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SHAKING JESUS’ FAMILY TREE

August 24, 2021Uncategorized1 samuel, 2 Samuel, aaron, abraham, ancestry, apples, Bathsheba, brother, Christ, cousin, dad, family tree, Father, father-in-law, genealogy, generations, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, Jericho, jesus, Jesus family tree, Jew, Jewish, jews, Joseph, King David, Kings, legal document, Luke, Man, mary, Matthew, Men, Messiah, mom, mother, mother-in-law, nephew, new testament, Old Testament, Rachel, Rahab, revered king, Ruth, sister, Tamar, Uriah, virgin, womenabarkley8

The Jews from Matthew’s day would have disagreed. Tradition-minded Jews kept a record of their ancestors partly because certain rights and responsibilities were inherited. Priests descended from Aaron, the brother of Moses. Kings-and the coming Messiah-would descend from David, Israel’s most revered king.

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MEN OF THE BIBLE (NATHAN)

March 22, 20211 corinthians, 2 Corinthians, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, death, Faith, forgive, Forgivness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, preach, preaching, primitive, prophet, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 samuel, 2 Samuel, Ammonites, baby, Bathsheba, cup, David, death, die, food, guest, Hittite, King, King David, Lord, Man, Men of the Bible, mentality, Nathan, palace, poor, poor man, pregnancy, pregnant, prophet, rich man, Saul, Sin, skilled, sword, transgression, travelers, Uriah, warrior, wife, women of the bibleabarkley8

An engraving depicting the biblical story of King David being scolded by Nathan, the court prophet. Dated 19th century. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

It’s one thing to speak the truth to people in power when you have nothing to lose. It’s quite another to speak the truth when you have everything to lose. The Old Testament prophet Nathan faced the prospect of losing everything, including his life, if he spoke the truth to the most powerful man in Israel. Yet that was exactly what God called him to do.

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WOMEN OF THE BIBLE (RAHAB)

September 14, 2020bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, death, Faith, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, Proverbs, Ruth, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorizedattack, Bathsheba, Bible, Boaz, camped, Christ, dangling, daughter-in-law, Exodus, family, father-in-law, great-great-gradmother, Hebrews, Israelites, Jericho, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jordan, Jordan River, Joshua, King, King David, leader, Mark, moring, new testament, night, promies, prostitute, Rahab, roof top, scarlet, soilders, spies, spy, town, tree, window, woman, woman of the bible, women, women of the bible, women Rahababarkley8

While the Hebrews of the Exodus were still camped in what is now Jordan, their leader, Joshua, sent two spies to scout the fortified border town of Jericho.

The spies went straight to the house of a prostitute, Rahab, And they spent the night.

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WOMAN OF THE DAY (BATHSHEBA: THE VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WITH THE VERY TRAGIC LIFE)

May 19, 2020bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, prophet, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 1 samuel, 2 Chronicles, 2 Samuel, adultery, baby bump, Bathsheba, battle, beautiful, beauty, Bible, charm, concubines, crime, crimes, David, drinking, drunk, fight, fighting, funeral, Israel, Israelite, Israelites, Jerusalem, kill, killer, killing, King, King David, marriage, married, marry, mourn, mourning, Nathan, New Jerusalem, pregant, royal, Sin, sinned, sinner, solomon, stepson, Uriah, woman of the bible, women, women of the bible, work, young, young womanabarkley8

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There are a number of cautionary tales in the Bible, but few are as seamy and sad as this one.

Looking down on the city of Jerusalem form the atop his royal palace one fine spring evening, Israel’s King David spotted a fine young woman. She wasn’t merely attractive; she was “very beautiful.” And, of all the things she might have been doing, she was bathing. Continue reading WOMAN OF THE DAY (BATHSHEBA: THE VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WITH THE VERY TRAGIC LIFE) →

MEN OF THE BIBLE (DAVID: A MAN LOYAL TO GOD)

November 29, 2019Uncategorized1 samuel, acts, armies, army, baby, Bathsheba, bible studies, bible study, bible times, biblical, born, cave, christian studies, christianity, David, giant, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, godspeed, Goliath, grief, hiding, human, Israel, kill, killed, killing, King David, King Saul, Lord, loyal, Men, Men of the Bible, new testament, Old Testament, philistine, Plan B, power of God, Psalm, punishment, Saul, Sin, sinned, sinner, soldiers, testified, theology, Uriah, warriorabarkley8

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As epithets go, it’s hard to beat God’s description of David book of Acts: “a man loyal to [God].” A glimpse into David’s life reveals what it takes to be awarded such a designation. Continue reading MEN OF THE BIBLE (DAVID: A MAN LOYAL TO GOD) →

MEN OF THE BIBLE (DAVID: AFTER GOD’S FORGIVING HERAT)

January 18, 2019Uncategorized2 Samuel, Bathsheba, beautiful, Daivd, Eliam, Faith, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Heart, Hittite, Jesus Christ, King, Men of the Bible, NIV, roof, Uriah, widow, wife, woman, womenabarkley8

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David was one of the greatest heroes of the Bible and a man after God’s heart. But, let’s face it, when he had a man killed so he could take his wife, he failed big time.

Uriah the Hittite was a good man and a loyal soldier. He didn’t deserve to die because another man couldn’t control his passions. Bathsheba didn’t deserve to be made a widow by her king. Continue reading MEN OF THE BIBLE (DAVID: AFTER GOD’S FORGIVING HERAT) →

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