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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIME (ORPHAN PT1)

August 9, 2021Uncategorized2 Kings, ambiguous, boy, child, children, Christ, Deuteronomy, difficult life, emotional, emotional trauma, everyday life in bible times, family, girl, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, ideal family, Israel, jesus, Jesus Christ, limbo, Matthew, mother, new testament, Numbers, Old Testament, orphan, property, right, security, trauma, widowabarkley8

In the Bible an orphan was a boy or girl, Israelite or non-Israelite, who was unmarried and had lost one or both parents. The circumstances of such children are best understood when compared to the perceived ideal family living situation in Israel. The ideal was a father, mother, and their sons and daughters who owned farmland inherited from the father’s family. The land allowed them to grow their food and graze their animals with the support of and under the protection of the extended family.

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IS WEALTH IMMORAL?

July 20, 2021Uncategorized1 Timothy, Bible, blessing, Christ, Church, evidence, evil, family, financial, given, giving, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, immoral, jesus, Jesus Christ, lazy, leisure, love of money, Matthew, money, money wars, new testament, Old Testament, rich, root, sorrows, soul, spake, successful, supply, time, wealth, workabarkley8

Not in itself Wealth can be the source of great blessing when used properly. But money is indeed the world’s preeminent symbol of success and, as such, a constant threat to the soul’s primary loyalty. As evidence of this, we no longer question these “givens” about modern life.

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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.

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NOAH AND THE FLOOD (GENESIS 6 – 9)

June 2, 2021Uncategorized"faith Chapter", 45 feet high, 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, animals, body of water, building, catastrophic, dimensions, dry, earth, family, fear, flood, flood the earth, football field, forty days and forty nights, Genesis, godly, hand of God, Hebrews, household, KJV, Lord, middle east, modern barge, NIV, NKJV, NLT, Noah, Noah and the ark, Noah and the flood, Old Testament, region, ridicule, righteousness, several months, short supply, the ark, three-story vessel, water, wickednessabarkley8

Hebrews 11 is known as the “faith chapter” of the Bible it contains a list of several heroes of the Old Testament who were known for their great faith. Number three on this list is Noah, who, “being divinely warned of things no yet seen, [and] moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith” (Hebrews 11:7 NKJV).

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WOMAN OF THE BIBLE (ANNA “FAITHFUL TO THE VERY END”)

May 3, 2021Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, christians, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, NASB, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, OT, study, sunday, the church, theology, women of the bible1000 women, age, Anna, arms, battle, careers, cemeteries, Faithful, family, farewell, friends, God-focused, health, Israel, Lady, Luke, massacre, math, members, Men of the Bible, senior citizen, Simeon, temple, widow, women of the bibleabarkley8

Someone once remarked that growing old isn’t a battle but a massacre.

Sadly, in most cases this is all too true. If we live long enough, we are forced to grieve a lone, painful series of losses. As we age, we say farewell-usually to our careers, often to our health, sometimes to our memories, always to the independent lives we once knew. And the older we get, the more often we will have to stand in funeral homes and cemeteries and say goodbye to beloved family members and dear friends.

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WHY DID DAVID (“A MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART”) KEEP SO MANY WIVES?

May 3, 2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, christians, Church, customs, everyday life, everyday life in bible times, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Hebrew, Holy Bible, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, study, sunday, the church, theologyaccumulated, ancient middle east, begat, biblical, David, Deuteronomy, family, Genesis, Israel, Kings, many wives, marriages, new testament, Old Testament, pagan kings, polygamy, sons, stress, two wives, wife, wivesabarkley8

The Bible never explicitly condemns polygamy. Many Old Testament leaders accumulated wives in a manner similar to the pagan kings of the ancient Middle East without divine disapproval. A closer look, however, reveals that God originally defined marriage as “a man

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DOES IT REALLY MATTER THAT MUCH IF JESUS EVER COMES BACK TO EARTH?

April 29, 2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, christians, Church, curiosities, customs, devil, Faith, forgive, Forgivness, 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, OT, Paul, prayer, praying, preach, preaching, primitive, prophet, rise, risen, satan, sin, sinned, sinner, study, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Peter, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 2nd coming, apocalypse, comes back, divine power, early church, earth, end times, Faith, faithfull, false images, family, final days, forward, generations, God's family, grown, immediate, jesus, larger, long wait, power, return, schedule, second comingabarkley8

When Jesus makes a promise, He keeps it. Previous generations thought they would see Jesus’ return, but they did not. Through this long wait, God has been faithful to His people. The church has grown. God’s family is getting larger.

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WHY WAS CHILDBEARING AND FATEHRING SO IMPORANT IN OLD TESTAMENT DAYS?

April 27, 2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, christians, Church, curiosities, customs, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, metaphor, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, OT, pray, prayer, praying, study, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorizedbethlehem, books, child, childbearing, chip, compture, dad, daughters, descendants, elders, Ephratah, family, Gate, house, insure, Israel, Judah, Leah, memory, mother, name, necessary, pharez, Rachel, Ruth, security, sons, survival, Tamar, time, witnesses, young womenabarkley8

IN the ancient world, ensuring family line was absolutely necessary for security and survival. What else could a person leave behind? Books and writings? Probably not. Money? Yes, the family property might insure prosperity for a generation or two. Sons and daughters? Definitely. Without heirs, why accumulate an estate?

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MEN OF THE BIBLE (JOB “WHEN YOU WORLD FALLS APART”)

April 19, 2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, christians, Church, curiosities, customs, death, Dinner, eat, Faith, fighting, forgive, Forgivness, 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, OT, primitive, prophet, Proverbs, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized7 days, attitude, boils, camels, celebrating, child, children, daughter, days, devil, evil, Fall, falling, family, Friend, friends, God's wrath, house, job oldest son, kids, man of the bible, Men of the Bible, new testament, Old Testament, oldest son, Satan, seven, seven days, Son, wealth, woman of the bible, women of the bible, world, wrathabarkley8

If everything good in your life were suddenly taken away, what would you do? That question lies at the heart of Job’s story in the Old Testament book bearing his name.

Job was a righteous man-someone so above reproach that God held him up to Satan as a model servant. Satan was unimpressed. “Of course Job is faithful to you,” he countered. “He has wealth, family, and excellent health. Take away those things and let’s see how faithful he is.”

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (SIN PT1)

March 29, 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, preach, preaching, primitive, prophet, risen, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorizedabel, actions, Adam, burned, Cain, city, Consequences, death, definition of the day, definitions, devil, disease, Eve, evil, Ezekiel, family, first child, Genesis, Heaven, hell, human rebel, lives, motivation, new testament, Noah, Old Testament, origin, Psalm, purpose, Romans, Satan, shame, Sin, sin origin, sinned, studying sin seriously, surrender to power of evil, thoughts, tower of Babel, violent, words, work, workingabarkley8

Thoughts, words, and actions by which humans rebel against God, miss His purpose for their lives, and surrender to the power of evil.

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