PAST.Let the dead past bury its dead, is the unequivocal counsel we derive from the Lords reply to a lukewarm disciple (Mat 8:22). In Christ no past is irretrievable; Divine forgiveness may blot out what men consider it impossible to forgive (Luk 18:27). Habit and custom may be burst asunder in a moment, like the rocky tomb that could not imprison the risen Lord. The motto of the Cliffords (Dsormais) may recall a Christian truth of priceless value: Henceforward sin no more (Joh 8:11). God gives a fresh start for Christs sake to each one who prays for forgiveness in the spirit of forgiveness (Mat 6:14). The tyranny of the past led the Galilaeans to ask, Is not this the carpenter? (Mar 6:3); but, as signally in the call of Levi, the disciple of Christ must be ready to throw aside the past altogether for His sake (Mat 9:9).There is a dead past to be forgotten and forgiven, for God is God of the living (Mar 12:27). And there is a living past to be remembered and commemorated. Thus all generations call her blessed who was the mother of the Lord (Luk 1:48). The loving gift of a forgiven woman who had been a sinner is still told for a memorial of her (Mar 14:9). Yet the Christian hope looks ever forward to the brightness of the coming day, when the shadows shall flee away.<\/p>\n
W. B. Frankland.<\/p>\n
That part of time, continuously growing, which includes all the events which have already happened. Their relationship with other past events is generally regarded as fixed. — R.B.W.<\/p>\n
“to become, come to pass,” is translated “was past” in Luk 9:36<\/span>, AV, and RV marg. (RV, “came”), of the voice of God the Father at the Transfiguration; “is past,” 2Ti 2:18<\/span>. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n dia, “through,” a stronger form than No. 1, used of time, denotes “to intervene, elapse, pass,” Mar 16:1<\/span>, “was past;” Act 25:13<\/span>, RV, “were passed;” Act 27:9<\/span>, “was spent.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “to happen before” (pro, before, and No. 1), is used in Rom 3:25<\/span>, AV, “that are past” (RV, “done aforetime”), of sins committed in times previous to the atoning sacrifice of Christ (see PASSING OVER). <\/p>\n Note: For the past tense of the verb “to pass,” see PASS, e.g., Nos. 1 and 17. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “once, formerly, sometime,” is translated “in time (or times) past,” in Rom 11:30<\/span>; Gal 1:13<\/span>; Gal 1:23<\/span>, AV (RV, “once”); Eph 2:2<\/span>, Eph 2:11<\/span> (RV, “aforetime”); Eph 2:3<\/span> (RV, “once”); Phm 1:11<\/span> (RV, “aforetime”); 1Pe 2:10<\/span>. <\/p>\n Past PAST.Let the dead past bury its dead, is the unequivocal counsel we derive from the Lords reply to a lukewarm disciple (Mat 8:22). In Christ no past is irretrievable; Divine forgiveness may blot out what men consider it impossible to forgive (Luk 18:27). Habit and custom may be burst asunder in a moment, like … Continue reading “Past”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"