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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (ORPHAN “FARTHERLESS” PT3)

August 13, 2021Uncategorizedchild, Christ, Deuteronomy, everyday life in bible times, failure, Father, fatherless, food, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Isaiah, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Job, judgment, kids, leaders, lots, Matthew, motherless, new testament, Old Testament, old-fashioned, paved roads, political, Proverbs, Psalm, society, Zechariahabarkley8

As the biblical authors address the ethics of political leaders and believers in general, they state that it is the treatment of the most disadvantaged members of society-the orphans-that is to distinguish them as God’s people. The Lord paved the way of this moral high road by identifying himself as the one who is the provider of food and clothing for the fatherless (Deut 10:18). He is the helper, defender, and father of the orphan (Psa 10:14, 18; 68:5; 146:9).

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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (TEAR A GARMENT PT 1 OF 2)

April 22, 2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, christians, Church, curiosities, customs, death, evil, Faith, forgive, Forgivness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, Judah, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, OT, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Kings, 1 samuel, 2 Kings, 2 Samuel, accident, ancient, assyrian, culture, dead, death, died, dressers, ecclesiastes, Esther, everyday life in bible times, Exodus, Ezra, failure, garment, Genesis, grief, Hezekiah, intense, Jerusalem, Job, Joshua, King, King Hezekiah, loss of position, Mark, Matthew, mourning, national, Near East, people, personal level, raising children, rip, ripped, risk, ritual, siege, tearing, torn, torn garmentabarkley8

If we tear our clothing, it is generally by accident unless we are tearing up an old garment for rags. This was not true in the culture of Bible times where the tearing of one’s garment was an external sign of one’s internal pain. The average person of the era did not have multiple changes of clothing like we do in our closets and dressers; consequently, they took great care to prevent accident tearing of their clothing (Exod 28:32; Matt 9:16; Mark 2:21). But there was “a time to tear and a time to mend” (Eccles 3:7); the time to intentionally tear was a time of intense grief that might have included repentance.

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THE TWELVE DISCIPLES

November 28, 2018Uncategorized12 disciples, andrew, background, Bartholomew, disciple of Christ, failure, follow Christ, forgiveness, God, Holy Bible, Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, James, Jesus Christ, John, Judas Iscariot, King James, Matthew, mission, peter, philip, power of the spirit, purpose, serve Christ, siomon, Thaddaeus, Thomas, twelve apostles, twelve disciplesabarkley8

WHO ARE THE TWELVE DISCIPLES?

THEIR BACKGROUNDS

They were twelve Jewish men whom Jesus called to follow him during his three-year ministry on earth.
The twelve disciples were from the Galilee region in the north except for Judas Iscariot, who was from Judea in the south.
Their occupations ranged from fisherman to tax collectors and revolutionaries.
Some were married (Mark 1:29-31; 1 Cor 9:3-6).
Some were well-versed in Scripture (John 1:46).

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