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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (FIRST BORN PT1)

April 6, 2022Uncategorizedanimal, animals, beast, blemsih, brother, Christ, definition, definition of the day, definitions, Egypt, egyptian, eldest, eldest son, Esau, estate, firstborn, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, husband, Israel, Jerusalem, jesus, Jesus Christ, leadership, Man, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, portoion, Reuben, rights, sanctuary, sister, Son, wife, wives, woman, YaHWeHabarkley8

First son born to a couple and required of newly married people was believed to represent the prime of human vigor (Gen 49:3; Ps 78:51). In memory of the death of Egypt’s firstborn and the preservation of the firstborn of Israel, all the firstborn of Israel, both of man and beast, belonged to Yahweh (Exod 13:2,15; cp. 12:12-16). This meant that the people of Israel attached unusual value to the eldest son and assigned special privileges and responsibilities to him.

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (SIGNET)

March 28, 2022UncategorizedChrist, definition, definition of the day, definitions, document, ephod, Esther, Exodus, gem, gems, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, HCSB, jesus, Jesus Christ, Joseph, King Darius, Matthew, Mordecai, new testament, Old Testament, priest, rich, signature, signet, YaHWeH, Zerubbabelabarkley8

Usually a ring with a seal carefully crafted upon it that an important or rich person used to authenticate a document. It was used much like a signature on a document today. The ring of kings would carry the highest authority in a land and empowered subordinates to act for the king. Examples of such rings in the Bible are: Pharaoh’s ring given to Joseph (Gen 41:42); Ahasuerus’s ring given to Haman and then to Mordecai after Haman was hanged (Esther 3:10,12; 8:2); King Darius’s sealing the den of lions after Daniel was thrown into it (Dan 6:17).

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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 (INN)

September 6, 2021Uncategorizedanimals, building, camp, camping, camping place, Christ, definition of the day, dwellings, family, first century, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greek, ground, Hebrew, Innkeeper, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Joshua, journey, lodging place, Mark, mary, Matthew, new testament, no room at the Inn, OT, passages, piece, presence, public, public inn, public inns, roman, shelter, shelters, smooth skinned, spring, virgin maryabarkley8

Different kinds of shelters or dwellings. In the OT the Hebrew word translated “inn” or “lodging place” might refer to a camping place for an individual (Jer 9:2), a family on a journey (Exod 4:24), an entire caravan (Gen 42:27; 43:21), or an army (Josh 4:3,8). In these passages (with the possible exception of the reference in Jeremiah) the presence of a building is not implied. Often the reference is only to a convenient piece of ground near a spring. It is doubtful that inns in the sense of public inns with a building existed in OT times.

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (HELPMEET)

August 12, 2021Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Christ, Companion, comparable, definition, definition of the day, definitions, definitions of the day, dominion, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Son, God-given, help, helper, helpmeet, jeremiah, jesus, KJV, Man, Matthew, meet, military allies, modern, NASB, nehemiah, new testament, noun, Old Testament, partner, partnership, Psalm, stresses, suitable, task, TEV, woman, womenabarkley8

KJV term for woman as a helper precisely adapted to man (Gen 2:18). Modern translations supply various equivalents: help suitable for him (NASB, NIV); help as his partner (NRSV); a suitable companion for him (TEV). The noun translated “help” or “partner” does not suggest subordination. Elsewhere the term is used of God as Help (1 Chorn 12:18; Psa 30:10; 54:4; 121:1)

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (VINE SYMBOLISM)

August 11, 2021Uncategorized1 corinthians, 1 Timothy, 2 Corinthians, 2 Timothy, adorned, angrily, bunch, Christ, customs, Deuteronomy, disadvantaged, Disciples, drink wine, drunken with wine, ecclesiastes, evil, front exterior, fruit, furits, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God's vine, God's vines, grape, grapevine, Isaiah, jesus, John, Judges, Leviticus, manners, manners and customs, Matthew, nazirite, Numbers, Old Testament, passages, pharisees, presence of God, priests, Psalm, Romans, sanctuary, Satan, Synagogue, thanksgiving, tithe, Titus, true vine, vines, vineyard, vineyards, wine, wine drinking, wine titheabarkley8

The vine was of great importance in the religion of Israel. It was used as a symbol of the religious life of Israel itself, and a carving of a bunch of grapes often adorned the front exterior of the synagogue. The symbolism was based upon passages such as Psalm 80 and Isaiah 5:1-5 where Israel is God’s vine.

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A LITTLE KNOWN FACT ABOUT (BABYLON)

August 9, 2021UncategorizedAkkad, Babylon, Babylon Empire, babylonian, babylonians, Calneh, Christ, city, Egypt, empire, foundation, Genesis, God, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, ham, Iran, japheth, Jesus Christ, King Hammurabi, Moses, Nimrod, Noah, Noah's sons, oldest cities, power, Sham, warriorabarkley8

A warrior hero built this city. How fitting since Babylon one of the oldest cities on the planet-eventually flexed its muscles and conquered most of the Middle East to become the sprawling Babylonian Empire,

Nimrod was that warrior. A descendant of Noah’s second son, Ham, Nimrod “built the foundation for his empire in the land of Babylonia, with the cities of Babel [Hebrew for “Babylon”], Erech, Akkad, and Calneh” (Genesis 10:10).

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DEINITION OF THE DAY (ISSACHAR)

July 6, 2021Uncategorized2 Kings, Baasha, bible definition, Christ, definition of the day, definitions of the day, definitoin, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Issachar, Jacob, Jesus Christ, Jezreel, Judges, man for hire, Minor, ninth son, Old Testament, Tolaabarkley8

Personal name meaning “man for hire” or “hireling.” Ninth son of Jacob, the fifth borne by Leah (Gen 30:18). He became the progenitor of the tribe of Issachar. Almost nothing is known about his personal history. The tribe of Issachar occupied territory in the northern part of Palestine, just southwest of the Sea of Galilee (Josh 19:17-23. The tribe was not prominent in Israel’s history. Tola, one of the so-called “minor” judges, was of the tribe of Issachar (Judg 10:1-2).

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IS EROTIC LOVE OKAY?

July 6, 2021Uncategorized1 Kings, 2 Kings, Bible book, celebrating, devotion, erotic, erotic love, Faithful, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Israel, jesus, love, marriage, Men, song of solomon, Song of Songs, womanabarkley8

One theme rings throughout this unique Bible book: Falling head over heels in love is fantastic! The pleasure of sexual intercourse is celebrated here in language that leaves no doubt. This book has been interpreted by some as an allegory, devaluing the erotic element in favor of a more vertical meaning (God’s love of Israel, for example). But the plan language of the book is devoted powerfully to celebrating God’s gift of love to a man and woman. So, let’s face it-if you’re going to meet and fall in love, do it this way.

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NAME OF GOD (WORD)

July 1, 2021Uncategorized1 john, 2 John, bear record, blood, Christ, creation of the world, description, devil, eternal, evil, Genesis, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Heaven, humans, jesus, Jesus Christ, John, John writings, language, Lord, Matthew, names of God, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, Revelations, speak, trinity, word, world, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. 9 And I say unto youabarkley8

John 1:1: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

The prologue of John’s Gospel (John 1:1-18), of which this verse is a part, focuses on Jesus as the eternal Son, who existed with God the Father before the creation of the World.

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