Let and For Ever 2
"Let" what a word indeed. The Apostle Paul wrote to the Roman church that he had often "purposed to come to you, but was LET hitherto." Romans 1:13 Today, we would say "hindered," instead of "let." In the last few hundred years the usage has completely changed the meaning of the word "let." It may be spelled the same, and pronounced the same, but the meaning has been changed to the exact opposite. Since usage always determines meaning, biblical usage, certainly, always determines biblical meaning. Come on now I know for I struggled with a few words that my Sister, my wife had to help me out with, the meaning for the usage of the word today was not the usage when the KJV bible was written. Now I like to look at the term "for ever." ("eternal and everlasting") My first question is "How many days and nights was Jonah in the belly of the fish?" Of course we would answer three days and three night