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SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (CIRCUMCISE PT 1)

05/14/2021Uncategorizedabraham, Ammon, amputation, bible signs and symbols, blood, circumcise, circumcision, city, clan, community, Deuteronomy, Edom, egyptian, everyday life in bible times, female, female circumcision, flint knife, foreskin, Genesis, household, Israelities, Jacob, jeremiah, Joshua, Leviticus, Lord's statement, male circumcision, male member, Mesopotamian, Moab, new testament, Old Testament, theologians, theological, theologically, theology, Western Semitic, wildernessabarkley8

Male circumcision requires the amputation of the foreskin in order to expose the glans of the penis. The Bible mentions that this procedure was common not only among the Israelites but also in Egypt, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and among “all who live in the wilderness” (Jer 9:25-26); conspicuous by its absence is any mention within Mesopotamian cultures. Consequently, when the Lord spoke with Abraham about circumcision (Gen 17:1-14), any familiarity he had with the procedure probably was gleaned during his Egyptian stay rather than from his experience in his former homeland.

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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (WATCHMEN AND PORTERS)

05/14/2021Uncategorized1 Kings, 1 samuel, 2 Kings, 2 Samuel, Absalom, activity, alarm, bible customs & curiosities, bible customs and curiosities, cities, city, clock, curiosities, customs, Ezekiel, Habakkuk, Isaiah, Jerusalem, King David, Mahanaim, new testament, Old Testament, porter of the city, roatated, signals, suspicious, task, theologians, theological, theologically, theology, walled cities, Wathcman, Wathcmenabarkley8

This watchman had been posted on the city wall above the gates of Mahanaim to relay news about the battle against Absalom to King David (read 2 Samuel 18:24).

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SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY (JEREMIAH 34:8-22 “TREACHEROUS TREATMENT OF SLAVES”)

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⁸This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;

⁹That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrews, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.

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MEN OF THE BIBLE (PAUL “THE UNLIKELIEST DISCIPLE”)

04/27/2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, christians, Church, curiosities, customs, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, metaphor, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, OT, Paul, praying, preach, preaching, prophet, rise, risen, stones, study, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized13 letters, acts, AD 67, apostles, arrest, arrested, Asia, baptized, believe, believer, book of Acts, brother Saul, chastised, Christian history, church history, city, Damascus, dead, defender, disciple, Europe, eye, eyes, Faith, Good News, Gospel, Holy Spirit, Jerusalem, Jesus of Nazareth, Jew, Jewish, jews, nero, New Testament canon, paul, paul 13 letters, persecuting, Rabbi, recorded, regained, reign, religious, riot, road, Roman soldiers, rome, Saul, scales, see, seeing, sight, spread stories, staunch, Stephen, stoning, stunning miracles, synagogues, taught, thirteen letters, travelingabarkley8

Paul (or Saul, as he was also known) was a zealot, a staunch defender of the Jewish faith. He was especially zealous about exposing and punishing offshoots of Judaism that threatened to obscure its message.

He targeted the disciple of a rabbi named Jesus of Nazareth who were attempting to keep his message alive even after the rabbi himself had been crucified. They spread stories about seeing him risen form the dead. They claimed he was the Son of God and the way to everlasting life.

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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURISITIES (AMON, GOD OF THEBES)

04/19/20211 corinthians, 1 timothy, 2 Corinthians, 2 timothy, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, christians, Church, curiosities, customs, Faith, forgive, Forgivness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, idolatry, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, metaphor, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, OT, preach, preaching, primitive, prophet, rock, rocks, stones, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized, workAmon, Amon-Ra, city, Egypt, egyptian sun god, egyptians, Genesis, God, Hebrew, idol worship, jeremiah, King James Version, KJV, little, multitude, Nile River, NIV, NKJV, sun, sun god, supreme, thebes, translated, worshipabarkley8

This verse is part of Jeremiah’s declaration that God would bring down the Egyptians because of their idol worship, “No” refers to Thebes, the thriving capital of Upper Egypt that was clustered on both sides of the Nile River. The Hebrew word translated as “multitude” by the King James Version actually refers to the Egyptian god Amon, the chief deity of the city of Thebes.

