Daily Archives: 10/31/2024

EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (PHARISEE PT1)

10/31/2024UncategorizedGod, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, habits, Jesus Christ, leaders, leadr, meeting, new testament, Old Testament, phariseesabarkley8

The Pharisees became a recognizable group on the landscape of Jewish culture in the second century BC, making their presence felt throughout the New Testament era. The Pharisees were a highly identifiable group during the time of Jesus given their distinguished leaders, distinctive habits of living, and regular meeting. A person became a Pharisee not by family heritage as did the clergy of Israel or by being born into a wealthy, aristocratic family like the Sadducees but by pledging to lead a pure life that conformed to the many rules of the

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (JOY PT1)

10/31/2024UncategorizedChrist, english, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, greek, Hebrew, jesus, Jesus Christ, joy, joyful, Matthew, Old Testament, rejoiceabarkley8

State of delight and well-being that results from knowing and serving God. A number of Greek and Hebrew words are used to convey the ideas of joy and rejoicing. We have the same situation in English with such nearly synonymous words as joy, happiness, pleasure, delight, gladness, merriment, felicity, and enjoyment. The words “joy” and “rejoice” are the words used most often to translate the Hebrew and Greek words into English. Joy is found over 150 times in the Bible. If such words as “joyous” and “Joyful” are included, the number comes to over 200. The verb “rejoice” appears well over 200 times.

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