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TRUSTING IN GOD’S PLAN WITH JESUS CHRIST

April 21, 2023Uncategorizedbooks of the Bible, Christ, christian faith, cross, Daniel, dead, death, deeper, ecclesiastes, Ezekiel, Father's plan, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, Isaiah, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, John, King James Holy Bible, Lementations, new testament, Old Testament, personal sacrifice, Proverbs, songs of solomon, sovereign God, trusting in Godabarkley8

Trusting in God’s plan is a fundamental aspect of Christian faith. As followers of Jesus Christ, we are called to trust in God’s sovereignty and his perfect plan for our lives. In this article, we will explore how Jesus Christ’s life and teachings illustrate the importance of trusting in God’s plan.

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MANNERS & CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS)

August 23, 2022Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 1 corinthians, 1 samuel, 2 Chronicles, 2 Corinthians, 2 Kings, 2 Samuel, 2 Samule, balil, bazora, bore, Christ, customs, cymbals, festivities, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Hebrew music, horn, instruments, Isaiah, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jubal, Kinnor, manners and customs, manners and customs of the bible, Matthew, menanaim, metal, meziltaim, Music, musical instuments, musicians, nebel, new testament, Numbers, Old Testament, percussion, pip, pipe, possessed, qeren, reed, religious, sheep-gut, shophar, skin bottle, sound, soundbox, stringed, temple, tof, trumpet, woddenabarkley8

Music was very much a part of religious life, and musicians had always been important. They were classed along with smiths and those who possessed flocks and herds. Jubal was recognized as the father of all who played the pipe (Gen 4:20-21). We therefore find many examples of music in Bible times. The instruments that were played are not always easy to identify from their Hebrew names, but the following instruments (arranged alphabetically) are the most important ones used:

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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (A MAN WITH AN INKHORN)

August 21, 2022Uncategorized6 men, Babylonian army, Bible, bible customs and curiosities, curiosities, customs, Ezekiel, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, ink, inkhorn, jeremiah, Jerusalem, Jesus Christ, judgment, kit, lampblack, new testament, Old Testament, six men, sootabarkley8

In Ezekiel’s vision, he saw six men from the north arrive in Jerusalem. They probably represented the Babylonian army, whom God had appointed as His instrument of judgement against His people because of their sin and idolatry.

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (WINE-MAKING)

August 16, 2022Uncategorized6 weeks, blob of wet clay, books of the Bible, cellars, Christ, clay, clean, disinfectant, drink, fermented, fermented drink, fruits, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, grain, house, Isaiah, jar, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Judaea, Leviticus, manners, manners and customs, Matthew, Mediterranean, new testament, Old Testament, pomegranates, poor, sediment, six, tipped, vessels, wine, wine bottles, wine makingabarkley8

The grape juice was allowed to stand and ferment in the collecting vessels for about six weeks. A sludge known as lees formed at the bottom of the vessels. The wine was then tipped up gently into jars without disturbing the sediment (Jer 48:11). The jars were sealed with clay, but there was a small hole by the handle that allowed the gases released during the remaining fermentation to escape. When the process was complete, the hole was sealed with a blob of wet clay and the owner’s name or seal was put on the clay. It was possible to put the wine in wineskins (goatskin bottles), but if the gases, then it would burst and the wine would be lost. This is the point of Jesus’ illustration in Matthew 9:17.

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS IN THE BIBLE (WAR AND RELIGION)

June 1, 2022Uncategorized1 samuel, 2 Samuel, Book of the Wars of the Lord, burned, burning, Christ, death, degree, Deuteronomy, Exodus, fire, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Habakkuk, Isaiah, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jew, jews, Joshaua, Joshua, Lord of Hosts, new testament, Numbers, Old Testament, Religion, under the curse, Vicotry, war, war and religion, warfareabarkley8

It was not possible to separate warfare from religion. The connection of the two was evident in many aspects of military practice. To the Jews, God was the Lord of Hosts who went before them into battle (Exo 15:3; Judg 4:14; 1 Sam 17:45; Isaiah 42:13). There was a sacred “Book of the Wars of the Lord” (Num 21:14). Before going to war, the men had to keep themselves ritually clean, not even engaging in sexual relationships (2 Sam 11:11). Health laws were involved in the commandments concerning ceremonial uncleanliness, but there were other laws in operation as well as those (Deut 13:13-14).

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS IN THE BIBLE (ANGELS UNAWEAR)

April 27, 2022Uncategorized1 Peter, 2 John, 2 peter, 3 John, Angels, angels unaware, Christ, Ezekiel, Gaalatians, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Hebrews, hospitality, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, jews, love, manners and customs, Old Testament, philoxeniah, Zephaniahabarkley8

The Jews believed that God sometimes sent angels in disguise to test whether people were obeying the law of hospitality. They knew that this had happened to Abraham (Genesis 18:2-13) and to Gideon (Judges 6:17-22), and they believed therefore that the same thing might happen to them (Hebrews 13:2). This style of thinking gave rise to problems as well as opened the way for revelation. Many Jews thought that if they were in the house of God then they would be under God’s protection, and as a result tended to be careless in their daily living (Jeremiah 7:14). They did not realize that the glory of God had departed from the Temple and that it was no longer, therefore, the house of God (Ezekiel 11:23).

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WHERE IS THE ARK TODAY?

September 13, 2021Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, ark, ark of the covenant, babylonian, cave, celebration, Christ, Dead Sea, Ezra, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, Hebrews Levites, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ in the ark of the covenant, John, King Josiah, King Nebuchadnezzar, Matthew, new testament, Passover, Pompey, popularity, prophet, Raiders of the Lost ark, Ramesses 2, Ramesses II, rebuild the Temple, Roamn, templeabarkley8

Today the ark is not necessary because God’s presence travels with each and every believer. Before going away, Jesus promised that he would be with his church forever, and he also promised to send the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is God’s presence in our midst.

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (HUNT/HUNTER)

September 13, 2021Uncategorized1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Ancient egyptians, arrows, Ashurbanipal, blood, bow, bow and arrows, Christ, civilization, David, definition of the day, Deuteronomy, driving, egyptians, Esau, Ezekiel, food, food sources, gazelle, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, hunt, hunter, hunters, Isaiah, Ishmael, Israelite ancestors, jeremiah, Jesus Christ, Job, josephus, Judah, Kings of Israel, Leviticus, lion, magic, magical, Matthew, methods of hunting, Mosaic law, NASB, new testament, Nimrod, NIV, Old Testament, Pastorals, Phoenicians, Proverbs, REB, Saul, seminmadic stageabarkley8

To pursue game for food or pleasure. Hunting was an important supplementary food source, especially in the seminomadic stage of civilization. Genesis mentions several hunters by name, none of whom are Israelite ancestors (Nimrod, 10:9; Ishmael 21:20; Esau, 25:27), perhaps suggesting that hunting was more characteristic of Israel’s neighbors than of Israel. Hunting was, however, regulated by Mosaic law. The blood of captured game was to be poured out on the ground (Lev 17:13). Deuteronomy 14:3-5 outlines what game was permitted as ritually clean food.

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SCRIPTURES OF THE DAY (JEREMIAH 39:11-18)

September 8, 2021UncategorizedAhikam, Babylon, chief, Christ, Ebed-Melech, Ethiopian, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, King, King Nebuchadnezzar, Lord, Matthew, Nebuchadnezzar, new testament, Old Testament, people, prison, prisons, prizeabarkley8

¹¹Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,

¹²Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.

¹³So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon’s princes;

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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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