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WOMEN OF THE BIBLE “EVE, THE MOTHER OF HUMANKIND”

May 8, 2019Uncategorized1 Peter, 2 Corinthians, abel, Adam, Adam died, Cain, complement, creator, death, Deuteronomy, devil, Eve, eve died, evil, father of lies, feminie, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Heart, helper, John, leaders, liar, lie, life, Mark, marriage, married, mom, mother, mother of mankind, new testament, Old Testament, paradise, post eden, Psalm, Satan, seth, the takeaway, tragic, warned, warned death, woman, women, women of the bibleabarkley8

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Eve enjoys the distinction of being the first woman-in all of human history. Talk about special. Continue reading WOMEN OF THE BIBLE “EVE, THE MOTHER OF HUMANKIND” →

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JESUS GOES PUBLIC

May 8, 2019Uncategorized1 john, 30 years, 40 years, baptizing, Christ, christians, devil, evil, Exodus, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God's angels, goes, help, Holy Bible, Israelites, jesus, John the Baptist, Judean, Matthew, mission, new testament, Old Testament, people, power, public, salvation, Satan, spirit, spiritual, worshipabarkley8

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Skipping the next 30 years in Jesus’ life, Matthew jumps to the start of his ministry, marked by two events: baptism and temptation. Continue reading JESUS GOES PUBLIC →

DEFINITION OF THE DAY “SMYRNA”

May 8, 2019UncategorizedAfter christ, agora, Ancient city, Asia, aurelius, basement, beautiful, before Christ, buildings, Christian, Church, definition, definitions, empire, Ephesus, geographer, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greek, Greek geographer, Holy Bible, Izmir, marcus, Marcus Aurelius, new testament, of, Old Testament, Philomelium, phrygia, polycarp, poverty, revelation, roman, smyrna, Strabo, Turkeyabarkley8

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Ancient city at the modern site of Izmir, Turkey. Smyrna surrounded a well-protected harbor on the Aegean Coast at the outlet of the Hermus River. The city lay at the foot of Mount Pagus and is located about 35 miles north of Ephesus. Extensive trade to and from Asia passed through the city. During the first century A.D. Smyrna reigned as one of the grandest cities of all Asia. Strabo (64 B.C- A.D. 20s), the Greek geographer, called Smyrna “the most beautiful city of all” cities along this coast. A large temple there, dedicated to Emperor Tiberius, boasted Smyrna’s close alliance with the Empire. Continue reading DEFINITION OF THE DAY “SMYRNA” →

IS IT NORMAL FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR THE AUDIBLE VOICE OF GOD?

May 8, 2019Uncategorizedabraham, arms, audible, baptism, beloved, Bible, chirstians, Christ, communicate, cry, crying, crying out, Exodus, feet, foot, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, head, hear, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Isaiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, legs, Mark, miraculously, new testament, Old Testament, people, Pray, prayer, prayers, relationship, relationships, Son, visions, vision], voice, voicesabarkley8

speaker-symbol-of-voice-volume_318-62412 No, it’s not normal if you mean that people hear God’s audible voice daily. God uses a variety of ways to communicate with us. No one can predict when God will speak in an audible voice. Continue reading IS IT NORMAL FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR THE AUDIBLE VOICE OF GOD? →

BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (ANCIENT WRITTEN RECORDS)

May 7, 2019Uncategorized1kings, 2kings, ancient, animal skins, Bible, bible customs and curiosities, Christ, clay, Ezekiel, generations, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Israel, jeremiah, jesus, Job, Job's, King Jahoram, lead tablets, Mesha, monuments, new testament, Old Testament, papyrus, pen, pens, read, reading, record, records, scrolls, stone, stone mounments, tablets, writtenabarkley8

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Job’s desire that his words be recorded for future generations shows three different ways that ancient records were written down. According to the New International Version, these methods were (1) writing on scrolls, (2) writing on lead tablets, and (3) writing on stone monuments. Continue reading BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (ANCIENT WRITTEN RECORDS) →

BIBLE CUSTOMS & CURIOSITIES (CARING FOR A VINEYARD)

May 6, 2019Uncategorizedagricultural, animals, Bible, bible customs and curiosities, bird, birds, Christ, commodities, devil, digged, evil, fenced, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, grapes, grapevine, harvesting, hedge, Isaiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Job, juice, Lamentations, Matthew, new testament, NIV, Old Tesatment, product, Proverbs, ripe, ripening, rows, stakes, thieves, thornbush, tower, vineyardabarkley8

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Wine was one of the most valuable agricultural commodities in Bible times. People grew grapes to make their own wine, and many farmers produced wine for sale as a commercial product. This verse, from Jesus’ parable of the vineyard owner, gives insight into how grapes were grown and made into wine.

