Tag Archives: customs

MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (WORKERS WITH METAL)

April 25, 2022Uncategorized1 Kings, 1 samuel, 2 Kings, 2 Samuel, abel, acacia wood, Cain, Canaanites, Christ, cole minded, Cooper, customs, David, furnace, Geyptians, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jewlery, Job, Judges, Kenite, manners, manners and customs, Matthew, melted, metal, metalworking, minded, new testament, Old Testament, Philistines, Sinai, Zechariahabarkley8

The metalsmith has a very old pedigree. Cain was a smith, and it was one of his descendants, Tubal-Cain, who was described as “the forger of instruments of bronze and iron” (Genesis 4:17,22). Cain was the father of the Midianite tribe of Kenites who seem to have been involved in many aspects of Israel’s history (see, for example Genesis 15:19; 1 Samuel 15:6). They appear to have exploited the copper of the Sinai with the Egyptians. Artifacts of Kenite metalworking have yielded much of the archaeological information we know concerning ancient metal-working.

Continue reading →

MANNERS AND CUSTOMS IN THE BIBLE (FAITH, NOT FABLES)

April 20, 2022Uncategorizedbible customs and curiosities, Christ, Church, churches, circumcised, Crete, curiosities, customs, customs and curiosities, Ephesians, Faith, faith not fables, false prophets, false teachers, food, foods, gentiles, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, group, holy days, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jewish, jews, Judaizers, manners and customs, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, Titus, unclean foodabarkley8

Paul wrote this letter to his missionary helper Titus, whom he had placed in charge of the church on the island of Crete.

One purpose of this letter was to instruct Titus in how to deal with the false teachers who had infiltrated the church.

Continue reading →

BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (JESUS AND HYPERBOLE)

April 6, 2022Uncategorizedbible customs and curiosities, camel, curiosities, customs, customs and curiosities, eye, eyes, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, hyperbole, jesus, Jesus and hyperbole, Jesus Christ, Mark, Mark 10:25, Matthew, needle, new testament, Old Testament, rain, rich, richesmarkabarkley8

This statement from Jesus is what is known as hyperbole-a deliberate exaggeration in order to make a point. We might compare this to the modern statement, “It’s raining cats and dogs.” We don’t mean that actual cats and dogs are falling from the sky. We are saying that the rain is coming down in a torrential downpour.

Continue reading →

BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (FINDING JOY IN THE LORD)

March 28, 2022Uncategorizedanimal, animal skin, bible customs and curiosities, Christ, curiosities, customs, finding joy in the LORD, fire, fires, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, happiness, happy, jesus, Jesus Christ, joy, Lord, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, Psalm, skin, skinsabarkley8

In Bible times wine and other liquids were stored in containers made of animal skins (read Matthew 9:17). These skins would eventually become brittle and develop cracks, particularly when exposed to the smoke given off by fires that burned in the tents and primitive houses of that time.

Continue reading →

BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (A BETTER REFLECTION)

March 24, 2022Uncategorizedbible customs and curiosities, Christ, curiosities, customs, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, jesus, Matthew, mirror, mirrors, new testament, Old Testament, reflectionsabarkley8

The New International Version renders the phrase “now we see through a glass, darkly” as “now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror.” Paul referred to mirrors of Bibles times that were made of highly polished metal (read Exodus 38:8).

Continue reading →

BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (SITTING IN DESPAIR)

August 24, 2021Uncategorized7 days, bible curiosities, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, Christ, courses, CSB, curiosities, customs, fate, Friend, friends, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, ground, Isaiah, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Job, Judah, KJV, lament, Matthew, Micah, mourn, mourning, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, sad, sadness, seven days, sitting in despari, symbolized, wallow, wordabarkley8

Sitting on the ground symbolized sadness and distress. So this is another image from Isaiah that expresses the fate of the nation of Judah if she continued on her present course (read Isaiah 3:24).

Continue reading →

BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (SEALED AND SURE)

August 13, 2021Uncategorizedaides, bible curiosities, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, broken, cross, curiosities, customs, Daniel, dead, death, Disciples, God, God the Father, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus executed, King Darius, lions, lions den, Matthew, new testament, rope, seal, sealed, sepulchre, stone, tampered, tombabarkley8

These were some of the same religious who had succeeded in having Jesus executed. They started thinking that His disciples might remove the body from the tomb and claim that Jesus had been raised from the dead.

Continue reading →

MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (VINE SYMBOLISM)

August 11, 2021Uncategorized1 corinthians, 1 Timothy, 2 Corinthians, 2 Timothy, adorned, angrily, bunch, Christ, customs, Deuteronomy, disadvantaged, Disciples, drink wine, drunken with wine, ecclesiastes, evil, front exterior, fruit, furits, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God's vine, God's vines, grape, grapevine, Isaiah, jesus, John, Judges, Leviticus, manners, manners and customs, Matthew, nazirite, Numbers, Old Testament, passages, pharisees, presence of God, priests, Psalm, Romans, sanctuary, Satan, Synagogue, thanksgiving, tithe, Titus, true vine, vines, vineyard, vineyards, wine, wine drinking, wine titheabarkley8

The vine was of great importance in the religion of Israel. It was used as a symbol of the religious life of Israel itself, and a carving of a bunch of grapes often adorned the front exterior of the synagogue. The symbolism was based upon passages such as Psalm 80 and Isaiah 5:1-5 where Israel is God’s vine.

Continue reading →

BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (A BOUNTIFUL RETURN)

August 11, 2021Uncategorizedbible curiosities, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, boat, boats, bountiful, bountiful return, bounty, bread, carry goods, centuries, Christ, curiosities, customs, distant, eatten, ecclesiastes, find, flood, flooded, food, foods, God, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, goods, harvest, harvesttime, Jesus Christ, Matthew, sowing, trade, traders, widespreadabarkley8

This may refer to sowing grain in flooded areas. Or it could refer to ships that carry goods over the seas to distant places for sale or trade.

Continue reading →

BIBLE CUSTOMS & CURIOSITIES (SIGN OF THE SHOE)

July 8, 2021Uncategorizedbethlehem, bible customs and curiosities, Boaz, Christ, curiosities, customs, Elimelech, family, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Israel, jesus, Jesus Christ, KJV, legalizing, Matthew, Naomi, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, owner, plucked, redeeming, remove, Ruth, sandal, sandals, symbolized, transferring, walkabarkley8

Naomi’s deceased husband. Elimelech, had some land in Bethlehem that she had been forced to sell because of her poverty conditions (Ruth 4:3). Elimelech had a relative who, as his next of kin, had the right to buy back or redeem this property to keep it in the family.

Continue reading →

Powered by WordPress.com.

Social Media Auto Publish Powered By : XYZScripts.com