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LEARING ABOUT A FALSE IDOL (RIOT)

September 14, 2022UncategorizedChrist, Colossus, Diana, Ephesus, fight, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greece, greek, Hebrew, idol, idols, jesus, Jesus Christ, merchants, Mother of a riot, paul, Philon, prayed, pyramids, Religion, Rhodes, roman, Romans, Seven Wonders of the World, silversmith, statue, temple, worried, worship idols, worshippingabarkley8

Paul is too successful in Ephesus-at least as far as the idol-making lobbyists are concerned. There are Seven Wonders of the World. But the most beautiful, according to one writer who said he saw all seven, is a temple in Ephesus dedicated to the Greek goddess Artemis. Romans call her Diana.

“I have seen the walls and hanging gardens of ancient Babylon, the statue of Olympian Zeus, the Colossus of Rhodes, the mighty work of the high pyramids, and the tombs of Mausolus,” wrote the Greek scientist Philon in the 200s BC. “But when I saw the temple at Ephesus rising to the clouds, all these other wonders were put in the shade.”

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (SOLOMON’S ARMY)

July 20, 2022Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 1 Kings, 2 Chronicles, 2 Kings, army, Christ, crop, customs, Deuteronomy, emergency, fight, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, highway, jesus, Jesus Christ, kingdom, manners, manners and customs, marriage, married, marry, Matthew, new testament, officers, Old Testament, Solomon's army, vineyardabarkley8

It was Solomon who built up a professional army, for through taxation and trading he was able to accumulate sufficient wealth to pay for it (1 Kings 10:25-27). In times of national emergency the regular army was supplemented by conscripts. Recruiting officers went through the tribes on such occasions and were still in use at a much later date (2 Kings 25:18; 2 Chronicles 11:1).

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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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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (HAND “TO RAISE OR STRETCH OUT” PT 3 OF 3)

May 10, 2021Uncategorizedaaron, Amalekites, arm, battle, bible times, Egypt, escalating, everyday life in bible times, Exodus, Ezekiel, fight, fighting, fleeing, hand, hands, helpless, Hur, Israelites, judgments, Lord, Moses, power, Psalm, raise, rebel, red sea, stretchabarkley8

In the Bible God is pictured in this pose when he is ready to strike those who rebel against him or to fight in defense of the helpless (Psa 10:12; 118:13-16; Isa 5:25; 10:4; 19:16).

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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (GOLIATH’S BATTLE GEAR)

May 10, 2021Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 1 samuel, 2 Chronicles, 2 Samuel, animal hide, army, battle gear, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, body armor, bronze, close-quarter, curiosities, custom, David, enemy, Ezekiel, feet, fight, fighting, giant, Goliath, Goliath's battle gear, Greaves, helmet, Javelin, jeremiah, Job, King James Version, King Saul, leg armor, lower legs, metal, NIV, philistine, shield, Spear, tree branches, wood, zincabarkley8

Goliath, the Philistine giant whom David faced in battle, was equipped for close-quarter combat. Several implements of attack and defense are mentioned in these three verses.

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SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY (JEREMIAH 34:8-22 “TREACHEROUS TREATMENT OF SLAVES”)

April 29, 2021army, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, christians, Church, curiosities, customs, death, fighting, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, jesus, Jesus Christ, Judah, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, OT, study, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized, work6 years, bondmen, calf, cities, city, covenant, daughter, daughters, desolation, earth, Egypt, enemies, Father, fathers, fight, fire, handmaids, Hebrew, house of bondmen, inhabitant, jeremiah, Jerusalem, Jew, Judah, King, King Zedekiah, kingdom, land, liberty, Lord, maidservant, manservant, mother, mothers, neighbors, obeyed, priests, princes, six years, transgressed, twain, Zedekiahabarkley8

⁸This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;

⁹That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrews, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (SPORTS)

April 16, 20211 corinthians, 1 timothy, 2 Corinthians, 2 timothy, Abner, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, bouts, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, christians, Church, curiosities, customs, death, fighting, games, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greco-roman, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, metaphor, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, OT, Paul, preach, prophet, Proverbs, race, skill, stones, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized, work1 corinthians, 1 samuel, 2 Corinthians, 2 Samuel, Abner, balls, bouts, boxing, christian life, definition of the day, definitions, Exodus, fight, fighters, flight, foot races, fugures, Galatians, game, games, Genesis, Gibeon, gladiatorial, Gospel, greco-roman, gruesome, Hebrew, Hebrews, Isaiah, Jacob, Judges, metaphor, Peniel, philippians, Psalm, race, races, running, skilled, spiritual discipline, Sports, stephen curry, walking, work, workers, wrestling, Zechariahabarkley8

The Hebrew verb “make sport” is used to indicate ridicule (e.g. Gen 21:9) but also sport in the sense of entertainment (Jug 16:25,27) or play (Exod 32:6; 104:26; Zech 8:5).

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DID YOU KNOW THAT AN ANGEL ONCE DESTROYED AN ENTIE ARMY?

March 26, 2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, death, 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, rise, risen, rock, rocks, stones, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Angel, Angels, army, Assyria, battles, build, built, destroyed, did you know, fight, God, Hezekiah, home, Jerusalem, Judah, King, King Sennacherib, lean, miraculously, Sennacherib, servent, shame, small nation, soldier, soldiersabarkley8

King Sennacherib of Assyria had a huge army and ruled a large empire. And he was determined to add Judah to the list of nations under his control. He believed that no one could resist his demands-after all. Assyria had never lost a war, and Judah was a small nation. But Sennacherib failed to realize that Judah was different-it’s king, Hezekiah, depended on the Lord to fight Judah’s battles.

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DID YOU KNOW THAT A CHOIR ONCE WON A BATTLE?

March 15, 20211 corinthians, 2 Corinthians, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, Faith, Forgivness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, gravel, harvest, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, Judah, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, preach, preaching, primitive, prophet, Proverbs, risen, rock, rocks, Ruth, stones, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, amazing facts, army, battle, battles, choir, countries, enemy, fight, fighting, hymn, Jehoshaphat, Judah, King Jehoshaphat, planned, singing, soldiers, threat, threatenedabarkley8

This amazing event began when the people of Judah were threatened by armies from three countries. After God told King Jehoshaphat that he would protect Judah, the king planned for battle. He decided that a choir should go in from of the army, singing a hymn. When the enemy soldiers heard the choir, they began fighting among themselves and destroyed each other!

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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (PLUNDER)

February 2, 2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, death, 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, preaching, prophet, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 1 samuel, 2 Chronicles, 2 Samuel, ancient, Babylon, battle, Benjamin, bible times, community, CSB, day, dominance, egyptian, empires, Exodus, Ezekiel, farthless, fight, force, Genesis, gold, Hosea, Isaiah, jeremiah, Jewelry, Joshua, Judges, Kings, KJV, language, loot, metals, money, Near East, NIV, Numbers, Old Testament, philinstines, plunder, plundering, Proverbs, Psalm, silver, soldiers, threat, wealth, widow, widowsabarkley8

From an early age we are taught to respect the belongings of others even if our size and strength make it possible to take them by force. In order to understand the actions of the people of the ancient Near East, we need to make a major adjustment in this thinking. Within the cultural construct of this world, the expectation was that those who were victorious in battle had the right to seize the personal property of those defeated and even enslave the owners of that property. This practice of plundering is mentioned repeatedly in the literature of the ancient world peatedly in the literature of the ancient world and illustrated in the art of the empires that rose to power during the Old Testament era.

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