Continue reading BIBLE CUSTOMS & CURIOSITIES (CARING FOR A VINEYARD) →

DEFINITION OF THE DAY “HUNGER”

May 6, 2019Uncategorized1 samuel, Christ, covenant, definition, definitions, desert, Deuteronomy, diet, disobedience, disobedient, dreamer, dreaming, dreams, Egypt, exile, Exodus, Ezekiel, food, fortunes, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God'swill, Hannah, holman dictionary, hunger, hungry, Isaiah, Israel, Israel's, jesus, Jesus Christ, John, kill, Luke, Matthew, Moses, obedience, penalty, pierced, plagued, rebellious, revelation, sheep, shepherdabarkley8

HUNGER- Strong need or desire for food. Scripture contains haunting pictures of hunger. Isaiah 29:8 uses the image of a hungry person dreaming of eating only to awake hungry again. In Lam 4:9 those who fell by the sword are reckoned better off than those pierced by hunger. Hunger frequently takes on a theological significance. Exodus 16:3 recounts Israel’s complaint that Moses led them from Egypt to kill them with hunger in the desert. Continue reading DEFINITION OF THE DAY “HUNGER” →

WHY WERE PENALTIES FOR SEXUAL SIN SO SEVERE? (LEVITICUS 18:29)

May 6, 2019Uncategorized1 Corinthains, 2 Corinthians, addictive, awash, bodies, canaanite, celebration, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, health, Heathen, Homosexuality, idolatrous, Israelites, jesus, Jesus Christ, Leviticus, marriage, Nation, nations, new testament, Old Testament, penalties, Problems, punishment, rejection, rejects, sexual, sexual sin, spirit, spiritual, violatesabarkley8

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The Israelites found themselves in the midst of a Canaanite culture that was awash in pagan immorality. These heathen nations had merged spirituality with sensuality to create a very alluring and very dangerous combination. To keep His people from joining this around-the-clock celebration of perversion. God decreed severe punishment for those guilty of sexual sin. Continue reading WHY WERE PENALTIES FOR SEXUAL SIN SO SEVERE? (LEVITICUS 18:29) →

MEN OF THE BIBLE “GIDEON”

May 6, 2019Uncategorized300 men, Angel, camp, crop, crops, gideon, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Israel, Israelites, Jesus Christ, Joash, joy, Judges, Judges7:14, livestock, Lord, melee, Men of the Bible, Midianite, terrorized, torch, wildabarkley8

Judges 7:14- “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has handed the entire Midianite camp over to him.”

Gideon was threshing grain in a wine a press, to hide it from the marauding, when an angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, “The LORD is with you, mighty warrior” (Jud 6:12). Continue reading MEN OF THE BIBLE “GIDEON” →

THE SELECTION OF THE TWELVE

April 15, 2019Uncategorizedacts, Alphaeus, andrew, betrayer, Cana, Capernaum, Christ, fish, fisherman, Galilean, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, James, jesus, John, Judas, Kerioth, Lebbaeus, Luke, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, peter, simon, Son, tax collector, Thaddaeus, twelve apostles, twelve disciples, twin, twins, Zealot, Zebedeeabarkley8

12_Apostles_Activity All three of the synoptic Gospels give an account of Jesus’ selection of His disciples. But only Luke reveals that He spent an entire night in prayer before making His choice (Luke 6:12-16). These were the men who would continue His ministry after Her death, resurrection, and ascension. So He sought God’s will in this decision through fervent prayer. Continue reading THE SELECTION OF THE TWELVE →

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