Free Christian web hosting


Homepage


Doctrinal Statement


Strong's Concordance and Other Tools


20,000 Loaves of Bread


Greek words, "And, Also, then, etc."
Greek word, "Because."
Greek Dictionary Index


Index of Articles-Alphabetically


Index of Articles-By Catagory or Topic


Democratic Hen House and Its Eggs


Pride:The Sin That Destroys


Never Coming To Knowledge


The Book Of Genesis


A Journey Into Heaven: God's Real Image


20,000 Loaves of Bread


Are Pentecostal Churches Cults?


A World of Shadows


Baptism of The Holy Spirit and Of Water


Bibles, Bibles, And More Bibles, But Where Is Christ?


Can God Be His Own Messenger ?


Christians Young and Old


Christ Our Mediator


Comments Regarding Speaking In Tongues


Constructive Thinking


Context Defined on 2 Peter 2:8


Covenant Of Redemption Between The Father And Son


Covered By The Blood


Covetousness
Creator, Prophet & Heir


Eternal Torment or Universal Salvation


Debate: Who Are The 144, 000 of Rev 7 ?


Did Jesus Say "My God" To His Father?


Distinguishing Characteristics Belonging To God Alone


Divination, Wizards, Witches


Eating, Drinking Unworthily The Lord's Supper


Eternal Security vs. Falling From Grace


Faith and Counterfeit Faith


Familiarity & Repitition


Figurative Language: Metonomy


Figurative Language: The Syndoche


Final Retribution


Firtstfruits Unto God


Gap Theory: Two Creations Vs. One Creation


Gay Movement


Genesis 1: In The Beginning


Genesis 1: God Created


Genesis 1: Without Form and Void


God Please Back Up My Plans


God's Unlimited Support Vs. Cheap Grace


Grace Of God


"Greek Word: "Perfect"


Happiness Is Not Guaranteed


He Is Our Light


Him That Cometh To Me


Historical Interpretation of Scriptures


How To Draw Conclusions From Interferences


If The Holy Spirit Is Taken, Can The Church Survive


Ignorance Is No Excuse


Is Heaven A Real Place?


Is The Church Going Through The Tribulation?


Is "To Love Your Enemies" Unreasonable?


I Understand "Evil" I Don't Understand "The Church"


Jacob I Loved, Esau I Hated


Jesus First Miracle: Water To Wine


Jesus, the Minister of Salvation


Justification By Our Exalted Substitute


Leviathan: Man or Beast?


Lord Of The Cloud


Love Thy Neighbor


Lying


Man: Body, Soul, Spirit


Mars Space Probe Phoenix


Memorials To My Friends


Miracles of Jesus Christ


Musical Instruments In The Church: Yes Or No?


My God, My God


Mystery: The Greek Word


Names and Titles of The Holy Spirit


Obedience to God


On The Sense of Scripture


Our Race Toward Eternal Life


Parable of the Ten Virgins


Personal Positions Concerning Religion


Prayer For Our a Children


Praying
Pray For Your Pastor


Problem With Post Tribulation


Promises and Threats From God


Prove All Things


Questions, Answers & Biblical Clarification


Reasoning
Saving Knowledge of God


Settled Purposes of God


Sin Is Born Of Selfishness


Six Thousand Years


Sowers And Reapers of The Great Harvest


Stand Fast In the Tradition


Stop Joking Around


Straining at a Gnat


Superstitions


Symbols Of The Bible


That's Your Opinion


The Angel of the LORD


The Bible Is All God Intended It To Be


The Blackness Of Darkness


The Bride, The Rapture, The Tribulation


The Cross


The First Men Born of The Dead


The Heart And Spirit Of Our Gov't Is Lost


The Holy Spirit Is The Living Witness To Truth


The Holy Trinity Debate


The Knot-Hole Gang


The Law


The Natural Man


The Man, The Horse and The Goat


The Robes Of Jesus


The Tongue, Man's Greatest Weapon


The Truth of Words


The Young Jesus


The Water of Life: Jesus Christ


This Generation Shall Not Pass Away


Tithing,Tradition And A Widow's Two Mites


Tribute To Nadine


Trinity And Godhead


Types and Anti-Types


Waiting With Patience


Was Christ Raised From The Dead?


What The Early Church Believed About Jesus


Why The Pre-Trib Rapture Is Correct. Part 1


Why The Pre-Trib Rapture Is Correct. Part 2


Why The Pre-Trib Rapture Is Correct. Part 3.


Why The Pre-Trib Rapture Is Correct. Part 4


Why The Pre-Trib. Rapture Is Correct. Part 5


Why The Pre-Trib Rapture Is Correct. Part 6.


Why The Pre-Trib Rapture Is Correct. Part 7.


Will We Know Each Other In Heaven?


Women Pastors?


Wrath: A Stake In The Heart of Post-Tribers


Y.H.W.H


Links


Masoretic Text & Textus Receptus




Homepage

Welcome to this web-site, www.seekfirstwisdom.com.

