Ray Raley

Visual Communications leader. These tweets are my own and not my employer LMCO. Saved by grace through faith, a free gift of God, not as a result of my work.

[Scott Roberts @ScottRoberts]

Below are the ages of several godly men when they completed their race on this earth:

• Charles Spurgeon - 57
• Jim Elliot - 28
• John Knox - 58
• William Tyndale - 42
• Robert Murray M’Cheyne - 29
• Samuel Rutherford - 60
• Jonathan Edwards - 54
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer - 39
• John Owen - 59
• David Brainerd - 29
• John Wycliffe - 54

With many of us men in our 30s, 40s, 50s, and beyond, it's sobering to consider how many men at this point in life had already finished their course with joy.

May the Lord teach us to number our days (Psalm 90:12), and help us truly grasp how short life is.

May we faithfully serve our Savior with whatever days He has given us.

[Lockheed Martin News @LMNews]

.@LockheedMartin secured a framework agreement with the U.S. Government to accelerate annual PAC-3® MSE interceptor production from approximately 600 to 2,000 over seven years. Click 🔗 below:

[DVIDSHub @DVIDSHub]

US #Army Conducts Successful Precision Strike Missile Flight Test … https://t.co/ECusA5PYHV

[Ray Raley @rayraley]

@KSPrior As an adoptee, it always warms my heart!

[J.R.R. Tolkien @JRRTolkien]

Merry Eucatastrophe!

[Ray Raley @rayraley]

@adam_mallette Congratulations Adam!

[Ray Raley @rayraley]

@adam_mallette Thank you for your service!

[Ray Raley @rayraley]

Incredible exploration of this text!

[Chad Bird @birdchadlouis]

Is Jesus Yahweh Incarnate? Just Ask Jude

There’s no shortage of religious people, even some who claim to be Christians, who deny that Jesus is fully divine. They may even say he is the Son of God, but confess that he is ultimately a creature, one who was made by God.

They would certainly deny that Jesus is Yahweh incarnate.

If you ever find yourself in a conversation with such a person, there are many excellent passages you can discuss with them. John 1:1ff, for example, where the Word (=Jesus) is God, or even John 20:28, where Thomas says to Jesus, “My Lord and my God.”

But another passage that might not come immediately to mind is Jude 5, which reads, “Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.”

Who saved Israel from Egypt? Jesus. In the Old Testament, of course, it says that Yahweh saved Israel from Egypt. Therefore, Jude is saying that Jesus is Yahweh. He is the LORD incarnate.

This passage from Jude is so shockingly blatant in its claim that it even bothered some scribes, whose responsibility it was to hand-copy the NT manuscripts all those centuries before the printing press. The reading of “Jesus” in Jude 5 is present in a wide variety of early Greek manuscripts. It has very strong manuscript support. But there are also variants in other manuscripts. Some have “Lord” or “God” instead of “Jesus.” This reading of Lord/God is (unfortunately, in my opinion) adopted in many English translations, such as the KJV, NIV, NASB, etc. Others, such as the ESV, CSB, and NET have “Jesus” in Jude 5.

Textual criticism is the science of deliberating which words in which ancient manuscripts reflect the probable original text. It is not guesswork but a highly developed science, used not only for biblical manuscripts but all ancient texts. A standard rule of textual criticism is that the most “difficult” reading is likely the original. In Jude 5, the difficult reading is “Jesus,” because, as I say, this is a shockingly blatant claim that Jesus delivered Israel. The easy reading would be “Lord” or “God,” because that would be expected and unremarkable. And it is not uncommon for scribes, in some manuscripts, to alter the difficult word or phrase for an easy one. That would explain why some Greek manuscripts have "God” or “Lord” instead of "Jesus."

If “Jesus” is the original reading—and I, along with many others, think that it was—then Jude is boldly and rightly telling us that Jesus is none other than the Creator of the world, the Savior of Israel, God himself. He is Yahweh in the flesh.

[Ray Raley @rayraley]

@dandarling Looking forward it brother and praying for you!

[Ray Raley @rayraley]

@joethorn Love the Institutes!

[Ray Raley @rayraley]

@coramdeo1 @jaredcwilson @KnowingFaithPod Co-sign @KnowingFaithPod

[Burk Parsons @BurkParsons]

A good practice to cultivate is to remind ourselves, wherever we are—in a store, airport, church, prison—that we’re not inherently better than anyone around us.

It takes years to form this habit as we pray for humility, remembering what we truly deserve and who we are by grace.

[Ray Raley @rayraley]

This exploration of Genesis 3 sounds amazing. One of Tim’s gifts is slogging through mountains of newly published books and curating those worthy of our attention.

[challies @challies]

Short of Glory https://t.co/m5uBRF7xpW

[Ray Raley @rayraley]

@ericjohnthomas A good word of encouragement!

[Ray Raley @rayraley]

What an incredible opportunity for the gospel in Fort Worth.

[Eric Finnigan @EricFinnigan]

Fort Worth is indeed booming. And it's not just siphoning population off Dallas.

Where did all these new residents live BEFORE Fort Worth?

Here are the top 5 origin cities for Fort Worth's incoming out-of-state movers:

LA
Phoenix
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA
Chicago
Denver

[Ray Raley @rayraley]

@jvmassey2 @TheSBCPlatform @SWBTS We are grateful the Lord led you and Vanessa to Travis as your church home. Though saddened by our momentary loss, we know God has a meaningful ministry for you in Florida. You were a gift of grace to us.

[Lockheed Martin @LockheedMartin]

Interoperable, reliable, precise and advanced. PAC-3 and HIMARS are delivering JADO-enabling capabilities and solutions to European and NATO partners to help meet their needs and protect what matters most. #ParisAirShow

[Ray Raley @rayraley]

This thread has merit for those interested in SBC polity.

[Malcolm Yarnell @MusingsOnChrist]

On Baptist Creeds and Confessions

They are functionally coterminous, but the official Preamble of the Baptist Faith and Message teaches Southern Baptists to approach their confessions as 1) consensual, 2) incomplete, 3) variable, 4) subordinate to Scripture, and 5) for freedom.

[Burk Parsons @BurkParsons]

Men, leading your family means leading in singing. Sing like you mean it, and stop using the excuse that people don't want to hear you sing.

If you can cheer passionately for your team, you can most certainly sing to your Savior.

[Lockheed Martin @LockheedMartin]

Never forgotten. We honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country. #MemorialDay