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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (SACRED STONES PT4)

09/01/2021Uncategorized1 Kings, 2 Kings, Asa, biblical authors, Christ, destoryer, everyday life in bible times, Faith, faithfulness, God, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Hezekiah, Hosea, hyperbole, Jehu, jesus, Jesus Christ, Joram, Josiah, Kings, Lord, Micah, new testament, Old Testament, pagan worship, Rehoboam, sacred stone, sacred stones, son of Solomonabarkley8

The evaluation at times took a decidedly negative tone. Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, was the first to have his reign characterized in a more negative way due to the first that Judah “step up for themselves high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree” (1 Kings 14:23). This was clearly a case of hyperbole; nevertheless a land that appeared full of what God had forbidden characterized Rehoboam’s rule as less than it needed to be.

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SACRIFICES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

08/30/2021Uncategorizedanimals, animals sacrifices, atonement, blood, blood cries, brother, Cain, Christ, commanded, core, cross, dead, death, died, died on the cross, dwelt, effects, English bible, Faith, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Hebrews, human, humans, innocent, Israel, jesus, Jesus accomplished, Jesus Christ, Leviticus, Matthew, new testament, obedience, Old Testament, origin, paul, places, repentance, Romans, sacrifices, Sin, sinned, sister, tabernacle, Torah, trust, two parts, wages of sin, William Tyndale, word, wordsabarkley8

The idea of sacrifice is at the core of the Christian faith. The sacrifice of Jesus Christ is one of the central truths of the gospel. However, this important element of the Christians faith finds its origin and explanation in the sacrificial system of the Old Testament. It is true that Jesus’ sacrifice has made obsolete the Old Testament sacrificial system (Hebrews 10:1-18). However, the original readers of the letter to the Hebrews knew and understood the sacrificial system of the Old Testament. From that knowledge, they were able to more fully understand Jesus’ work on the cross.

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GOD LIVING WITH HIS PEOPLE

08/30/2021Uncategorizedabel, Abel's gift, Adam and Eve, blood, blood spilled, brokenness, brothers, Cain, Cain and Abel, Cain's gift, Christ, created, enormous, Faith, first-born, fruits and vetagables, garden, God, God created ordered, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, ground, Heart, humanity, humans, I'm my brothers keeper, jesus, Jesus Christ, killing, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, OT, rebelled against God, relationshipsabarkley8

In the beginning God created an ordered, harmonious universe. It was a creation where everything had its place and function. It was a beautiful, good, and blessed creation. God also made special creatures: humans. Humans represented God in his creation. In addition, God created humans as relational beings. Humans were meant to relate to God (he walked alongside them,) to creation (they were the caretakers of the garden), and to each other (God instituted marriage and family life).

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SCRIPTURES OF THE DAY (GALATIANS 5:1-12 “FREEDOM IN CHIRST”)

08/23/2021Uncategorizedbondage, ceased, Christ, circumcised, cross, effect, Faith, fall from grace, freedom in christ, Galatians, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, grace, hinder, jesus, Jesus Christ, judgment, judgmetn, justified, law, love, lump, new testament, Old Testament, persecution, persuasion, righteousness, Sin, sinned, sinner, trouble, true, Truth, yokeabarkley8

5 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

²Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

³For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

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SHOULD CHRISTIANS FOLLOW OTHER PEOPLE, OR SHOULD THEY ONLY FOLLOW GOD?

08/20/2021Uncategorizedability to speak, Christ, compassion, evil, exult, Faith, follow, follower, follower of Christ, follower of God, follower of people, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, grow, help, helped, helper, jesus, leader, Matthew, mature, mentor, new testament, Old Testament, person, persons, Pray, praying, Satan, skill, skilled, skills, steps, teach, teaching, walk, walk in faith, work, youngabarkley8

Surely they should follow God, but following God requires that we observe and follow leaders who are following God. Mature Christian mentors help our faith develop and our understanding of God’s will to grow.

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DOESN’T THE BIBLE PROMISE HAPPINESS TO ALL WHO FOLLOW CHRIST?

08/11/2021Uncategorized1 Peter, 2 peter, biblical promies, Christ, exceeding joy, Faith, glory, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greatly rejoice, happiness, happy, Heaven, heaviness, jesus, Jesus Christ, joy, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, overcomer, redeeming, revelaed, season, seeks, standard, sufferings, temptations, versesabarkley8

Not happiness, but joy. It also promises trouble, as these verses testify. The hard reality of the Bible’s message is that life breeds trouble and Christians are not exempt. In fact, Christians should expect more trouble, as the adversary seeks to derail faith and upset biblical promises.

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SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (FOUR/4)

06/26/2021Uncategorized4, Angel, apocalyptic prophecies, bible signs and symbols, bronze, Christ, clarity, completeness, Cover, cry, cubits, Daniel, Exdous, Ezekiel, Faith, food, four, four Gospels, geographical, glory, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Gospels, here I am, homeless, horizontal, hungry, Isaiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jewel, loosen, Lord, Luke, Matthew, naked, New Jerusalem, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, picture, prophet, revelation, seek, Sin, sinned, sinner, symbolic, wickedness, world, worship tent, yoke, Zacchaeusabarkley8

The number four and groups of four connect with our sense of place in the horizontal world. Everything around us is in one of four directions: east, west, north, or south. In the worldview of the Old Testament, complete descriptions were often developed in sets of four. When the tax collector Zacchaeus expressed his practical faith in Jesus, he included a promise to “pay four times as much as I owe to those I have cheated in any way” (Luke 19:8). Jesus accepted that commitment as a sign of genuine repentance, symbolic of completeness. And there are four Gospels, a complete picture of the life of Christ.

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SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY (REVELATION 2:1-13)

06/24/2021Uncategorizedalive, Antipas, apostle John, apostles, art rich, blasphemy, borne, candlesticks, Christ, Church, churches, crown of life, dead, deeds, died, ear, eat, excpet, fainted, Faith, first love, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, hate, hear, jesus, Jesus Christ, jews, labour, liars, love, martyr, new testament, Nicolaitanes, Old Testament, paradise, Pergamos, repent, revelation, sake laboured, Satan's seat, scripture of the day, smyrna, spirit, tree of life, two edges, walkethabarkley8

1.Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;

²I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

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ARE SOME OF DANIEL’S VISIONS OF THE FUTURE STILL PENDING!

06/04/2021Uncategorizedbabylonian, Daniel, dream, dreams, empire, Faith, future, Jesus Christ, lives, Nebuchadnezzars, power of God, universal recognition, vindicates, vision, visionsabarkley8

The most fascinating of Daniel’s several prophecies involves Nebuchadnezzar’s “forgotten” dream. In the dream, a statue cast in five layers of material represents the Babylonian empire and the four world empires to follow. The rock that crushes them all represents the kingdom of Jesus Christ, which overcomes all secular authority and vindicates the rule of God.

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

06/02/2021Uncategorizeda 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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