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SIGNGS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (DARKNESS)

March 13, 2019Uncategorized1 samuel, 2 Samuel, above, bellow, bible signs and symbols, Christ, daken, dark, darkness, day, Deuteronomy, devil, evil, Ezekiel, Genesis, God, hidden darkness, Isaiah, jesus, John, light, light that overcomes darkness, Moses, Mount, new testament, night, Old Testament, physical, Psalm, Romans, Satan, Signs, signs and symbols, Sinai, sky, Symbols, Ten Commandmentsabarkley8

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As a physical feature, darkness is nothing in and of itself. Darkness is instead defined as the absence of light. Synonymous with emptiness, darkness is used to describe the earth at the very beginning of creation when “darkness covered the deep water” (Gen 1:2). Out of this absence, the first thing God created was light. In the beginning, Scripture pictures light and darkness as balanced parts of a single day and night: “So God separated the light from the darkness. God named the light day, and the darkness he named night” Gen 1:4-5). Continue reading SIGNGS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (DARKNESS) →

BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (DEEP DARKNESS)

February 22, 2019Uncategorizedbible customs and curiosities, Christ, dark, darkness, deep darkness, Egypt, egyptians, Exodus, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Heaven, heavy, Israel, Israelites, jesus, Jesus Christ, King, Kings, light, Lord, nature, outside, plague, plagues, ra, stretch, sun, sun god Ra, superiority, thick, touch, worshipedabarkley8

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This plague consisted of a thick, heavy darkness that fell across the land of Egypt for three days (Exodus 10:22). This must have been an eerie blackness with no sliver of light, similar to the total darkness a person experiences deep within a cave when all of the lights are turned out. It was so frightening that the Egyptians did not venture outside their houses (Exodus 10:23). Continue reading BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (DEEP DARKNESS) →

SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (EYE)

February 20, 2019Uncategorized1 Kings, 2 Chronicles, 2 Kings, 2 peter, bible signs and symbols, darkness, Deuteronomy, devil, evil, Exodus, eye for an eye, eyes, Ezekiel, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God who sees, God's omniscience, health, Holy Bible, Isaiah, Jesus Christ, Job, Judges, light, Lord, Luke, paul, Psalm, song of solomon, spiritual truth, symbolic, symbolizes, Symbols, Zechariahabarkley8

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Gazing into someone’s eyes can make us feel as though we are seeing into the person’s soul. In the Bible, as in life, we find many types of eyes, including, beautiful eyes (Gen 29:17; Song of Sol 1:15; 4:1); prideful, arrogant eyes (Pro 6:17); lustful eyes (2 Pet 2:14); sad eyes (Ps 6:6); and desiring eyes (Zech 2:8). People who are seeking revenge take “an eye for an eye” (Exod 21:23-25; Lev 24:20; Deut 19:21). How a person judges morality is described as “doing right in [one’s] own eyes” (Judg 17:6; 21:25; 2 Kings 10:5, all ESV). This contrast with doing “what was right in the eyes of the LORD” (1 Kings 15:5, 11; 2 Kings 14:3, all ESV). The use of eyesight as an image is varied and far-reaching, but two main uses emerge in Scripture. Continue reading SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (EYE) →

BIBLE SIGNS AND SYMBOLS “LIGHT”

March 18, 2016UncategorizedBible, bible signs and symbols, blessing, light, light of the world, light of truthabarkley8

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Light was the first thing created and among the first words spoken by God that were written in Scripture: “Let there be light!” (Gen 1:3). As the first created thing and something necessary for life, light holds primary significance in the Bible. Throughout Scripture, light imagery is consistently used to symbolize life itself, particularly life lived in a way that pleases God. The psalm writer praises God, saying, “You have rescued me from death. You have kept my feet from stumbling so that I could walk in your presence,

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