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WHAT SORT OF BATTLE PLAN HAS A CHOIR LEADING AN ARMY?

04/14/2021bible 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, gravel, Holy Bible, idolatry, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, preaching, primitive, prophet, Proverbs, the church, theology, Uncategorized2nd, archer, armies, army, Beethovens, brave, bugle, choir, city, David, drums, fifth symphonhy, God's way, God's Power, invasion, Jehoshaphat, Jericho, jitters, Key, military, Music, Normandy, protect, rank, ranks, second, slingshot, soul, tactics, victory, World War I, World War IIabarkley8

None that makes much military sense, if using traditional tactics is the key to victory. The genius of God’s ways is that they are not our ways. Tactics that should fail do in fact succeed as God’s way of showing His power in our weakness. At Jericho, the victory was preceded by priests blowing horns and circling the city seven times. Against the Philistines, David’s single slingshot led to an amazing victory.

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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (PSYCHOLOGICAL WAREFARE)

04/12/20211 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, 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, preaching, primitive, prophet, Proverbs, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Kings, 2 Kings, ahab, battle, boasting, city, CSB, dust, effect, enemy, Israel, KIng Ben-hadad, KJV, NIV, psychological warefare, Samaria, souvenirs, Syria, threats, warefare, wordsabarkley8

This taunt by King Ben-hadad of Syria (1 Kings 20:10) and the reply of his enemy-King Ahab of Israel (1 King 20:11)-are good examples of ancient psychological warfare. Opposing armies often used such tactics. They attempted to gain the upper hand even before they drew their swords by intimidating the other side with taunts and threats.

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BIBLE CUSTOMS & CURIOSITIES (POLICING THE STREETS)

04/05/2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, easter, Faith, forgive, 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, stones, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 samuel, 2 Samuel, area, bride, cities, city, danger, dangerous, day, guard, guards, husband, Husbands, Job, King, Kings, night, order, patrol, police, policed, policing the streets, posted, prostitute, search, shulamite, Solomon's birde, song of solomon, street, streets, today, wall, walled, walled cities, wallsabarkley8

Walled cities of Bible times had guards posted on the walls to warn of approaching danger (2 Sam 18:26). These words of Solomon’s bride showed that armed guards also policed the area inside the walls, particularly at night.

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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (FAMINE PT1)

03/29/20211 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, Dinner, easter, eat, Faith, flour, forgive, Forgivness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, harvest, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, preach, preaching, primitive, prophet, Proverbs, rise, risen, Ruth, stones, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Kings, 1 samuel, 2 Kings, 2 Samuel, abraham, acts, anxiety, army, attacking, blockade, Canaan, city, claudius, despaire, enemy, everyday life in bible times, expose, Ezekiel, famine, fields, fire, food, fruit, Genesis, grain, grain fields, green pstures, migrating, resources, Ruth, soldiers, starve, starved, summer, summer fruit, weakabarkley8

There are many things we may want in life but only two things we really need to sustain life: food and water. A famine takes both away. The famines mentioned in the Bible were typically initiated by a change in climate or a declaration of war. The food and water resources of the Promised Land were based on predictable climatic patterns that brought rain and dew into the region during expected season (Deut 11:10-15). This moisture recharged the springs and wells,

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (SIN PT1)

03/29/2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, 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, preach, preaching, primitive, prophet, risen, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorizedabel, actions, Adam, burned, Cain, city, Consequences, death, definition of the day, definitions, devil, disease, Eve, evil, Ezekiel, family, first child, Genesis, Heaven, hell, human rebel, lives, motivation, new testament, Noah, Old Testament, origin, Psalm, purpose, Romans, Satan, shame, Sin, sin origin, sinned, studying sin seriously, surrender to power of evil, thoughts, tower of Babel, violent, words, work, workingabarkley8

Thoughts, words, and actions by which humans rebel against God, miss His purpose for their lives, and surrender to the power of evil.

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