The words, emptied from vessel to vessel, are so suggestive! The Holy Spirit in making use of such an expression means more than we may think from a surface or careless reading. The figure has to do with wine-making. It tells one of the methods used in producing a clear, rich, well-refined wine. It is poured into a vessel and allowed to stand for a certain length of time under respective circumstances perhaps of heat, cold, light of darkness. Then it is poured again into another.
Ruth is the person after whom the Book of Ruth is named. She was a Moabite woman who married an Israelite. After the death...
And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me...
“At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release. And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release...
