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THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD.

March 13, 2023Uncategorizedattributes of God, care, Christ, confident, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, jesus, Jesus Christ, Job, Job 42:2, justice, love, loving, Matthew, mercy, miracles, new testament, Old Testament, Psalms 139:7-12abarkley8

The attributes of God refer to the characteristics or qualities that are inherent in the nature of God. These attributes help us to understand God’s nature and character. While there are many attributes of God, some of the most important include his omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence, love, and justice.

Omniscience refers to God’s all-knowing nature. God knows everything that has happened, is happening, and will happen in the future. This attribute is seen throughout the Bible, such as in Psalm 139:1-6 where the psalmist acknowledges that God knows every thought and action before it even occurs. This attribute also underscores God’s ability to understand and comprehend all things.

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (COMPASSION)

August 28, 2022Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 1 samuel, 2 Chronicles, 2 Samuel, anger, angry, bildad, chamal, charm, chen, Christ, compassion, dead, definition of the day, died, feel, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greek words, grief, happy, Isaiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Job, Joel, KJV, Matthew, messianic, mourn, neighbor, new testament, NRSA, Old Testament, OT, pity, rich, spirit, translate, Zechariahabarkley8

Meaning “to feel passion with someone” or “to enter sympathetically into one’s sorrow and pain.” In various translations of the Bible, this English word is used to translate at least five Hebrew words in the OT and eight Greek words in the NT. The subtle variations in the original terms are emphasized below, with the inevitable overlapping of meaning being apparent.

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (DARKNESS)

July 20, 2022Uncategorized1 Thessalonians, 2 John, 2 peter, 2 Thessalonians, Angels, Christ, crucifixion, Daniel, dark, definition of the day, definitions, Deuteronomy, disobedient, Ephesians, Ezekiel, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, human, Isaiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Job, Jude, light, lighting, Lord, Luke, new testament, Old Testament, OT, Proverbs, Psalm, Romansabarkley8

Absence of lights is used in both physical and figurative senses in both the OT and NT. The darkness that covered the deep before God’s creation of light symbolizes chaos in opposition to God’s orderly creations (Gen 1:2-3). Elsewhere darkness, as well as light, is recognized as the creation of God (Isa 45:7). Darkness is a place where “workers of iniquity may hide” (Job 34:22 NASB); however, darkness does not hide one from God (Psa 139:11-12; Dan 2:22).

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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (A MAN OF MEANS)

May 18, 2022Uncategorized300, 3000 three thousand, 5000, animal, animals, asses, bible customs and curiosities, camels, Christ, donkeys, five thousand, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, jesus, Jesus Christ, Job, Man of means, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, oxens, sheep, yokeabarkley8

In Old Testament times, a man’s wealth was measured by the size of his flocks and herds. Job was a rich man by these standards. Female donkeys are mentioned in this passage because they were more valuable than male donkeys. They milk produced by females was a valuable food substance.

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (DINOSAURS)

May 18, 2022Uncategorizedanimal, animals, Christ, definition, definition of the day, definitions, dolphin, dragon, generically, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, jesus, Jesus Christ, Job, Leviathan, new testament, Old Testament, Psalm, zoologicalabarkley8

Some interpreters hold that many of the biblical references to Leviathan (Job 41:1-34; Psa 74:14; 104:26; Isa 27:1), dragons (Ps 74:13; Isa 27:1; 51:9), and the behemoth (Job 40:14-24) preserve early memories of dinosaurs. Most, however, prefer to explain these great monsters in terms of large and terrifying animals known to man today.

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (HOST OF HEAVEN PT 2 OF 2)

April 27, 2022Uncategorized1 Kings, Babyloniah, built altars, Canaan, chapters, Christ, concep, definition of the day, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Heaven, host, host of heaven, Jerusalem, jesus, Jesus Christ, Job, Josiah, King, Kings, Kings of Judah, Lord, Manasseh, Matthew, Micaiah, NASB, new testament, Old Testament, thron, throne, worship, YaHWeHabarkley8

Manasseh, king of Judah (697 – 642 BC), built altars in Jerusalem for all the “host of heaven” (2 Kings 21:5). He attempted to merge the worship of other gods with the worship of Yahweh. Manasseh’s efforts were reversed when Josiah came to the throne (2 Kings 23:7).

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (WORKERS WITH METAL)

April 25, 2022Uncategorized1 Kings, 1 samuel, 2 Kings, 2 Samuel, abel, acacia wood, Cain, Canaanites, Christ, cole minded, Cooper, customs, David, furnace, Geyptians, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jewlery, Job, Judges, Kenite, manners, manners and customs, Matthew, melted, metal, metalworking, minded, new testament, Old Testament, Philistines, Sinai, Zechariahabarkley8

The metalsmith has a very old pedigree. Cain was a smith, and it was one of his descendants, Tubal-Cain, who was described as “the forger of instruments of bronze and iron” (Genesis 4:17,22). Cain was the father of the Midianite tribe of Kenites who seem to have been involved in many aspects of Israel’s history (see, for example Genesis 15:19; 1 Samuel 15:6). They appear to have exploited the copper of the Sinai with the Egyptians. Artifacts of Kenite metalworking have yielded much of the archaeological information we know concerning ancient metal-working.

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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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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (WEAVE PT3)

September 13, 2021Uncategorized2 Kings, Asherah, body, Christ, cloth, clothes, cut wrap, David, dead, death, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, ground looms, Hezekiah, Isaiah, Israelite, jesus, Jesus Christ, Job, Josiah, loom, Matthew, metaphor, new testament, Old Testament, passed on, pasture, reforms, shepherd, threads, weaveabarkley8

And worse yet, we hear of Israelite women who, prior to the reforms of Josiah, took it on themselves to weave in service to the pagan goddess Asherah (2 Kings 23:7).

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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (SITTING IN DESPAIR)

August 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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