Reference: Decree
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What theologians speak of as the 'decrees of God,' and describe as one, immutable, eternal, all-embracing, free, etc., do not receive this designation in Scripture. The equivalents are to be sought for under such headings as Election, Predestination, Providence, Reprobate. In the English Version the term is frequently used in Esther, Ezra, Daniel, with different Heb. and Aramaic words, for royal decrees (in Da 6 RV 'interdict'; in Da 2:9 RV 'law,' elsewhere 'decree'). In the NT also the Gr. word dogmata is employed of decrees of C
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when He established a limit for the rain and a path for the lightning,
I will declare the Lord's decree: He said to Me, "You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be shaken.
You set a boundary they cannot cross; they will never cover the earth again.
Give me life in accordance with Your faithful love, and I will obey the decree You have spoken. Lord, Your word is forever; it is firmly fixed in heaven. read more. Your faithfulness is for all generations; You established the earth, and it stands firm. They stand today in accordance with Your judgments, for all things are Your servants.
He set them in position forever and ever; He gave an order that will never pass away.
when He set a limit for the sea so that the waters would not violate His command, when He laid out the foundations of the earth.
Do you not fear Me? [This is]*The bracketed text has been added for clarity. the Lord's declaration. Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary of the sea, an enduring barrier that it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot pass over it.
He made the earth by His power, established the world by His wisdom, and spread out the heavens by His understanding.
If you don't tell me the dream, there is one decree for you. You have conspired to tell me something false or fraudulent until the situation changes. So tell me the dream and I will know you can give me its interpretation."
This word is by decree of the observers; the matter is a command from the holy ones. This is so the living will know that the Most High is ruler over the kingdom of men. He gives it to anyone He wants and sets over it the lowliest of men.
This is the interpretation, Your Majesty, and this is the sentence of the Most High that has been passed against my lord the king:
before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning of the Lord's anger overtakes you, before the day of the Lord's anger overtakes you.
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus 14; also known as Octavian, he established the peaceful era known as the Pax Romana; Caesar was a title of Roman emperors. that the whole empire should be registered.
As they traveled through the towns, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem for them to observe.
and Jason has received them as guests! They are all acting contrary to Caesar's decrees, saying that there is another king-Jesus!"
He did away with the law of the commandments in regulations, so that He might create in Himself one new man from the two, resulting in peace.
If you died with Christ to the elemental forces of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations: