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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (INN)

09/06/2021Uncategorizedanimals, 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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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (SITTING IN DESPAIR)

08/24/2021Uncategorized7 days, bible curiosities, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, Christ, courses, CSB, curiosities, customs, fate, Friend, friends, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, ground, Isaiah, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Job, Judah, KJV, lament, Matthew, Micah, mourn, mourning, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, sad, sadness, seven days, sitting in despari, symbolized, wallow, wordabarkley8

Sitting on the ground symbolized sadness and distress. So this is another image from Isaiah that expresses the fate of the nation of Judah if she continued on her present course (read Isaiah 3:24).

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PROPHETS WHO DIDN’T WANT THE JOB

08/16/2021UncategorizedAssyria, Christ, Exodus, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Iraq, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Job, jonah, Lord, Matthew, Moses, new testament, Old Testament, youngabarkley8

Jeremiah. When asked to become a prophet, Jeremiah politely told God no. “I’m too young!” Jeremiah argued (Jeremiah 1:6).

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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (ORPHAN “FARTHERLESS” PT3)

08/13/2021Uncategorizedchild, Christ, Deuteronomy, everyday life in bible times, failure, Father, fatherless, food, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Isaiah, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Job, judgment, kids, leaders, lots, Matthew, motherless, new testament, Old Testament, old-fashioned, paved roads, political, Proverbs, Psalm, society, Zechariahabarkley8

As the biblical authors address the ethics of political leaders and believers in general, they state that it is the treatment of the most disadvantaged members of society-the orphans-that is to distinguish them as God’s people. The Lord paved the way of this moral high road by identifying himself as the one who is the provider of food and clothing for the fatherless (Deut 10:18). He is the helper, defender, and father of the orphan (Psa 10:14, 18; 68:5; 146:9).

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (HELPMEET)

08/12/2021Uncategorized1 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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GOD’S HOSPITAL

05/20/2021Uncategorized1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, acts, church hospital, God, God's Hospital, Hosea, Hospital, jeremiah, John, Lord, Luke, Mark, Matthew, philippians, Romans, soul, souls, Sunday Morning, temporary, theologians, theological, theologically, theology, theoriesabarkley8

“Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise” (Jeremiah 17:14).

When our bodies are injured, we know to go to the nearest hospital for help. When our souls are sick, where do we go? We will find no help at the Regional Medical Center. Only God can help the soul and His hospital for the sin-sick is the church. Eugene Peterson was right when he said, “The Sunday morning congregation is a hospital” (Hos. 6:1; Mk. 2:17; Lk. 4:18). How is the church like a hospital?

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SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (CIRCUMCISE PT 1)

05/14/2021Uncategorizedabraham, Ammon, amputation, bible signs and symbols, blood, circumcise, circumcision, city, clan, community, Deuteronomy, Edom, egyptian, everyday life in bible times, female, female circumcision, flint knife, foreskin, Genesis, household, Israelities, Jacob, jeremiah, Joshua, Leviticus, Lord's statement, male circumcision, male member, Mesopotamian, Moab, new testament, Old Testament, theologians, theological, theologically, theology, Western Semitic, wildernessabarkley8

Male circumcision requires the amputation of the foreskin in order to expose the glans of the penis. The Bible mentions that this procedure was common not only among the Israelites but also in Egypt, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and among “all who live in the wilderness” (Jer 9:25-26); conspicuous by its absence is any mention within Mesopotamian cultures. Consequently, when the Lord spoke with Abraham about circumcision (Gen 17:1-14), any familiarity he had with the procedure probably was gleaned during his Egyptian stay rather than from his experience in his former homeland.

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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (TRAP/SNARE PT 3 OF 3)

05/13/2021Uncategorizedanimals, arrogant, bid, cords, cruel, death, ecclesiastes, eternal fire, everyday life in bible times, Ezekiel, Fall, fish, harsh, Isaiah, jeremiah, last day, life, live, Luke, misfortune, path, Promised land, Psalm, ruin, snare, snares of death, trap, trapsabarkley8

Times of misfortune are also likened to the unexpected and inescapable nature of a trap: “Makeover, no one knows when their hour will come: As fish are caught in a cruel net, or birds are taken in a snare, so people are trapped by evil times that fall unexpectedly upon them” (Eccles 9:12). These harsh times could be the product of their own making, as in the case of the exile of God’s people from the Promised Land that entrapped them (Isa 42:22; Lam 4:20; Ezek 19:8).

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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (GOLIATH’S BATTLE GEAR)

05/10/2021Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 1 samuel, 2 Chronicles, 2 Samuel, animal hide, army, battle gear, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, body armor, bronze, close-quarter, curiosities, custom, David, enemy, Ezekiel, feet, fight, fighting, giant, Goliath, Goliath's battle gear, Greaves, helmet, Javelin, jeremiah, Job, King James Version, King Saul, leg armor, lower legs, metal, NIV, philistine, shield, Spear, tree branches, wood, zincabarkley8

Goliath, the Philistine giant whom David faced in battle, was equipped for close-quarter combat. Several implements of attack and defense are mentioned in these three verses.

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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (TRAP/SNARE PT 1 OF 3)

05/07/2021Uncategorizedancient hunters, animals, animals foot, birds, branch, decoys, devices, everyday life in bible times, fleet-footed deer, fowler, funnel, games, hunters, Isaiah, jeremiah, net, pit trap, Psalm, sapling, snare, springy, trap, trapsabarkley8

Ancient hunters used four different trapping devices to catch game animals and birds: the pit trap, the snare, the entangling net, and the fowler’s net. In the case of the pit trap, the hunters dug a hole on a game trail that was big enough to hold the animals and deep enough to prevent its escape once it had fallen in. A net was stretched over the top of the pit and disguised so that it looked like solid ground. When an animal stepped on the net, the apparently solid ground collapsed, tripping the animal (Psa 35:7; Jer 18:22). The snare was also set along a game trail. It consisted of a cord with a loop on one end that could tighten around an animal’s foot. The

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