying nature of a thing). Where metaschematizō modifies the outward costume, metamorphoō reconstructs what’s underneath — an organic transformation of essence driven from the inside out, from which we derive the English word metamorphosis. It describes Christ’s divine nature breaking through His physical appearance at the Transfiguration (Matthew 17:2), and stands as the ultimate fruit of a mind genuinely renovated by metanoia. See also: The Mask and the Metamorphosis More
- Metanoiameta (change) + nous (mind): deeper than the English 'repentance.' A renovation of perception — stepping outside the old framework to see clearly — from which a real change of direction follows. See also: The Mask and the Metamorphosis. More
- MetaschematizōMetaschematizō (μετασχηματίζω) — meta (change) + schēma (outward fashion). To change the outward form. Paul uses it for a real transformation (Phil 3:21) and, pointedly, for its counterfeit — false apostles who metaschematizō, masquerade, as servants of light (2 Cor 11:13-15): the mask changed, the inside untouched — the surface-work of the whitewashed tomb (Matthew 23:27). See also: The Mask and the Metamorphosis More
- MortarProduced through tremendous heat — limestone burned, transformed, then mixed. Unlike tar, which is found naturally and holds things together superficially, mortar becomes structurally integral to what it binds. In the symbol-system, mortar represents the costly work of assembling truth into cohesive understanding. Stone connected with mortar is truth assembled into knowledge that holds. Synonyms: cement, binding. See The Tower of Babel More
- Most Holy PlaceThe innermost chamber of the tabernacle, behind the veil, holding the ark and the mercy seat — entered by the high priest only once a year, on Atonement. At the cross the veil was torn top to bottom (Matthew 27:51); Hebrews names that veil Christ's flesh and the opening "a new and living way" into God's presence (Hebrews 10:19-20). Synonyms: Holy of Holies, behind the veil, paroketh, katapetasma. See Review of Some APPARENT Inconsistencies of The Cross More
- MysteryGreek mystērion — not a riddle cracked by cleverness, but something God keeps hidden and then reveals to those he calls and grants his Spirit. The New Testament names its mystery plainly — Christ, "in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge" (Colossians 2:2-3); but Scripture sets a counterfeit against it, the "mystery of iniquity" (2 Thessalonians 2:7), named also Babylon (Revelation 17:5). Synonyms: mystērion, secret. See From Puzzle Pieces to The Picture of Jesus Christ More
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- New LumpGreek neon phurama — a fresh batch of dough (1 Corinthians 5:7). Not the old lump cleaned up but a new one entirely: the old self and its accumulated leaven put out, and a new lump able to receive the understanding Christ gives. See What Is A New Lump? — A Demonstration More
- NicolaitansFrom the Greek nikaō (to conquer) + laos (the people) — literally "conquest over the people," a rule or lording imposed on them. It names a deed, and a doctrine, that the risen Christ twice says he hates (Revelation 2:6, 15). Synonyms: Nicolaitanes (KJV). See Who Are The Nicolaitans? More
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- ObserveIn plain English, to observe means to see attentively — to give careful, focused attention to something. This is precisely what the Hebrew shamar points at: watchful, protective attention toward something valued. In religious usage, particularly in the Church of God tradition, "observe" has been reduced to performing an external requirement. The original sense — attentive seeing that allows something to reveal itself — is what the feasts and sabbath are actually asking for. Synonyms: shamar, keep, watch, guard. More
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- PassoverThe LORD's Passover, kept on Nisan 14 (Lev 23:5): the lamb slain and its blood marking the houses spared in Egypt (Ex 12). The New Testament presents Christ as the Passover lamb (1 Cor 5:7), making it the opening act of the feast year. Synonyms: Pesach. See Was the Passover a Sin Offering? — at the Cross More
