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WOMEN OF THE BIBLE “RAHAB- THE SHADY LADY”

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HEBREWS 11:31- “By faith the prostitute received the spies in peace and didn’t perish with those who disobeyed.”

There’s no nice way to say it. Rahab was a harlot-in modern parlance, a hooker. At her home atop the wall that surrounded the bustling, ancient city of Jericho, Rahab took in strange men and gave out sexual favors.

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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES “TOTAL BODY BOWING”

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There were several different ways of bowing in Bible times. These ranged from lowing the head to bending the knees to kneeling down before another person. Continue reading BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES “TOTAL BODY BOWING” →

IS IT NORMAL FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR THE AUDIBLE VOICE OF GOD?

05/08/2019Uncategorizedabraham, arms, audible, baptism, beloved, Bible, chirstians, Christ, communicate, cry, crying, crying out, Exodus, feet, foot, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, head, hear, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Isaiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, legs, Mark, miraculously, new testament, Old Testament, people, Pray, prayer, prayers, relationship, relationships, Son, visions, vision], voice, voicesabarkley8

speaker-symbol-of-voice-volume_318-62412 No, it’s not normal if you mean that people hear God’s audible voice daily. God uses a variety of ways to communicate with us. No one can predict when God will speak in an audible voice. Continue reading IS IT NORMAL FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR THE AUDIBLE VOICE OF GOD? →

DEFINITION OF THE DAY “CONCUBINE”

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CONCUBINE- A wife of lower status than a primary wife-usually a slave. Taking of concubines dates back at least to the patriarchal period. Both Abraham and Nahor had concubines (Gen 22:24; 25:6; 1 Chron 1:32). Tribal chiefs, kings, and other wealthy men generally took concubines. Gideon had a concubine (Judg 8:31). Saul had at least one concubine named Rizpha (2 Sam 3:7; 21:11). David had many (2 Sam 5:13), but Solomon took the practice to its extreme, having 300 concubines, in addition to his 700 royal wives (1 kings 11:3). Deuteronomy 17:17 forbids kings to take so many wives. Continue reading DEFINITION OF THE DAY “CONCUBINE” →

BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (MARRIAGE AMONG RELATIVES)

03/05/2019Uncategorizedabraham, Bible, bible customs and curiosities, bloodline, brother, Christ, common, daughter, devil, distant, distant relatives, evil, female, Genesis, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 29:10, Gensis 24:4, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, good, Isaac, Jacob, jesus, Jesus Christ, Kinsmen, Laban, male, marriage, marry, mesopotamia, mother, new testament, Old Testament, Rebekah, related, relationship, relatives, Satan, thee, tribe, wife, woman, wrongabarkley8

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Laban was the brother of Jacob’s mother, Rebekah (Genesis 29:10). This relationship would have made Laban’s daughter Rachel-the woman whom Jacob wanted to marry-Jacob’s first cousin. Continue reading BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (MARRIAGE AMONG RELATIVES) →

YEARS IN EGYPT (EXODUS 1)

02/26/2019Uncategorizedabraham, Christ, country, descendants, egyptians, enslaved, Exodus, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Israelites, jesus, Joseph, King, Kings, Lord, Moses, national security, new testament, newborn, Old Testament, population, sixty-six membersabarkley8

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The first chapter of Exodus gives only a few facts about the years the Israelites spent in Egypt. If was clear from what God revealed to Abraham that they were destined to live in this country for several centuries. “Know certainly,” the Lord told Abraham, “that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years” (Genesis 15:13 NKJV). Continue reading YEARS IN EGYPT (EXODUS 1) →

IF THE ARK OF THE COVENANT WAS SO SPECIAL, WHY WERE THE PHILISTINES ALLOWED TO HAVE IT?

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On its own, the ark was little more than an interesting piece of furniture. But the ark held the Ten Commandments and symbolized God’s presence. Any attempt to see power in the ark itself (as in the popular Indiana Jones films) is tantamount to idolatry. The people of Israel made this mistake frequently. They assumed that possession of such a powerful instrument as the ark gave them some control over God Himself, since God was obligated to guarantee the success of anyone (or any group of people) possessing it. Continue reading IF THE ARK OF THE COVENANT WAS SO SPECIAL, WHY WERE THE PHILISTINES ALLOWED TO HAVE IT? →

THE FAMILY HISTORY OF JESUS

02/22/2019Uncategorizedabraham, Adam, Christ, Eve, Father, Galatians, genealogy, Gentiles Rahab, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Gospel, history, human, human race, Isaac, Jacob, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus genealogy, Jew, Jewish, jews, John 3:16, Joseph, Luke, mary, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, paul, people, Rahab, Tamar, women Rahab, worldabarkley8

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Since Jesus is the Son of God who has existed before time began, some people assume He has no family history. But this assumption is wrong. Two Gospel of the New Testament-Matthew and Luke-contain family histories of Jesus. And these genealogies give us valuable information about Him and His revolutionary ministry that changed the world. Continue reading THE FAMILY HISTORY OF JESUS →

SIGNS &SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (CANAAN)

02/12/2019Uncategorizedabraham, acts, Acts 13:16-20, Amorites, bible signs and symbols, biblical history, Canaan, Canaanites, David, Dead Sea, fruit, Genesis, girgashites, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God's People, hittites, hivites, Israelites, Jebusites, Jesus Christ, Jewish, jews, Josh 5:12, joy, Lord, Matthew 15, Noah, paul, Perizzites, promise land, seven nations, symbolic, symbolizes, Symbolsabarkley8

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The land of Canaan is the original name for what became the Promise Land of Israel in the Old Testament. It was named after Noah’s grandson Canaan, who was the ancestor of various groups living in that region (Gen 10:15-19). In general, the term Canaanite was applied to any all peoples who lived along the eastern end of the Mediterranean and west of the Dead Sea. Continue reading SIGNS &SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (CANAAN) →

BIBLE SIGNS & SYMBOLS (ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND)

03/13/2018Uncategorized144000, abraham, Abraham descendants, Bible, bible signs and symbols, Galatians, gentiles, God, Heavenly Choir, Inclusive Body, Jesus Chris, jews, Messiah, number, paul, revelation, Symbols, twelveabarkley8

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The number 144,000 is used in only one book of the Bible: Revelation. The number relates to a group mentioned in Revelation 7:4-8 made up of twelve thousand people from each of the twelve tribes of Israel. The significance of twelve is heightened by using twelve times twelve as a number. This large, exact number is immediately followed by an even larger and more expansive number in verse 9 (“a large crowd from every

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