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Thoughts on the Psalms: Psalm 8 and Chiasms

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In the midst of working on several other projects, I came across something that needed a little more study. It’s perfectly demonstrated in the 8th Psalm, and since it’s time to cover that one anyway, I figured we might as well go over it while we’re at it.  The new thing I’m learning about is called a chiasm, a prominent Hebrew literary mechanism used throughout the Old Testament and the New Testament. Paul, being the Hebrew of Hebrews that he was, utilized the chiastic structure quite a lot in his writings.  Psalm 8 is a perfect example of a chiasm. It’s a beautiful Psalm anyway, but with the added layer of the chiasm, it just gets even more beautiful!  Psalm 8 also corresponds quite nicely to the Last Great Day, that eighth day of the feast. In fact, out of the Psalms we have covered, this one probably lines up even more than the others do with their corresponding Holy Day, so take note of that as we go along. To start out, we’ll read through the Psalm, then, once we ha...
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Biblical Slavery

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Slavery is a pretty touchy subject these days, especially in America. For a couple of hundred years, Americans owned slaves of various skin colors and nationalities. From Irish to African to American indians, to Chinese, all of them were slaves in America at one time or another, and all of them owned slaves of their own. Slavery has been in existence since practically the beginning of time, and every people that has ever lived has owned slaves. We tend to treat slavery like it was something that was only done to Africans by white Americans, but that’s so far from the truth it’s laughable.   I’m serious. Slavery is nothing new, and it is still being practiced around the world to this very day, even in America. Thousands of men, women, and children are trafficked around the globe every day, mainly for the sex trade. It’s a very disturbing fact of life, but even worse than this is the soft slavery the citizens of almost every nation around the globe experience as a part of daily life ...
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