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EVERDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (FAST 2 OF 3)

April 8, 2021bible 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, prophet, Proverbs, stones, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 1 samuel, 2 Chronicles, 2 Samuel, acts, armu, baptism, child, creator, dead, death, Deuteronomy, died, everyday life in bible times, excerise, Exodus, Ezra, face, fast, fasting, Israelites, Jerusalem, Jesus baptism, Jew, jews, Matthew, Moses, mourn, Nation, nehemiah, Persia, presence of God's power, seeking, travel, wall, wallsabarkley8

People also fasted in advance of special experiences or in connection with prayerful inquiry. Moses fasted prior to receiving the tablets of stone containing the Ten Commandments on the two separate occasions they were given (Exod 34:28; Deut 9:9). Immediately after his baptism, Jesus retreated into the wilderness where he too fasted as he initiated his public ministry (Matt 4:1-2). Fasting also accompanied special inquiry of the Lord, whether interceding on behalf of a

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NO HELP FROM STARGAZERS

February 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, 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, prophet, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorizedastrologers, babylonia, bible customs and curiosities, born, creator, curiosities, customs, customs and curiosities, Daniel, foretell, future, Isaiah, King Nebuchadnezzar, magical, montly prognosticators, moon, person, planets, sign-reading, stargazers, stargazing, stars, studied, sun, thwartabarkley8

The words astrologers, stargazers, and monthly prognosticators refers to people who studied the stars and the movement of the moon in order to foretell the future. This practice was especially popular among the ancient Babylonians.

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SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (BULL/CALF)

June 1, 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, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Kings, 2 Kings, 3 yrs old, aaron, agricultural, altar, ancient, animal, animals, ark, Asherah, Baal, bible signs and symbols, breeding, bull, bull/calf, bulls, calf, calves, castrated, cattle, chopped, cows, creator, cultures, Deuteronomy, devil, eat, eats, Egypt, eli, evil, exile, fuel, gideon, God, gods, golden calf, Hannah, idol, Isaiah, Israel, Jeroboam, Job, Judges, leather, Leviticus, Luke, meal, Meat, milk, natural, oxen, perfect animals, Philistines, plows, power, prodigal son, Psalm, sacrificing, Samuel, Satan, Shiloh, signs and symbols, Sin, sinner, sinners, strenght, symbolic, Symbols, tabernacle, wagon, wagons, wealth, wild life, wooden, work, workforce, worship, young Samuelabarkley8

Cattle were primarily a measure or symbol of wealth in biblical times. They were both familiar and significant, good characteristics for symbolic use. Among his livestock, the wealthy Job had a thousand oxen (Job 1:3). Cattle not only provided meat, milk, leather, and other by-products, they were the main animal workforce in ancient agricultural societies. Oxen (castrated bulls) pulled plows as well as wagons. Continue reading SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (BULL/CALF) →

WOMEN OF THE BIBLE “EVE, THE MOTHER OF HUMANKIND”

May 8, 2019Uncategorized1 Peter, 2 Corinthians, abel, Adam, Adam died, Cain, complement, creator, death, Deuteronomy, devil, Eve, eve died, evil, father of lies, feminie, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Heart, helper, John, leaders, liar, lie, life, Mark, marriage, married, mom, mother, mother of mankind, new testament, Old Testament, paradise, post eden, Psalm, Satan, seth, the takeaway, tragic, warned, warned death, woman, women, women of the bibleabarkley8

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Eve enjoys the distinction of being the first woman-in all of human history. Talk about special. Continue reading WOMEN OF THE BIBLE “EVE, THE MOTHER OF HUMANKIND” →

GOD’S PERFECT THOUGHTS

November 30, 2018Uncategorizedcreated, creator, earth, Father, God, God thoughts, Heavens, Him, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, love, people, perfect, Psalm, pure, Romans, Son, trinity, trustabarkley8

As for God, his way is perfect” (Psalm 18:30). God’s way is perfect because His thinking is 100% perfect. His thoughts are perfect because He is 100% perfect in His being. About eight billion people live in the world today. If God created only 99.9 percent of them with a purpose, then He would have no clue why He created eight million of those people. But there is no person created without a purpose. With a 99.9 percent memory, God would have no remembrance of six whole years of the six thousand years since Creation. That missing tenth of one percent would constitute an imperfection. Continue reading GOD’S PERFECT THOUGHTS →

MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (WORKERS WITH MEDICINE)

March 24, 2016Uncategorized2 Chronicles, 2 Kings, creator, Deuteronomy, doctors, egyptians, Exodus, Genesis, God, health laws, Holy Bible, Isaiah, Jesus Christ, jews, Matthew, medicine, Numbers, workersabarkley8

Jews were promised health if they obeyed God’s laws (Exodus 15:26), and they were given a number of health laws (regular rest and relaxation, suit able food, avoidance of contaminated water, marriage regulations, cleanliness, separation from contagious disease), which when followed led to a high level of good health. If the laws were disobeyed, disease resulted (Deuteronomy 28:60-61). There was no call for doctors, and anyone who resorted to them came under criticism for going against the will of God. This

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SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY (ECC 12:1)

March 21, 2016Uncategorizedchildren, creator, day, ecclesiastes, God, kids, remember, Scripture, scripture of the day, youthabarkley8

Don’t let the excitement of being young causes you to forget about your Creator. Honor him in your before the evil years come when you’ll no longer enjoy living.

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