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GOD KNOWS OUR TEARS

December 24, 2019Uncategorizedancient, bible customs and curiosities, Christ, Christian, christianity, David, funerals, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, hairs, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, love, Matthew, mouners, mourn, new testament, Old Testament, paul, Psalm, sadness, sorrow, tears, the church, theologyabarkley8

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David may have been referring in this psalm to an ancient custom observed by mourners at funerals. They would collect the tears they shed for departed loved ones in small flasks and place them in their tombs as memorials of their love. The New International Version renders this phrase as “list my tears on your scroll.” But in a marginal note, it cites “put my tears in you wineskin” as a possible reading. Continue reading GOD KNOWS OUR TEARS →

GOD KNOWS OUR TEARS

February 19, 2019Uncategorizedancient, cites, custom, David, funerals, God, God knows our tears, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, jesus, Jesus Christ, Matthew, Matthew 10:30, mourners, New International Version, new testament, NIV, note, notes, Old Testament, One, ones, Psalm, Psalm 56:8, reading, reading tears, record, scroll, shed, shedding, wineskinabarkley8

David may have been referring in this psalm to an ancient custom observed by mourners at funerals. They would collect the tears they shed for departed loved ones in small flasks and place them in their tombs as memorials of their love. The New International Version renders this phrase as “list my tears on your scroll.” Continue reading GOD KNOWS OUR TEARS →

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