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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES “TOTAL BODY BOWING”

06/12/2019Uncategorized1 Kings, 1 samuel, 2 Kings, 2 Samuel, 7 times, abraham, attitude, bending, Bible, bible customs and curiosities, bible study, bible times, Boaz, body, bowing, brother, Christ, curiosities, customs, David, Door, Egypt, Elijah, Elisha, Esau, exercised, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, government, grain, greek, ground, Hebrew, Holy, Holy Bible, hospitality, Hostility, household, Israel, Jacob, jesus, Jesus Christ, Joseph's, King, knee, kneeling, knees, knelt, Lord, Man, Men, Middle Eastern, new testament, Northern Kingdom, Old Testament, person, persons, Pray, prophetic, respect, Ruth, Saul, seven times, sister, Studies, tent, tent door, times, woman, womenabarkley8

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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” →

WHAT IS A SOUL “3 JOHN 2”

06/10/2019Uncategorized3 John, 3 John 2, abuse, abused, Adam, beloved, Bible, body, capacity, Christ, cross, doctor, Eve, evil, Genesis, gift, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Gods creation, Holy Bible, human, image, jesus, Jesus Christ, John, neurophysiology, physical, self-consciousness, Sin, sinners, soul, soul health, soul healthy, speak, spiritual life, taintedabarkley8

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No doctor operating on a patient has ever discovered an organ called the soul, yet we have no better term to describe what distinguishes human beings from every other part of God’s creation. Only people have the unique gift of self-consciousness, the ability to reflect on their own experience, to interpret it to others, and then to speak about it. A famous professor once said, “Dogs bark, but dogs never bark about barking.” Continue reading WHAT IS A SOUL “3 JOHN 2” →

HOW CAN WE KNOW WHAT “GOOD” IS? (3 JOHN 11)

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We judge what’s good by establishing a benchmark, which has been the task of moral philosophers since the invention of language. Several benchmarks currently compete: personal pleasure, social stability accepted norms (“do not inflict needles pain” is one example). following religious teaching. or obeying God. Continue reading HOW CAN WE KNOW WHAT “GOOD” IS? (3 JOHN 11) →

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? →

BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (ANCIENT WRITTEN RECORDS)

05/07/2019Uncategorized1kings, 2kings, ancient, animal skins, Bible, bible customs and curiosities, Christ, clay, Ezekiel, generations, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Israel, jeremiah, jesus, Job, Job's, King Jahoram, lead tablets, Mesha, monuments, new testament, Old Testament, papyrus, pen, pens, read, reading, record, records, scrolls, stone, stone mounments, tablets, writtenabarkley8

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Job’s desire that his words be recorded for future generations shows three different ways that ancient records were written down. According to the New International Version, these methods were (1) writing on scrolls, (2) writing on lead tablets, and (3) writing on stone monuments. Continue reading BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (ANCIENT WRITTEN RECORDS) →

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 & CURIOSITIES (CARING FOR A VINEYARD)

05/06/2019Uncategorizedagricultural, animals, Bible, bible customs and curiosities, bird, birds, Christ, commodities, devil, digged, evil, fenced, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, grapes, grapevine, harvesting, hedge, Isaiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Job, juice, Lamentations, Matthew, new testament, NIV, Old Tesatment, product, Proverbs, ripe, ripening, rows, stakes, thieves, thornbush, tower, vineyardabarkley8

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Wine was one of the most valuable agricultural commodities in Bible times. People grew grapes to make their own wine, and many farmers produced wine for sale as a commercial product. This verse, from Jesus’ parable of the vineyard owner, gives insight into how grapes were grown and made into wine.

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY “SLOTHFUL”

04/15/2019UncategorizedBible, caves, Christ, definition, ecclesiastes, Faith, Faithful, Fall, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, hard, Hebrew, Hosea, house, house leaks, houses, idle hands, jesus, Jesus Christ, Job, lazy, lazy slave, Loose, Matthew, new testament, not equipped, Old Testament, Proverbs, Psalm, roof, sleep, sloth, slothful, sluggish, sluggishness, tired, utter laziness, virtuous, wise, workingabarkley8

SLOTHFUL-Loose, undisciplined, Hebrew term can refer to a bow not strung or equipped with an arrow for action (Ps 78:57; Hos 7:16). A similar or related Hebrew root describes a loose tongue or mind as deceitful (Job 13:7; 27:4; Pss 32:2; 52:4; Mic 6:12). The slothful person cannot lead but becomes subjected to another’s rule (Prov 12:24; 10:4; 19:15). God’s work must not be done in such a spirit (Jer 48:10). A second Hebrew term refers to that which is difficult, heavy, or hindered and indicates foolish laziness or Continue reading DEFINITION OF THE DAY “SLOTHFUL” →

DEFINITION OF THE DAY “LAWYER”

04/11/2019UncategorizedBible, Christ, definition, God, jesus, John, law, lawyer, lawyers, Luke, Mosaic, new testament, Old Testament, Titus 3:13abarkley8

LAWYER- Authoritative interpreter of the Mosaic law. Characterization of the lawyers is especially harsh in Luke’s Gospel: they rejected God’s purpose for themselves by refusing John’s baptism (7:30); they burdened others without offering any relief (11:45-46); they Continue reading DEFINITION OF THE DAY “LAWYER” →

BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (ANIMAL SKIN CONTAINERS)

04/11/2019Uncategorizedage, animal, animal skin, Bible, bible customs and curiosities, bottles, channel, container, drink, goats, heavy drink, Jesus Christ, liquids, Matthew, neck, new age, skin, stripped, wine, young goatsabarkley8

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In Bible times, many containers for liquids as water, olive oil, and wine made from the skins of animals, particularly young goats. After the head and feet were cut off, the skin was stripped in one piece from the animal’s body. These skin retained the shape of the animal, with the neck sometimes serving as the channel through which the container was filled and emptied. Continue reading BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (ANIMAL SKIN CONTAINERS) →