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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (PLUNDER)

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From an early age we are taught to respect the belongings of others even if our size and strength make it possible to take them by force. In order to understand the actions of the people of the ancient Near East, we need to make a major adjustment in this thinking. Within the cultural construct of this world, the expectation was that those who were victorious in battle had the right to seize the personal property of those defeated and even enslave the owners of that property. This practice of plundering is mentioned repeatedly in the literature of the ancient world peatedly in the literature of the ancient world and illustrated in the art of the empires that rose to power during the Old Testament era.

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (FERTILITY CULT PT1)

02/01/2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, Proverbs, stones, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Kings, 2 Kings, Anath, Ashtoroth, Asia, Baal, Baal-Hadad, bible definition, bible dictionary, children, Cybele, daughter, definition, definition of the day, definitions, deity, Deuteronomy, E1, earth, Egypt, Ezekiel, fertility cult, God, goddess, gods, greek, Hebrew, home, Hosea, Judges, livestock, male, millennium, mother, myth, osiris, priests, religions, sexual intercourse, sexual relations, Syria, Tammuz, Ugaritic, Zechariahabarkley8

General term for religions marked by rites that reenact a myth accounting for the orderly change of the seasons and the earth’s fruitfulness. Such myths often involve a great mother-goddess as a symbol of fertility and a male deity, usually her consort but sometimes a son, who like vegetation dies and returns to life again. In Mesopotamia the divine couple was Ishtar and Tammuz (who is mourned in Ezek 8:14); in Egypt, Isis and her sons Osiris: in Asia Minor, Cybele and Attis. In Syria the Ugaritic myths of the second millennium B.C. pictured Baal-Hadad, the storm god, as the dying and rising god. (A local manifestation of this god is mourned in Zech

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (ONLY BEGOTTEN)

01/14/20211 corinthians, 2 Corinthians, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 john, 2 John, abraham, agapetos, Alone, Arian doctrine, beloved, child, creed, definition, definition of the day, definitions, ESV, Galatians, greek, HCSB, Hebrew, Hebrews, huioi, jerome, Jesus Christ, John, Judges, KJV, latin, Luke, Matthew, monogenes, monos, NAB, NASB, NIV, NJB, NLT, NRSV, only begotten son, Psalm, REB, revelation, Romans, Son, TEV, unicus, unigenitus, vulgate, yachidabarkley8

KJV alternate rendering of the Greek adjective monogenes (John 1:14,18; 3:16,18; Heb 11:17; 1 John 4:9). Elsewhere the KJV rendered the term “only [child]” (a son in Luke 7:12; 9:38; a daughter in 8:42). KJV, NKJV, NASB render monogenes as “only begotten [son]” when refering to Jesus (cp. NASB margin, “unique, only one of His kind”), but most modern translations (ESV,NAB,NJB,NLT,NRSV,REB,TEV) render the term consistently as “only.” NIV, HCSB render the term “One and Only [Son].”

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BIBLE CUSTOMS & CURIOSITIES (A CRY FROM A WINDOW)

01/13/2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, preach, preaching, Proverbs, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorizedacts, ark, battel, chariot, covenant, cry, Daniel, dead, death, Deborah, died, Eutychus, Jael, Jerusalem, Jezreel, Judges, killed, killer, king davic, King of Israel, Michael, mother, paul, sisera, sleep, tent, windowabarkley8

This phrase from the Song of Deborah (read Judges 5:10) pictures Sisera’s mother wondering why her son had not returned from a battle with the Israelites. But Sisera would not return; he had been killed by a woman named Jael, who drove a tent peg through his head while he was sleep (Judges 4:21).

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BIBLE CUSTOMS & CURIOSITIES (EXECUTION BY SAWING)

10/29/2020bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, Forgivness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Chronicles, Ammonites, bible customs and curiosities, Execution, Faith, Faithful, generations, Hebrews, inhumane, Judges, killed, killing, Lord, saw, sawing, stone, stonedabarkley8

This verse appears in the famous “roll call of the faithful” chapter in Hebrews. The writer pays tribute to the people of past generations who remained faithful to God, in spite of great persecution.