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- Plērōmaπλήρωμα (plērōma) — Fullness, Fulfillment The Greek noun carrying the same root as πληρόω. The many fulfillments scattered across Scripture — prophecies, feasts, types — point toward a single person. Colossians 2:9: the entire fullness of deity dwells in him bodily. Related to πληρόω (plēroō). See also: Fulfillments of Christ Simplifies All More
- Plēroōπληρόω (plēroō) — Fulfill The Greek word translated “fulfill” in Matthew 5:17 and throughout the New Testament. The meaning is more precise and more significant than most English readers realize. Related to πλήρωμα (plērōma). See also: Fulfillments of Christ Simplifies All. More
- PolarizationThe tendency to frame any issue as two opposing positions — each defining itself by what it is not. The pattern surfaces everywhere — politics, theology, biblical interpretation. Seeing it clearly significantly disarms its power. Related: False Dichotomy. See: Fulfillments of Christ Simplifies All More
- Puffed upFrom the Greek physioō — to inflate or puff up, the word behind "knowledge puffs up" (1 Corinthians 8:1). The image is leaven: what puffs up a lump is leaven — tying intellectual pride directly to leaven as knowledge held without love. See Does Leaven Really Mean Sin? More
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- Remez(Hebrew, "hint") — a detail on the surface of a text, often an oddity or apparent inconsistency, that points past itself and invites a closer look. In the traditional four levels of Hebrew reading it is the second, the "hint": the plain sense is not wrong, but it is not the whole. Synonyms: hint, allusion. See An Entire Message More
- RhēmaRhēma (ῥῆμα) — An ancient Greek term referring to an individual spoken word, utterance, or specific saying — the operational, literal sound of a spoken message. When Jesus declares that man lives by “every word (rhēma) that comes from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4), the term points to the direct, localized breath of God’s voice. It stands in contrast to Logos, which carries the weight of overarching rational design and unified cosmic meaning rather than individual speech. Plural: rhēmata (ῥήματα). See also: The Word That Isn’t Just a Word. More
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- SabbathThe seventh day of the week, set apart for rest (Ex 20:8-11) — sunset Friday to sunset Saturday. Scripture also calls certain annual holy days "sabbaths," which is why "the day after the Sabbath" (Lev 23:11) can be read two ways and the Wave Sheaf's timing is debated. Synonyms: Shabbat. See also: Sabbatical year. See Where Does the Week Come From? More
- Sabbatical yearFrom the Hebrew shmita — a release, a letting-drop: every seventh year the land is left to rest and debts and bondservants are released (Leviticus 25:1-7; Deuteronomy 15). It is the sabbath kept on the scale of years rather than days — the same seven-pattern as the week, one rung below the Jubilee that crowns seven of these cycles. Synonyms: shmita, shemittah, sabbath year, year of release, land sabbath. See also: Week, Sabbath, Jubilee. See The Same Shape at Every Scale More
- SanctificationFrom the Greek hagiasmos, rooted in hagios — the Greek rendering of the Hebrew qadosh: set apart, designated for a specific purpose. Not primarily a moral improvement process but a directional one: removed from common use and oriented toward something specific. Connects directly to ekklesia — the called-out ones. Synonyms: sanctify, sanctified, hagios, hagiasmos, holiness, qadosh. More
- SandStone ground to its finest — the same substance as rock, but with one quality gone: cohesion. A house fails on sand not because the material is wrong — it is still rock — but because countless loose grains can't hold together (Matthew 7:26-27). More
- Septuagintsɛptjuədʒɪnt, sometimes referred to as the Greek Old Testament and abbreviated as LXX, is the earliest extant Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible from the original Biblical Hebrew. It is used by some Old Testament translations as the source text. See the Wikipedia article for more details.
