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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When he imposed a limit for the rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,
The king says, "I will announce the Lord's decree. He said to me: 'You are my son! This very day I have become your father!
He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be upended.
You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross, so that they would not cover the earth again.
Revive me with your loyal love, that I might keep the rules you have revealed. (Lamed) O Lord, your instructions endure; they stand secure in heaven. read more. You demonstrate your faithfulness to all generations. You established the earth and it stood firm. Today they stand firm by your decrees, for all things are your servants.
He established them so they would endure; he issued a decree that will not be revoked.
when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
"You should fear me!" says the Lord. "You should tremble in awe before me! I made the sand to be a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier that it can never cross. Its waves may roll, but they can never prevail. They may roar, but they can never cross beyond that boundary."
The Lord is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom established the world. And by his understanding he spread out the skies.
If you don't inform me of the dream, there is only one thing that is going to happen to you. For you have agreed among yourselves to report to me something false and deceitful until such time as things might change. So tell me the dream, and I will have confidence that you can disclose its interpretation."
This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels; this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones, so that those who are alive may understand that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms, and he bestows them on whomever he wishes. He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.'
this is the interpretation, O king! It is the decision of the Most High that this has happened to my lord the king.
before God's decree becomes reality and the day of opportunity disappears like windblown chaff, before the Lord's raging anger overtakes you -- before the day of the Lord's angry judgment overtakes you!
Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire for taxes.
As they went through the towns, they passed on the decrees that had been decided on by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the Gentile believers to obey.
and Jason has welcomed them as guests! They are all acting against Caesar's decrees, saying there is another king named Jesus!"
when he nullified in his flesh the law of commandments in decrees. He did this to create in himself one new man out of two, thus making peace,
If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?