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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (FALSE CHRISTS)

June 4, 2021Uncategorizedben, Christ, Christ in Greek, city, crowds, definition, definition of the day, Disciples, divine, false, False Christ, false god, false prophets, Festus, fight, Florus, Galilean, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jordan, Joshua, Judah, Manahem, Manahem ben Judah, Mark, Matthew, Messiah, Pelia, procurator, prophets, roman, rome, siege, Transjordan, wildernessabarkley8

Imposters claiming to be the Messiah (Christ in Greek). Jesus associated the appearance of messianic pretenders with the fall of Jerusalem (Matt 24:23-26; Mark 13:21-22). Jesus warned His followers to be skeptical of those who point to signs and omens to authenticate their false messianic claims. Jesus also urged disbelief of those claiming the Messiah was waiting in the wilderness or was in “the inner rooms” (perhaps a reference to the inner chambers of the

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WHO WAS THE FOURTH PERSON IN KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S FURNACE?

June 2, 2021Uncategorizeda divine being, Abednego, angelic, appearance, being, campanion, Christ Himself, Daniel, divine, face to face, Faith, Faithful, faithful men, fiery, fiery furnace, fourth man, furnace, identity, King Nebuchadnezzar, lion's den, Meshach, Old Testament, person, persons, protect, Shadrach, worshipabarkley8

Perhaps this was an early visit by Christ Himself or maybe an angelic companion God sent is protect the three faithful men. Whatever his identity, the fourth person’s appearance was different. The king described him as someone who “looks like a divine being,”

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CAN GOD FORGET

May 11, 2021Uncategorizedbible passages, divine, erase, forget, God, Hebrews, hurt, hurtful, melancholy, memories, ridding, sadness, sinned, sins, theology, warn, washingabarkley8

Several Bible passages warn that God’s memory is complete with respect to people’s sins, even with respect to their thoughts (Hebrews 4:13). However, God apparently wants to forget the sins He has forgiven; indeed, He claims to do se here.

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HOW DID THE SPIRIT OF GOD “COME UPON” ANCIENT LEADERS?

April 8, 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, preaching, prophet, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, acts, ancient, Asa, Azariah, divine, empowers, fills, God, help, King Asa, kingdom, leaders, mechanics, Oded, pagan, pagan kingdom, purpose, special sense, spirit, spirit of God, unclear, word, worshipabarkley8

The mechanics are unclear, as always, but the result was a special sense of divine help and presence that enabled the leader to do God’s will. In very few places in the Bible is the coming of the Holy Spirit described in any detail (Acts 2), but the spirit descends, fills, and empowers according to God’s will and purpose.

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DOES GOD “PUT DOWN” CERTAIN NATIONS?

March 29, 2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, forgive, Forgivness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, preach, preaching, primitive, Proverbs, rock, rocks, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized1st world christians, 3rd world, America, blessed nation, devil, divine, evil, Israel, Nation, nations, neighboring, new testament, Old Testament, peace, Psalm, put down, Satan, Sin, sinned, theologicalabarkley8

Yes, God decides to prosper some nations (Old Testament Israel most dramatically) at the expense of neighboring nations (three are mentioned in this psalm). As land is limited, when God gives land to Israel, it must come at someone’s expense. In this case, Canaanite fiefdoms “lose.” in that sense, some nations are put down.

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WHY DOES GOD CLAIM ONLY FIRSTBORN MALES FOR SPECIAL OWNERSHIP?

November 20, 2019UncategorizedBible, bible studies, bible study, Character, child, children, choices, chronological, con, devil, divine, Egypt, evil, Exodus, figment, firstborn, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, gods, Holy Bible, human, human relationship, Israel, James, last born, Levites, male sons, new testament, Numbers, Old Testament, omnipotent, own, ownership, parents, plague, pro, relationship, Sin, sinned, sinner, sovereign, special, symbolic, theologyabarkley8

When God chooses to do anything, His choice involves saying yes to something and no to something else. Here, the choice seems arbitrary to our thinking. It could as well have been firstborn females, or last born, as far as we can jusdge.

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ARE SATAN AND GOD ON SPEAKING TERMS (JOB 1:6-7)

February 4, 2019UncategorizedBible, bible authors, divine, events, eyewitness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God's plan, hide, human, Job, Job 1:6-7, King James Holy Bible, Satan, speakingabarkley8

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The Lord speaks; Satan speaks. They talk about Job as if they are negotiating over the evil initiatives that Satan propose and the constraints that God imposes. Do cosmic conversations like this really happen? Continue reading ARE SATAN AND GOD ON SPEAKING TERMS (JOB 1:6-7) →

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