The Greek Dictionary, articles and commentaries are geared toward those who are serious in their study of God's Word. We investigate the Bible in its original text, context, symbols and terminologies. I invite you to use the information on this website to learn more about how to study the Bible in its original for-mat by learning about Biblical symbols and Biblical terminology. You will also find several articles devoted to the study of Biblical end time prophesy.

Links to Articles and Features:

How to Study the Bible:

Figurative Language: Metonymy
Figurative Language: The Synecdoche
Metaphors
More…


Biblical Symbols:

Various Bible Symbols (A-K)
Various Bible Symbols (L-Z)
More…

Biblical Terminology:

Greek to English Biblical Dictionary
Strong's Concordance & other tools
More…

Biblical End Time Prophesy:

Caught Up or Rapture?
Is the Church Going Through the Tribulation
More…





Estate Sales Specialist


A recommendation for Specialty Bookbinding. Mr. Ron Tennyson of Gadsden Al. does a remarkable job in the rebinding of Bibles and books. Call,
1-800-631-5015, or, 256-546-1310.

Web-sites I would recommend.

www.lesfeldick.org
www.ligonier.org
www.backtothebible.org
www.gty.org


NEW ARTICLES

Someone asked me the following, "In Rev.7, we read of the 144,000 representing the 12 tribes of Israel. Twelve thousand from each tribe will carry God's mark.

My question is, Why has the tribe of Dan been left out? Can you support your response with Scripture.

Phil's response.

Jacob calls his sons to his bedside and tell each of them what would become of them in the days ahead. Here are the words of Jacob, an inspired prophet, one filled with the Holy Spirit.

Gen.49:16, concerning Dan, we read, "Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel."

Dan means "judge," and was to provide justice, but the tribe of Dan chose treachery. Therefore Jacob pronounced in the following verse that, "Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward."

The first major practice of idolatry in the Jewish nation appeared in the tribe of Dan.

Judges 18:30, "The children of Dan set up the graven image."

1 Kings 12:25-33, The tribe of Dan set up a golden calf in the land, also putting high places of worship, throughout Israel.

1 Kings 12:30-31, "This thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. And he made an house of high places, and made priest of the lowest of the people, which were not the sons of Levi."

Jeremiah 8:16, "The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that swell therein."

Amos 8:14, "They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, the manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again."

Judges 18:30, "The children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land."

The sin of Samaria was the worship of the golden calves, Deut.9:21. Hosea 4:15. To swear by means to worship, Ps.63:11. The manner of worship means, the mode of worship. Ps.139:24, Acts 9:2. Thy god O Dan, the other golden calf at Dan, 1 Kings
22:26-30.

"They shall never rise up again." The tribe of Dan has lost its inheritance for the great sins committed by them. They worshipped the beast, having never repented. For this Dan has been cut off forever, and, "Shall never rise up again."

Dan is mentioned in Ezekiel 48:2, in the1000 year reign of Christ, in the land distribution.

Phil LaSpino


The true art of spiritual warfare.

As students of the Scriptures we should all carefully distinguish between what the Scriptures themselves state, and what is said in the Scripture. The Bible is not to be considered as an elaborate discourse from God to man, but is to be regarded as a collection of compositions of various subjects and concerns having been written long ago.

In the various books of the Bible, the authors were made known to us having been inspired of God, yet a wide verity of people have been introduced. Concerning these many people recorded in the Scriptures, the prophets have recorded both their words and actions.

In Rom.9:6, we read, "For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel." So it may also be stated, "Is not all Scripture, that is in Scripture."

Many wicked people are introduced to us in the Bible. Men and women whose words and actions are not inspired by either God or His Holy Spirit. Yet the Lord has let their comments and deeds be recorded.

In these things the Scriptures do NOT affirm that what these people have said was true, nor were their actions good. What is true, is that these vile people did say what they said, and did the things the Bible has recorded.

As for the wicked deeds recorded, the evil and disagreeable intentions of others are to be rejected by God's people; used as an exercise to illustrate God's providence; and a lesson on what things Christian's are to reject, as well as those things which we as Christians are to practice. Also what things are to be avoided, as well as what things we are to imitate.

How then could we arm ourselves against the devils methods if we were ignorant of them. Only through the Scriptures will we be made aware of them. We must gain knowledge of his wiles, fathom the depth of his evil, track him through his winding twisted trails and uncover the hidden traps he sets.

If not for the information revealed to us in Scripture, the devils ways would be an untraceable labyrinth.

Through the word of God only can we find the antidote with which to counteract the poison. So either through the defeat of men, or through their victories will we understand and learn; this sometimes at the cost of others. Therefore, if a Biblical lesson is learned by us, it will not become a risk or trap.

This is the true art of spiritual warfare. As Christians we are to be highly concerned with having God's knowledge, so as to understand better Satan's deceptions and possible future attacks.