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (SUICIDE)

09/25/2020bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, death, Faith, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, stones, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 corinthians, 1 Kings, 2 Corinthians, 2 Kings, Abimelech, acts, Ahithophel, alive, behavior, committed, definition, definition of the day, definitions, Elijah, evidence, Genesis, Heaven, Job, jonah, Judas, Judges, Luke, Matthew, Moses, Numbers, paul, philippians, Samson, Saul, Saul's armor, suicide, Zimriabarkley8

The Bible records several instances of suicide (Abimelech-Judg 9:54; Samson-Judg 16:29-30; Saul-1 Sam 31:4; Saul’s armor beaer-1 Sam 31:5 Ahithophel-2 Sam 17:23; Zimri-1 Kings 16:18; and Judas-Matt 27:5; cp. Acts 16:27). Of these, the deaths of Abimelech and Saul could be called “assisted” suicide. With the possible exception of Samson (whose death may be better termed “martyrdom”), the Bible presents each person who committed suicide as an individual whose behavior is clearly not to be emulated.

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BIBLE CUSTOMS & CURIOSITIES (SUPERNATUREAL PEACE)

09/16/20202 Corinthians, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, death, Forgivness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, sunday, the church, theology1 samuel, 2 Samuel, Afraid, David, Disciples, elegant, evening, food, Gibeah, Gospel, greetings, herdsman, hungry warriors, Jesus greeting, Jewish, John, Judges, KJV, Man, midst, Nabal, new testament, NIV, old, old man, Old Testmaent, peace, wealthy, well-being, wholeness, wish, wish peace, words, workabarkley8

According to John’s Gospel, this was Jesus’ first appearance to HIs disciples after His resurrection. His first word to them was the common greeting used by the Jewish people of that day-a wish for their peace, wholeness, and well-being.

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DEFINITON OF THE DAY (PAGAN TEMPLES)

09/08/2020bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, Faith, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, sunday, the church, theology1 King, 2 King, abram, Aleppo, ancient, Antioch, Baal, Bible, Canaan, canaanite, Chalcolithic period, court, definition, definition of the day, definitions, deity, Eln Gedi, Eshtaol, female, Genesis, God, holy place, Israelites, jeremiah, Jewish, Judges, kill, killing, King Ahaz, male, Mardikh, mordern, pagan, pagan temples, plaza, polythesitic, region, Sennacharib, solomon, solomon's temple, southwest, sphinx, storm, Syria, Tayinat, temple, worshipabarkley8

Temples built for polytheistic worship; many pagan temples predated Solomon’s temple and some had similar designs. The earliest excavated temples from the Chalcolithic Period (4600-3300 B.C.), such as those uncovered at Eln Gedi in 1961 and Eshtaol in 2013, illustrate the ubiquitous nature of pagan worship in Canaan prior to the arrival of Abram (Gen 12:5). The culticsite at Eshtaol contained a standing stone, 1.3 meters in height, smoothed on all sides and erected facing east. The standing stone could be used as a monument but often represented

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SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (LION)

07/08/2020bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, death, Faith, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, Proverbs, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Peter, 1 samuel, 2 peter, 2 Samuel, Amos, courageous, creatures, Daniel, devil, empire, evil, Ezekiel, fear, Holy Bible, Hosea, human, Israel, Job, Judges, judgment, lion, lion cub, lion sightings, lions, Medo-persian, Micach, person, peter, prophets, revelation, righteous, Satan, Signs, symbolize, Symbols, wickedabarkley8

lion-behaviour

During Bible times, the Holy Land was still occupied by lions. These majestic animals, then as now, do not typically prey on humans, though older or disabled lions sometimes see people as easy food to capture. Observable lion behavior lies behind the comparisons that we find in the Scriptures. Their roaring tends to provoke fear (Amos 3:8), so Peter can write, “Keep your mind clear, and be alert. Your opponent the devil is prowling

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SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (BULL/CALF)

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Cattle were primarily a measure or symbol of wealth in biblical times. They were both familiar and significant, good characteristics for symbolic use. Among his livestock, the wealthy Job had a thousand oxen (Job 1:3). Cattle not only provided meat, milk, leather, and other by-products, they were the main animal workforce in ancient agricultural societies. Oxen (castrated bulls) pulled plows as well as wagons. Continue reading SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (BULL/CALF) →

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