What comfort can God offer against the inevitable collapse of all great men and great movements?
Qum that’s what. Because qum can mean something that endures forever, but endures can also be translated as fulfills, stands, establishes, confirms or arises.
Great trees rise up, and fall. But God rises up, and doesn’t fall.
Great movements, great men, rise up and have great moments, but then they always stumble and collapse, but God doesn’t.
Because God’s word is enduring.
And not just his word. Again the Hebrew here isn’t incorrectly translated but this word for word “dabar” can actually mean action as well as word.
So what God says, is what God does. And what God does grows and doesn’t collapse. God build things right. God builds things completely stable on a foundation that cannot break.
Weeds grow up fast and fall down fast.
Oaks grow up slow, but they just keep growing, through hurricanes and storms and all the madness of the world.
God’s enduring word is like that.
This episode digs deeper into “yaqum” (יָקוּם meaning ‘endures’) in Isaiah 40:8.
Isaiah 40:8- “The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.” (NIV)
Mentioned:
Enduring Word Study Bible - Christian Book
Enduring Word - www.enduringword.com
Calvary Chapel - Santa Barbara
“Reverse Marco Polo” - Rabban Bar Sauma - Lance Ralston
History of the Church Podcast - Lance Ralston
Breastplate Prayer of St. Patrick (Lorica)
“The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there. “ - L.P. Hartley
Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis
Preachers Mentioned:
Calvary Chapel - Modesto (Damian Kyle)
Calvary Chapel - Philadelphia (Joe Focht)
Calvary Chapel - Stone Mountain (Sandy Adams)
My Links:
Bammerhab Site:www.bammerhab.com
Bammerhab Substack:bammerhab.substack.com
SDG Morgan’s Substack: sdgmorgan.substack.com
Thanks to:
• Aaron Woodard for Graphic Design
• Dave Allam of Allam House for advanced audio techniques: sound.allamhouse.com
• Bible Hub for Greek / Hebrew hypertext links
What is a Bammerhab?
“You have not given me into the hands of the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place.” (Ps. 31:8 - NIV)
The phrase “in a spacious place” is the Hebrew word: bammerhab.