In times past God fed His servant Elias, sometimes by an angel, sometimes by a woman, and sometimes by ravens. So will He also provide all persons, be they good, evil, indifferent, wise or foolish, the instruction that cures the ailment of virtue and the corruption of the soul and spirit.

The receiving of instruction is then up to each individual. Therefore this makes those in the past an example and a contribution to the verification of what Paul said in,

Rom.8:28, "We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose."

Let me illustrate the above mentioned with two examples.

Mal.3:14, "It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully (as mourners) before the LORD of Hosts?"

1 Cor.15:32, We meet the rules of conduct of vain men, "Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die."

When we read the above two verses, and similar other passages, we must pay attention to the characters introduced. Those who spoke these infamous word in Mal.3, and 1 Cor.15:32, were a wicked and vile people.

We must also consider the words and actions of those we consider to have been righteous before God. At times their words and actions did not hold to God's views. For example, David vowed that he would utterly destroy Nabal's house. In this David sinned, having made that vow.

Also the discourses of Job's friends. Though the discourses were beautiful and instructive, they were not approved of God. Therefore, the LORD became angry with them. Job's three friends had not spoken of the things that were right before God.

Job 42:7, "The LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath."

Phil LaSpino


(See Side Bar alphabetical order)
New Articles

Greek word, "Because."
Greek words, "And, Also, Then, etc."
Faith: See index to articles.
Greek Dictionary, New to Nymphas
Praying
Greek Dictionary, Providence to Putting
Pride: The Sin That Destroys.



THINK ABOUT THIS

POVERTY, SICKNESS, HUNGER AND COLD; THESE CAN BE IMPRESSIONABLE TEACHERS.

LIFE IS BUT A SHADOW OF MANY SOUNDS AND MUCH RAGE. WE SEE DARKENED SHADES OF LOVE, A LOT OF HATE, MUCH NOISE, AND LITTLE QUITE, A LOT OF WAR, AND LITTLE PEACE. MY ADVISE, TRY JESUS CHRIST. HE IS LOVE, HE IS QUITE, HE IS PEACE.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW GODS WORD, YOU WILL FALL FOR ANY WORD.

A RIGHT UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURES, IS THE ONLY WEAPON AGAINST THE CORRUPTION OF THE SCRIPTURES.

Previous Editions Of Think On This


RECENT REVISIONS TO GREEK DICTIONARY


Please make use of the Greek Dictionary as you study God's Word. On this website you will also find additional resources including articles and features to help you understand and study the Scriptures. There are Biblically rooted articles concerning various topics such as Christian Fundamentals, the Old and New Testaments, end time prophesy and so much more to give you additional information as you go through God's Word.



THANKS

May the Lord richly bless each and every one of those who have taken time to visit this site.

Special thanks to the following people who dedicated their time, efforts and lives to give the honor and glory to God, our Saviour.

Thanks to the men and women that host this web-site, www.ourchurch.com (OCC).

They, with their time, money and effort have purchased the fields, so workers like myself can plant the seeds of salvation. This is truly a team effort, one body, one purpose, one Head. Also where others in the past have sown, we participate in that harvest.

Without their inspiration and guidance, this web-site would not have come about. I am just a worker and soldier for the Lord.


Listed below are some of the authors, preachers and teachers. In writing their works, they have spent countless hours in putting forth these invaluable refrence materials. Whether I may agree or disagree with their work, I sincerely appreciate the amount of time and effort they took to try to get their point of view into our hands through these great books.

To know and understand why teachings vary, is important. To understand the reasoning behind these differences is also important. I examine the materials for myself, do further research, compare notes, and then write my own conclusions. Thanks to:


Adrian Rogers
Adam Clark Commentary
Ben Haden
Bible Knowledge Commentary. By Walvoord and Zock
Christian Jew Foundation Ministries
Dr. Baugh, Creation in the Twenty First Century
Edward Robinson Greek Lexicon, 1836
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia of Religious Knowledge, 1838
Gesenius' Hebrew Lexicon
Jamieson - Faussett Commentary, 1873
King James Bible
Matthew Henry Commentary
Strong's Concordance
Story of the Bible Library Edition. Four Volumes
The Cottage Bible: Comments, 1853
The Expositor's Greek Testament 1917. 5 Volumes
Thomas Hartwell Horne, of St. John's College
Cambridge, 1827
Thayer's Greek and Englixh, 1889.
Walvoord and Zuck Commentary
Webster's Dictionary
W.L. Roy, Hebrew and English Dictionary 1837.
Wycliffe Commentary
Zola Levit Ministries
And others


Finally, I would like to thank my son, James LaSpino for setting up and maintaining this website.


                                sincerely,
                                Phillip LaSpino
                                Bessemer, Alabama

Greek Dictionary - Biblical Terminology - Biblical Symbols - How to Study the Bible
Biblical End Time Prophesy - Strong's Concordance