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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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DEFINITION OF DAY (LAYING ON OF HANDS)

July 27, 2022Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, 2 Timothy, acts, apostles, Authority, bless, burnt, definition, definition of the day, definitions, definitions of the day, hand, hands, heal, laying, laying on of hands, Leviticus, ministry, Numbers, paul, prayer, self-discipline, sinned, sinners, sober, violenceabarkley8

Symbolic ceremonial act used to invoke a divine blessing or establish a connection for the purpose of sacrifice, ordination, or to impart spiritual gifts.

OLD TESTAMENT: A primary used of laying on of hands in the OT was sacrifices. In Lev 16 the Lord instructed Moses and Aaron concerning the Day of Atonement. At a particular point Aaron was told to place his hands upon a live goat and “confess over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites-all their sins-put them on the goat’s head” (Lev 16:21), transferring the sins of Israel to the goat.

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (PRIESTS AND LEVITES)

July 25, 2022Uncategorizedchristians, Father, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Good Samaritan, holy place, Jesus Christ, jews, John the Baptist, leper, Levites, Leviticus, Luke, most holy place, new testament, Old Testament, priests, work, Zachariasabarkley8

The priests and Levites were about their work in New Testament times. They are familiar in the story of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:31).

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DEFINITIONS OF THE DAY (FIRST BORN PT 2 OF 2)

April 20, 2022UncategorizedBible dictionnary, bodily, Christ, Colossians, dead, definition, definitions of the day, die, died, Exodus, firstborn, firstborn from the dead, firstborn son, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God's household, Grave, HCSB, Hebrews, jesus, Jesus Christ, lamb, Leviticus, Matthew, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, paul, priest, relationship, Romans, sheepabarkley8

The firstborn of an unclean animal had to be redeemed by an estimation of the priest, with the addition of one-fifth (Lev 27:27; Num 18:15). According to Exod. 13:13; 34:20, the firstborn of an ass was either ransomed by a sheep or lamb, or its neck had to be broken.

Figuratively, Israel was God’s “firstborn” (Exod 4:22; Jer 31:9) and enjoyed priority status. God compared His relationship to Israel with the relationship of a father and his firstborn son. Within Israel, the tribe of Levi represented the firstborn of the nation in its worship ceremony (Num 3:40-41; 8:18).

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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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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (STONING “AS A FORM OF EXECUTION” PT2)

September 17, 2021Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 1 samuel, 2 Chronicles, 2 Kings, 2 Samuel, anger, angry, Christ, David, dead, death, executed, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God's Word, Gospel, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus's death, Joash, John, Joshua, Leviticus, Matthew, mob, Moses, Naboth, new testament, Numbers, Old Testament, paul, Rehoboam, Sin, sinned, sinner, sinners, sins, Stephen, stone, stone them, stoned, stoning, stoning women, violenceabarkley8

These laws sound rigid and austere in their proclamations, and we cannot say for sure how often this particular punishment was employed. What we can say for sure is that exceptions were allowed, as illustrated by Jesus. He did not demand that the woman caught in adultery be executed but instead disarmed her executioners and urged her to leave her lift of sin (John 8:3-11).

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60 THINGS GOD SAID ABOUT SEX (GOD’S WORD FOR “GAYS”)

September 15, 2021Uncategorized1 corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Christ, defiled world, Deuteronomy, drunkeness, gay is a sin, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, homosexual, Homosexuality, homosexuals, inhabitants, jesus, Jesus Christ, KJV, Leviticus, love, make love, Matthew, new testament, NKJV, Old Testament, peace, purpose of sex, Romans, sex, Sin, sinned, sinner, spiritual, vomiteth, What does God say about gay, What does God says about homosexualsabarkley8

God has given us a very explicit ruling on homosexuality. Read what His Word says.

46. Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. . .Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: and the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. (Lev 18:22, 24-25).

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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 PT2)

September 10, 2021Uncategorizedcases, Christ, clergy, cloth, clothes, Deuteronomy, everyday life in bible times, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, items, jesus, Jesus Christ, leather, Leviticus, Matthew, mix, mixed, new testament, Old Testament, skill, skilled, thread, threads, traveling, unique, warp, waved, weaver, wovenabarkley8

Weaving was a very creative process that allowed the weavers to express themselves in a variety of ways. In extreme cases, alteration in thread colors and interlacing technique could produce cloth that was intricately designed and had a unique texture. The only limitation on this creative process for the Israelites was the requirement that they not mix different types of thread when making clothing (Lev 19:19; Deut 22:11). Cloth was also woven to play a role in the worship life of God’s Old Testament people. During their early years, the worship facility they used had to be light and portable because they were traveling so often.

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (HEMORRHAGE)

September 8, 2021Uncategorizedbirth, birthing process, blood, blood flow, Christ, clean, definition, definitions of the day, flow, fountain of blood, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greek, Hebrews, hermorrhage, Israel, Issue of blood, jesus, Jesus Christ, KJV, Leviticus, Mark, Matthew, Mosaic law, new testament, NKJV, Numbers, Old Testament, woman uncleanabarkley8

Heavy or uncontrollable bleeding the KJV translates the underlying Hebrew and Greek terms as “issue of blood” (Lev 12:7; Matt 9:20) or “fountain of blood” (Mark 5:29). Modern translations render these terms as hemorrhage, flow, or discharge of blood, Mosaic law said any discharge of blood, whether associated with the birthing process (Lev 12:7), with menstruation (Lev 15:19), or continued bleeding (Lev 15:25; Matt 9:20) rendered a woman unclean.

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