A big takeaway from Psalm 46 is that the people of God are always secure no matter what environment they may be living in on earth-turmoil, war, destruction, etc.-God has secured the souls of believers through his Son Jesus Christ. Christ is coming again to receive His believers to Himself (1 Thes. In spite of this, a 2015 study estimated some 8,000 believers in Christ from a Muslim background in the country. A study was made in collaboration with the AAAS collecting data on the general public from 2011 to 2014, with the focus on evangelicals and evangelical scientists. The government could continue the discrimination of different public institutions, and could grant greater allowances to religious education institutions (yeshivot). Jews and Jehovah’s Witnesses were the major religious minorities in Germany in the 1930s. Hitler and the Nazis oppressed and persecuted all Jews. All these religious traditions generally share core concepts of spirituality, divinity and world order, including Tao (‘way’) and Tian (‘heaven’). Tian 天 (“Heaven” or “Sky”) is the idea of absolute principle or God manifesting as the northern culmen and starry vault of the skies in Chinese common religion and philosophy. What their temptation was may be implied from v. 2: ‘Therefore we will not fear.’ Throughout the history of Israel and Judah, severe national distress brought the temptation to abandon true religion for the ephemeral security of political alliances, military strength, and worldly paganism.

• The next thing that you must do is to evaluate the track record of the religion. The exhortation ‘be still’ calls on them to stop doing one thing in favor of something else. But in this context, the psalmist calls on them to commit themselves to the Lord and to seek his ‘refuge,’ ‘strength,’ and ‘fortress’ (vv. The psalmist is probably living through some turmoil or war as he mentions the phrases: trouble, the nations rage, the kingdoms totter, war, the spear, bow, and chariots-though the psalm is also pointing forward to a future time when wars will cease. “The psalmist goes on to encourage the godly to ‘know’ that the Lord is God. Kratos’s second wife-Atreus’s mother-Laufey (Deborah Ann Woll), a Giantess who goes by Faye for short and had died shortly before the start of the previous game, appears in flashbacks to Kratos, preparing him for her death and her final wish, which was the basis of the previous game. Technically, you can start a spring cleaning whenever your home is in need of a thorough cleanse. In 1983, some black college students in Atlanta, Georgia, organized a picnic for kids who were stuck on campus over Spring Break.

Ask any astronomer and they’ll tell you that a spring equinox can fall on March 19, 20 or 21. But for simplicity’s sake, many church leaders treat March 21 as though it were the designated spring equinox date every year. By embracing the Arian spirit, individuals can cultivate a sense of purpose, courage, and self-expression that can positively impact all areas of their lives. That’s the deeper meaning, which I think is cool,” he says. “People can wear it. Digging Deeper into Psalm 46:10 – What Do the Commentaries Say? Some commentaries differ on whether to interpret verse 10 as God speaking directly to the enemies of the people of God, God speaking to his people, or God speaking to both his enemies and the people of God in different ways. Growing up in the church, I often heard people talking about what it means to “know God.” I assumed that they meant knowing about God, presumably from reading their Bibles and paying closer attention to our pastor’s sermons than I probably did.

Tax Topic 151 means that you’re getting a tax offset, which means the Department of Treasury will be taking your tax refund in order to pay for something you owe. “Since the address in v. 10, be still, and know, is plural, readers should imagine God speaking these words to the nations, among whom he will eventually be exalted. It’s mostly written in the third person, but in verse 10, there’s a change, and God speaks directly. Look at verse 10: ‘Cease striving and know that I am God.’ This is not like God’s word for Moses to the children of Israel at the Red Sea, ‘You stand still and watch what God is going to do to you.’ This is God speaking to His enemies, ‘Silence! “And this is a picture of the aftermath of God’s judgment against His enemies, His war against His enemies. I will reign.’ This is God’s announcement of His rule and judgment against them. God is higher than all else and able to rule above all. That is the most remarkable takeaway from Psalm 46 in my opinion-that God is the defender of his own name, his people, and his Word.