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SHEPHERD IMAGERY IN THE BIBLE

September 17, 2021Uncategorized1 Peter, 2 peter, 3 John, acts, bad leader, care for sheep, Chief Shepherd, Christ, compassion, Disciples, Ezekiel, flock, foreign, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God's people, Good shepherd, imagery, Isaiah, jesus, Jesus Actions, Jesus Christ, John, Mark, Matthew, Messiah, new testament, Old Testament, parables, prophets, Psalm, revelation, sacrifice, shepherd, shepherds, shepherds duties, Zechariahabarkley8

OLD TESTAMENT

God is the Shepherd (Gen 49:24; Ps 23; 80:1).
God’s appointed leaders are undershepherds (Ezek 34).
Many people in the Old Testament were shepherds by trade, like Abel, Abraham, Isaac, Rachel, Jacob, Moses, and David.
Foreign leaders were sometimes called shepherds when their leadership impacted God’s people (Isa 44:28).
The prophets depicted the distress of Israel without leadership or bad leader in terms of a flock without a shepherd (Ezek 34:1-10; Zech 10:2; 13:7).
The prophets used shepherds imagery to point to the Messiah to come (Ezek 34:22-24; 37:24; Isa 40:11; Zech 13:7; see also Matt 26:31; Mark 14:27).

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (MONEY CHANGERS)

September 10, 2021Uncategorized20 percent, 300 percent, altar, animals, animals sacrifices, changers, Christ, cities, city, commission, definition, definition of the day, foreign, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greek, Hebrew, invest, invested, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jew, Jewish, John, Kermotistes, kollubistes, loaned, Luke, Matthew, money, money changers, new testament, Old Testament, origin, pay, sell, Semitic, Semitic origin, shekel, small change, sold animals, table, temple, temple tax, trapetzites, vendorsabarkley8

Persons whose profession was to sell or exchange Roman or other moneys for Jewish money acceptable in the temple worship. In NT times regions and cities issued their own money. This caused Jews of the Dispersion, those who lived outside of Judea, to bring many kinds of money to Jerusalem. To help visitors change money into that acceptable in Jerusalem, money changers set up tables in the temple court of the Gentiles. Syrian silver coins were the money of Jerusalem then, and worshipers used them to pay their temple tax of a half shekel and to buy sacrifices for the altar.

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WHAT’S THE MEANING OF HOSEA’S REFERENCE TO “HALF-BAKED CAKE”?

September 1, 2021UncategorizedAssyria, bake, baked, Christ, cook, cooked, discarded, Egypt, fire, flat cake, foreign, futile, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, habit, half baked, half-baked cake, Hosea, hot, hot fire, jesus, Jesus Christ, nations, new testament, Old Testament, self-destructive, trouble, uncook, uncookedabarkley8

In times of trouble, Israel had a habit of turning to foreign nations for help and protection. Instead of relying on God, the nation would form alliances with world powers like Assyria or Egypt. The point of a “half-baked cake” was to

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JESUS’ CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE

August 24, 2021Uncategorizedagent, agents, animals, animals sacrifices, annual, body, Capernaum, charges, Christ, clean, cleansing, destroy, festival, foreign, God, God the Father, God the Son, HCSB, His Body, holiday, holy city, Jerusalem, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus cleans the temple, jews, John, marketplace, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, Passover, Passover festival, pay, rebuke, rebuked, selling, sgin, Signs, stop turning, tax, temple, temple taxabarkley8

After this short visit to Capernaum, Jesus apparently traveled to Jerusalem to observe the Passover festival. Here He found the outer courts of the temple cluttered with merchants who were selling sacrificial animals to pilgrims who had come to the Holy City for the annual Jewish holiday. Other agents were busy exchanging foreign currency for the Jewish coins needed to pay the annual temple tax (John 2:13-25).

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SOLOMON AT HIS DUMBEST

February 26, 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, death, Faith, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, idolatry, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, preach, preaching, primitive, prophet, Proverbs, rock, stones, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Kings, 2 Kings, age, baggage, daughter, dumb, dumbest, fake gods, False gods, foreign, gods, Heart, husban, Husbands, Israel king, Jerusalem, Lord, married, secondary wives, seven hundred wives, solomon, three hundred concubines, trade deals, treaties, wife, wives, worshiped idolsabarkley8

There’s a tie for first place.

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DEFINITON OF SLAVE/SERVANT (PART 2)

February 15, 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, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, preach, primitive, prophet, Proverbs, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorizedchild, children, definitons, Deuteronomy, Exodus, foreign, Hebrew, husband, jubilee, kid, kids, law, laws, marry, Old Testament, owner, owners, servant, six, slave, slaves, yearsabarkley8

OLD TESTAMENT – Slavery laws appear in Exod 21:1-11; Lev 25:39-55; and Deut 15:12-18. Most of these concern humane treatment and manumission. A Hebrew sold to another Hebrew or a resident alien because of insolvency was to be released after six years of service and given provisions to start over. If he had come with a wife, she and any children were also released. If the master had given him a wife, she and the children were to remain. If, however, the slave wanted to stay with his wife and children rather than be free, he could enroll himself as a slave for life. A Hebrew who sold himself to another Hebrew or resident alien was to be released during the Jubilee Year. A slave could be redeemed at any time by a relative. A Hebrew girl sold by her father to another Hebrew to become his wife was to be released if that man or his son did not marry her.

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WHY WAS EZRA SO UPSET ABOUT MIXED MARRIAGES?

May 26, 2020bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, 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, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Kings, 2 Kings, above, Boaz, Christ, Deuteronomy, devil, evil, Ezra, foreign, glory, God, gods, intermarriage, interracial marriages, Israel, marriages, married, marry, Midianite, Midianite Woman, mix, mixed, mixing, nations, Satan, syncretism, womanabarkley8

weddd-1280x720 Israel’s greatest problem throughout its history was syncretism-the mixing of pagan religion with worship of the true God. God judged Israel severely for failing to keep worship clean and pure. And one of the easiest inroads to Israel’s heart was through intermarriage with pagan people’s Ezra knew this well, thus his vehement and emotional opposition to taking foreign spouses. Continue reading WHY WAS EZRA SO UPSET ABOUT MIXED MARRIAGES? →

SOLOMON’S SHORTCOMINGS

March 18, 2019Uncategorized1 Kings, 1 Kings 11:3, 1 Kings 11:5, biblical, burden, Christ, comings, David, dead, died, dies, Faith, Faithful, foolish, foreign, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, government, heavy, history, jesus, Jesus Christ, King Solomon, kingdom, lavish, lifestyle, Lord, new testament, Old Testament, rebellion, Rehoboam, reign, short, shortcomings, solomon, spirit, spiritual, tax, taxation, wife, wisdom, wivesabarkley8

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Although King Solomon was noted for his wisdom, he made some very foolish decisions. Some of his lapses in judgment would even have to be categorized as dumb mistakes and fatal sins. Continue reading SOLOMON’S SHORTCOMINGS →

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