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SIGNS & SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (TRUMPET/SHOFAR)

May 22, 2018Uncategorized1 corinthians, 1 samuel, Amos, Bible, bible signs and symbols, God, government, Hannah, Holy Bible, horn, horns, jeremiah, Jericho, Jesus Christ, Job, joy, Judges, new testament, Old Testament, Psalm, rejoiced, revelation, shofar, Signs, sounds, Symbols, tool, trumpet, wallsabarkley8

2009141003web Trumpets in Bible times were made of metal or bone and formed into an instrument at least two feet long. They had a high sound that could be regulated to some degree, but they were used more for signaling than for making music. Rams’ horns, also called shofar, were signaling instruments used to assemble the army (Judg 3:27; 1Sam 13:3) or sound an alarm (Job 39:24-25; Jer 6:1; Amos 3:6). They are the most commonly mentioned instrument in the Bible, with seventy-two references.

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SIGNS & SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (HONEY)

April 19, 2018Uncategorized1 samuel, 2 Chronicles, abundance, bees, Bible, Exodus, Genesis, God, God's word, honey, honeycomb, jesus, Jesus Christ, Judgement, Moses, Numbers, promise land, Proverbs, Psalm, sweetabarkley8

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In the Bible honey was the sweet syrup produced by bees, either wild (1 Sam 14:25-26) or domesticated (2 Chron 31:5). it was a delicacy rather than a necessity of life, a sign of luxury and abundance. Occasionally it is referred to as a medicine: “Pleasant words are like honey from a honeycomb-sweet to the spirit and healthy for the body” (Prov 16:24), Continue reading SIGNS & SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (HONEY) →

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

March 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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BIBLE BOOKS OUT OF ORDER

October 13, 2017Uncategorized1500, 16 chapters, 66books, abraham, Bible, bible books, books, chronological, Church, ester, Genesis, Holy Bible, Jesus Christ, jews, Job, Library, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, out of order, paul, prophecy, Psalm, revelation, Romansabarkley8

Creation starts the Bible, in the book of Genesis

The end of the world finishes it, in Revelation. That could lead us to think the Bible is printed in chronological order. But it’s not. If it were, Job would likely come after Genesis. That’s because Job seems to have lived in about the time of Abraham, whose story appears in Genesis. Instead, Job’s story comes after Esther, though this Persian queen wasn’t born for at least 1,500 years after Abraham and Job. The Bible is a library of 66 books written in many genres and over a span of more than a thousand years. How

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MANNERS & CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (DOMESTIC ACTIVITIES)

October 6, 2017Uncategorized1 samuel, activities, Bible, breakfast, cleaning, domestic, eating, Exodus, fetching water, Genesis, God, Holy Bible, Hosea, jeremiah, Jesus Christ, Job, John, Luke, manners and customs, Matthew, milling, Moses, Proverbs, shopping, woman, woman at the wellabarkley8

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Most people in Bible times go up early, before the sun was up, so that they could make the most of the hours of daylight and allows for the extreme heat at midday in the summer. Abraham got up early to obey God’s command to sacrifice (Genesis 22:3); Moses got up early in the morning to meet God on Mount Sinai (Exodus 34:4); Job offered worship early in the morning (Job 1:5); Jesus prayed before sunrise (Mark 1:35).

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PAUL’S TOUGH TAKE ON HOMOSEXUALITY

October 3, 2017UncategorizedBible, egyptians, God, heterosexual, Holy Bible, Homosexuality, Jesus Christ, jews, Leviticus, Men, paul, Romans, toughabarkley8

Shameful and unnatural are two words that sum up what Paul has to say about homosexuality. Some Bible translators punch up his criticism with even stronger words: indecent and perversion. “Men committed indecent acts with other men, and

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BIBLE SIGNS & SYMBOLS (CAMEL)

October 2, 2017UncategorizedBible, camel, God, Holy Bible, jeremiah, Jesus Christ, Leviticus, Signs, signs and symbols, Symbolsabarkley8

Camels were a common sight throughout Bible times, particularly in cities and villages along caravan routes, where these long-distance beasts of burden might pause for a night before trudging on to their destination. In addition to being a means of

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HOW TO “LOVE” PUNISHMENT

October 2, 2017UncategorizedBible, discipline, discouraged, God, Hebrews, Holy, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, Lord, love, mad, punish, punishment, purposeabarkley8

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Nobody like to be punished: Getting grounded or having privileges taken away aren’t on anyone’s list of “Top Ten Ways to Spend My Weekend.” But after some time has gone by, we can usually see that our parents’ discipline is helping us become better people.

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BIBLE SIGNS & SYMBOLS (SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX)

September 29, 2017Uncategorized666, beast, Bible, bible signs and symbols, devil, evil, gematria, number of the beast, revelation, scholars, six humdred sixty-sixabarkley8

666

When it comes to numbers in the Bible, It’s quite possible that 666 is the most famous and infamous of the numbers. People who know little else about the Bible know that

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SIGNS & SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (INCENSE)

September 28, 2017Uncategorized2 Chronicles, 2 Corinthians, aroma, Bible, devoted heart, frankincense, Holy of Holies, holy place, incense, Jesus Christ, mercy seat, prayer, Psalm, sacrifices, signs and symbols, smell, symbolizes, templeabarkley8

incense

Incense is a combination of aromatic spices, herbs, and oils that yields its strongest fragrance when warmed or burned. The incense used in the temple was made of stacte, onycha, galbanum, and frankincense; any combination other than this was not to be used for worship, and this combination was not to be used for any other purpose. When the high priest entered the Holy of Holies, he put a handful of incense on the hot coals

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