Blossoms in the Rain

 Good morning folks.  Today we go over the last part of this reading, which is the Cornerstone. I decided to leave this for a separate post because this part of these passages, frankly, confuses me. I put this off way too long, but I'm going to try to tackle it.  I somewhat understand the part about the rejected cornerstone becoming the capstone, but I don't understand the difference between the one who falls on it and the one who is crushed by it. By extension, I also don't know what that means for you and me in our current time and lives. This is where in-depth study and using your resources comes in. There's no shame in not understanding a passage, otherwise, what would I be learning? This is a place to dig in, use my resources if I hit a roadblock, and find out what it means. Will I always understand it correctly after studying it? No, but Lord willing, if I am wrong in my interpretation now, God will bring the correct answer to me in the future, either through some...

 Hello, hello! I'm back again! I hope you are well!  This section of my study is focused on the three parallel accounts of this parable found in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. I may or may not include Jesus speaking of the Cornerstone in this reading. I'll see how much time it takes to get through these passages. Now, Matthew was an eye witness, and Mark and Luke obtained their information through other eyewitnesses, and faithfully recounted the details as they had been passed on to them. You might notice that some of the details vary between the Gospels in some of their recountings of what occurred, but don't let that be a discouragement, as it would be far more disturbing if they were exactly the same. When different people recount a story, there will always be minor differences between their accounts, as one will hear one thing that another might miss, another will notice something that the others did not think significant, and all three might omit things based on what their f...

My hubby and I have talked and he has asked that I share my Bible studies on my blog as I currently have some extra time to share it. While my hubby and I do have a Bible reading plan together, my own personal Bible study is on the life of Christ, going through the Gospels chronologically, which includes studying through the parallel accounts of events in Jesus' life. I may take a number of days going through a small section, or I might breeze through a few sections all together, there is not real time frame in which I study them.  I hope and pray that my studies may be a blessing to whomever stumbles across them. If you wish to discuss, comment, ask questions, or share your insights, I would gladly hear them. Please note: I am studying through an ESV John MacArthur Study Bible, and to save time, I am copying small passages from BibleGateway and pasting them here. As I use other study tools, I will reference them so anyone can follow along.  Context: The first rule of hermeneu...