The Scriptures frequently mention God’s destruction of His enemies. Yet God’s means of destruction may not be what you think! There are a dozen different Hebrew words for ‘destroy’ in the Bible, and they all have multiple shadings of meanings – shadings that affect the way the Bible uses them. Join us for a fascinating and enlightening journey through this important topic.
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Psalm 5:6 You destroy those who speak lies; Adonai abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
Psalm 21:10 You will destroy their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from among the children of man.
Leviticus 26:6 “I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid. And (a) I will eliminate evil beasts from the land, and (b) the sword shall not go through your land.”
חיה רעה (chayah ra’ah)
Isaiah 11:6-9 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the young lion and the fattened calf together, and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze, their young shall lie down together and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the viper’s den. They shall not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Adonai as the waters cover the sea.
Leviticus 26:6 “I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid. And (a) I will eliminate evil beasts from the land, and (b) the sword shall not go through your land.”
Isaiah 2:4 He shall judge between the nations and shall decide disputes for many peoples. And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.
Psalm 2:2-3 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against Adonai and against his Messiah, saying, “Let us burst Their bonds apart and cast away Their cords from us.”
Revelation 17:1-2 / 18:9 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great whore who is seated on many waters, with whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and with the wine of whose sexual immorality the dwellers on earth have become drunk.” … And the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning.
Revelation 19:19 And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies gathered to make war against Him who was sitting on the horse and against His army.
Revelation 21:2, 9-11a And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband… Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.” And he carried me away in the spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God.
Revelation 21:23-25 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it, and its gates will never be shut by day – and there will be no night there.
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