- Shadow(Greek skia) — the feasts, the tabernacle, the priesthood: a 2D projection of a 3D reality, cast by the substance. Not a copy (which implies reproduction), but an outline — same shape, no color or depth. The shadow isn't set aside when the substance arrives; it becomes legible. You can finally see what it was the shape of. See: Through What Lens Do We View the Feasts?; The Law Was Always Pointing More
- Shema(שְׁמַע) — The Hebrew imperative meaning “Hear!” or “Listen!” In ancient Hebrew thought, shema carries more than auditory reception — it implies deep intellectual engagement that immediately issues in faithful, responsive action. To shema is to hear in a way that moves you. Liturgically, the Shema refers to the central confession of the Jewish faith in Deuteronomy 6:4: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.” This declaration of radical monotheism is not merely a statement of arithmetic — it is a pledge of allegiance to the absolute, undivided nature of God, the same oneness John invokes when he introduces Jesus as the singular Logos in John 1:1. See also: The Word That Isn’t Just a Word More
- Sign(Greek sēmeion) — a miracle told less for its power than for what it signifies; the word points at meaning, not spectacle. John builds his gospel on them — numbering them and saying he wrote them down so we might see and believe (John 20:30-31). Synonyms: sēmeion, signs. See An Entire Message Morey/sign/">Sign
- Sin offeringHebrew chatat — the offering prescribed specifically to deal with sin (Leviticus 4), distinct from the Passover. The Passover lamb is never called a sin offering; reading sin into Passover folds a later, separate offering back onto it, where Scripture keeps the two carefully apart. See Was the Passover a Sin Offering? — in Ancient Israel More>Sin offering
- SourdoughWhen Scripture says "leaven," it means sourdough — a living culture of wild yeast and bacteria kept as a "mother" lump, not the packet yeast of modern baking. It works by permeating the whole batch and turning it to its own character, which is why leaven pictures an influence — doctrine, teaching — rather than a mere additive. See What Is Sourdough Bread? Moreh/">Sourdough
- StoneA natural material whose substance remains what it is regardless of how it is shaped or how fine it is ground. In the biblical symbol-system, stone represents truth as it is found in reality — unmanufactured, carrying its own integrity. The altar of uncut stone, the tablets of the commandments, Christ as the foundation stone — the same substance at different scales and purposes. Petros — a moveable stone or pebble. Petra — bedrock, the immoveable foundation. Same substance, different scale. Synonyms: rock, petra, petros, foundation, pebble, boulder, gravel. Morestone/">Stone
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- The LawFrom the Hebrew Torah — instruction, direction — rooted in yarah, to aim as an archer toward a target. Never primarily legislative. The stone tablets were hidden inside the ark, inside the most holy place, mediated by a priest. The promise was always to move that instruction from stone to flesh — from concealment behind a veil to working from within the person. Synonyms: Torah, nomos, instruction, teaching, commandment, mitzvah. Morelaw/">The Law
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- UnderstandingIn the New Testament this is synesis — a bringing-together: scattered pieces drawn into one cohesive whole, not a quantity of information accumulated. In plain terms it is connecting the dots — understanding is unification, not accumulation. Synonyms: synesis, unification, insight, discernment See The Importance of Understanding in Jesus Christ MoreUnderstanding
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- VoiceWhen Jesus says his sheep know his voice (John 10), it isn't the words they recognize — it's the tone, the quality underneath them. Scripture carries that kind of voice too: you can sense something is there, often before the mind can say what it is. Synonyms: tone, quality, flavor. See: How Does God Speak To Us? Morevoice/">Voice
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- Wave SheafThe first of the firstfruits of the harvest — a single unleavened sheaf lifted and waved before God on the day after the Sabbath during the Days of Unleavened Bread. It marks the transition into the counting period of the Feast of Weeks. 1 Corinthians 15:20-23 identifies Christ as the first of the firstfruits of the resurrection — the wave sheaf pointing precisely at him. Synonyms: wave offering, firstfruits offering, omer. See The Feast of LEAVENED Bread More/">Wave Sheaf
- WeekThe cycles of day, month, and year we observe in the heavens — the earth's rotation, the moon's orbit, the earth's circuit around the sun. The week has no such anchor in the sky, yet we are instructed to observe it too — a complete cycle of seven culminating in the seventh, the same shape that surfaces everywhere in Scripture. Synonyms: shavua, cycle of seven. See also: Sabbatical year. See Where Does the Week Come From? Morey/week/">Week