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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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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURISITIES (THE ULTIMATE HONOR)

June 1, 2022Uncategorizedbible customs, bible customs and curiosities, capital, Christ, city, crown, curiosities, customs, Esther, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, haman, head, honor, Horse, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jew, jews, King James Version, king's throne, Matthew, Mordecai, new testament, Old Testament, royal, streets, sweet, sweeter, the ultimate honorabarkley8

This was Haman’s response to the king when he asked how to honor one of his subjects. Haman outlined the highest royal recognition possible because he thought the king intended to honor him.

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SCRIPUTRES OF THE DAY (ACTS 21:26-36)

September 22, 2021Uncategorizedacts, arrested in the temple, ascertain, Asia, Christ, city, cry, Disciples, dragged, ephesian, Faith, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greek, Hebrew, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jew, kill, killed, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, paul, Roamns, Scripture, scripture of the day, scriptures, seven, seven days, temple, Trophimus, trust, turth, vowabarkley8

²⁶Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.

²⁷And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,

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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (TAX COLLECTOR PT2)

September 22, 2021Uncategorizedacts, bible times, chief, chief tax collector, Christ, collector, dramatic, everyday life in bible times, God, God the Father, God the Son, God's House, greed, Jericho, jesus, Jew, Jewish, Jewish leaders, jews, love, Luke, Mark, Matthew, money changers, new testament, Old Testament, prostitutes, Sin, sin-ruined world, sinned, sinner, sinners, sins, tax, tax collector, Tax Collectors, teach, Zacchaeusabarkley8

We also find Jesus using the perceptions linked with tax collectors to jolt the Jewish leaders from their complacency. While he was teaching in the temple courts during the final week of his life on earth, Jesus frequently clashed with the Jewish leaders, who questioned his authority and resisted his invitations to know him as their Savior from sin.

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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (TAX COLLECTOR PT1)

September 20, 2021Uncategorized20 percent, abusers, alcohol, business, Christ, connotations, dishonest, everyday life in bible times, feared, fruit, gluttons, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Gospel, Gospels, grain, greek, half-shekel, Hebrew, herd, inheritances taxes, Jesus Christ, Jew, jews, Leviticus, Luke, manner, Matthew, oil, Old Testament, pagans, pay, picture, produce, Promised land, prostitiutes, public sinners, region, regions, Romans, sanctuary, Sin, sinned, sinner, sixty-five years, state, state taxes, system, tax collector, tax farming, two drachma, wineabarkley8

During the Roman era, tax collectors and the manner in which taxes were collected evolved and varied from one region to the next. Here we offer a general picture of the process that will allow us to appreciate the role tax collectors played in the Gospels. Taxes were paid to both the temple and the state, each of which established its own tax code without consideration of the other. First-century Jews paid a religious tithe of their produce, herd, and flock (Lev 27:30-32); they were also required to pay the half-shekel or two-drachma tax for sanctuary upkeep (Exod 30:13; Matt 17:24). The state demanded taxes that included a poll tax levied on males fourteen to sixty-five years of age and females twelve to sixty-five, real estate tax, customs tax collected at road and harbor stations, a tax on produce that amounted to 10 percent on grain and 20 percent on wine, fruit, and oil, a 1 percent income tax, and sales and inheritance taxes.

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THE BEATITUDES

September 10, 2021Uncategorizedannoying, arguement, beg, begging, blamelessness, crave, desire, Disciples, eagerly, eduction, forgive, frightening, frustrating, gentle, gentleness, God, God promises, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greek, happy, helpless, humility, hunger, hunger and thirst, innocence, Isaiah, Jew, John, lacking, lacking education, lowly, Luke, meaning, meek, meek person, merciful, Moses, new testament, Numbers, Old Testament, peacemakers, persecuted for righteousness, poor in spirit, powerful people, powerless, Psalm, pure in heart, reward, sad, sadness, The Beatitudes, thirst, trust Godabarkley8

WHAT DO THE BEATITIUDDES MEAN?

Jesus surprised his disciples by telling them what kind of people would be blessed by God. His list of traits are called the Beatitudes, meaning “to bless” or “to make happy.”

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (MONEY CHANGERS)

September 10, 2021Uncategorized20 percent, 300 percent, altar, animals, animals sacrifices, changers, Christ, cities, city, commission, definition, definition of the day, foreign, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greek, Hebrew, invest, invested, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jew, Jewish, John, Kermotistes, kollubistes, loaned, Luke, Matthew, money, money changers, new testament, Old Testament, origin, pay, sell, Semitic, Semitic origin, shekel, small change, sold animals, table, temple, temple tax, trapetzites, vendorsabarkley8

Persons whose profession was to sell or exchange Roman or other moneys for Jewish money acceptable in the temple worship. In NT times regions and cities issued their own money. This caused Jews of the Dispersion, those who lived outside of Judea, to bring many kinds of money to Jerusalem. To help visitors change money into that acceptable in Jerusalem, money changers set up tables in the temple court of the Gentiles. Syrian silver coins were the money of Jerusalem then, and worshipers used them to pay their temple tax of a half shekel and to buy sacrifices for the altar.

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SHAKING JESUS’ FAMILY TREE

August 24, 2021Uncategorized1 samuel, 2 Samuel, aaron, abraham, ancestry, apples, Bathsheba, brother, Christ, cousin, dad, family tree, Father, father-in-law, genealogy, generations, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, Jericho, jesus, Jesus family tree, Jew, Jewish, jews, Joseph, King David, Kings, legal document, Luke, Man, mary, Matthew, Men, Messiah, mom, mother, mother-in-law, nephew, new testament, Old Testament, Rachel, Rahab, revered king, Ruth, sister, Tamar, Uriah, virgin, womenabarkley8

The Jews from Matthew’s day would have disagreed. Tradition-minded Jews kept a record of their ancestors partly because certain rights and responsibilities were inherited. Priests descended from Aaron, the brother of Moses. Kings-and the coming Messiah-would descend from David, Israel’s most revered king.

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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (BARABBAS, NOT JESUS)

August 12, 2021Uncategorizedbarabbs, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, Christ, country, crowd, curiosities, Feast, God, God the Holy Spirit, goodwill, governor, insurrectionist, Jerusalem, jesus, Jew, Jewish prisoner, Mark, Matthew, Old Testament, Passover, Passover in Jerusalem, prison, released, religious, roman, roman governor, scenes, workedabarkley8

At the annual celebration of the Passover in Jerusalem (see note on Matthew 26:19), the Roman governor released on Jewish prisoner who was selected by the people. This was a gesture of goodwill to the Jews, who resented the Roman occupation of their country.

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