Reference: Decree
Hastings
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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He set in place ordinances for the rain; and determined the pathway for thunder that accompanies lightning.
Let me announce the decree of the LORD that he told me: "You are my son, today I have become your father.
He established the earth on its foundations, so that it never falters.
You have set a boundary they cannot cross; they will never again cover the earth.
Revive me according to your gracious love; and I will keep the decrees that you have proclaimed. Lamed Your word is forever, LORD; it is firmly established in heaven. read more. Your faithfulness continues from generation to generation. You established the earth, and it stands firm. To this day they stand by means of your rulings, for all things serve you.
He set them in place to last forever and ever; he gave the command and will not rescind it.
when he set a boundary for the sea so the waters would not exceed his limits, when he marked out the foundations of the earth.
"You don't fear me, do you?' declares the LORD. "You don't tremble before me, do you? I'm the one who put the sand as a boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot cross. Though the waves toss, they cannot prevail against it, though they roar, they cannot cross it.'
The LORD is the one who made the world by his power, who established the earth by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
So if you don't disclose the dream to me, there will be only one sentence for all of you. You have conspired together to present lies and corrupt interpretations until the situation changes. Now tell me the dream and I'll know that you can reveal its true meaning."
This order is announced by the observers, and the holy ones declare the verdict, so that the living may know that the Most High is sovereign over human kingdoms and grants them to whomever he desires, and he places the least important of men over them.'
"This is the meaning, your majesty, and this is the decree that the Most High has issued against his majesty, the king:
Before the decree is carried out, before the day flies away like chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD visits you, before the Day of the LORD's wrath surprises you,
Now in those days an order was published by Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be registered.
As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for them to obey.
and Jason has welcomed them as his guests. All of them oppose the emperor's decrees by saying that there is another king Jesus!"
He rendered the Law inoperative, along with its commandments and regulations, thus creating in himself one new humanity from the two, thereby making peace,
If you have died with the Messiah to the basic principles of the world, why are you submitting to its decrees as though you still lived in the world?