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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (PALESTINE PT2)

For the purposes of this article, Palestine extends to the north 10 to 15 miles beyond the ancient site of Dan and NT Caesarea Philippi (later called Banias) into the gorges and mountains just south of Mount Hermon. To the east it extends to the Arabian steppe. To the south Palestine extends 10 to 15 miles beyond Beersheba. On the west is the Mediterranean Sea. It therefore includes western Palestine-between the Jordan and the Arabian steppe.

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (HOLY SPIRIT AS A PERSON)

The popular notion of “personhood” is based on the idea of individuality and of the possibility of conscious tow-way communication with another embodied person. One does not relate to the Spirit in quite the same way as one does to a human, but the Spirit is a person, nonetheless. The Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness to engage the Devil in spiritual conflict (Luke 4:1-13). It is the Holy Spirit who effects new birth (John 3:1-16). In John 14:16 Jesus told His disciples that He was going to send them “another Counselor,” referring to the Spirit. There are two Greek words for “another,” one meaning another of the same kind (allos) and the other

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