Sublime

their leaders are supposed to make decisions by consulting with God.

Similarly, when we as Christians today engage the civic space, we’re representatives of our Father in heaven. To properly go about our Father’s business, we must be informed about the civic process and understand the relationship between church and

religion” as I use it here does not refer to a system that has necessarily to do with a concept of God or with idols or even to a system perceived as religion, but to any group-shared system of thought and action that offers the individual a frame of orientation and an object of devotion.

LORD refers to YHWH and hosts refers to a group, which means it could either be an army or perhaps an army of angels—or maybe even both.

godly fear is unconditional obedience to His Word,

Reubenites are primarily herdsmen,

Him, I say I am fulfilling it all by believing inHim and by subjecting myself to Him. That is the position with regard to the ceremonial law.