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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (ORPHAN “FARTHERLESS” PT3)

August 13, 2021Uncategorizedchild, Christ, Deuteronomy, everyday life in bible times, failure, Father, fatherless, food, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Isaiah, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Job, judgment, kids, leaders, lots, Matthew, motherless, new testament, Old Testament, old-fashioned, paved roads, political, Proverbs, Psalm, society, Zechariahabarkley8

As the biblical authors address the ethics of political leaders and believers in general, they state that it is the treatment of the most disadvantaged members of society-the orphans-that is to distinguish them as God’s people. The Lord paved the way of this moral high road by identifying himself as the one who is the provider of food and clothing for the fatherless (Deut 10:18). He is the helper, defender, and father of the orphan (Psa 10:14, 18; 68:5; 146:9).

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MEN OF THE BIBLE (JONAH “RUNNING FROM GOD”)

May 31, 2021Uncategorized3 days, 3 nights, 40 day's, 40 nights, Assyria, big fish, boat, cast lots, cease, common practice, creature, crewman, crewmen, dire, disaster, dressed, enemy, fish, giant fish, God the Father, God the Holy Ghost, God the Son, God's wrath, great big fish, great fish, inkling, Israel, jonah, Lord, lots, Men of the Bible, new testament, nineveh, Old Testament, open sea, overboard, preach, prophetic, running, sackcloth, sailor, sailors, storm, Tarshish, theologians, theological, theology, threatened, vessel, wale, warning, weather, woman of the bible, wrathabarkley8

Jonah stands alone among the prophets of the Old Testament. Certainly he was the only one (that we know of) to spend three days in the digestive tract of a fish. In the bigger picture, though, he was the only one (that we know of) to flatly refuse an assignment from God.

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BIBILE CUSTOMS & CURIOSITIES (THE SCAPEGOAT)

October 5, 2020bible 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, primitive, stones, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorizedalive, away, blood sacrifice, casting lots, goats, high priest, Israel, Israelites, Leviticus, lots, Nation, other goat, person, persons, sacrifices, scapegoat, Sin, sinned, sinner, symbol, symbolic, symbolizes, two goats, wildnernessabarkley8

Once a year, on the Day of Atonement, the high priest of Israel made atonement for the sins of the entire nation. This ceremony included the offering of two goats as sacrifices to atone for the Israelites’ sins.

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BIBLE CUSTOMS & CURIOSITIES (SALT OF THE EARTH)

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Salt added flavor to food, and it was also used to preserve meat in a society in which refrigeration and cold storage did not exist.

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (LOTS)

May 29, 2020bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, death, 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, rock, rocks, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 1 samuel, 2 Chronicles, 2 Samuel, acts, Akkadian, Angel, bet, betting, cast, casting, celebrate, Esther, fair, game, games, God, haman, Holy, human, Isaiah, Israelites, Jewish, jews, John the Baptist, Joshua, Lord, Lot, lots, Luke, Matthew, Matthias, Near East, non-christians, non-Israelites, NT, Numbers, OT, play, priest, Proverbs, Psalm, Purim, righteous, Sin, sinned, sinner, sinners, Urim, Zechariahabarkley8

Objects of unknown shape and material used to determine the divine will. Often in the ancient Near East people, especially priests, made difficult and significant decisions by casting lots on the ground or drawing them from a receptacle. Several times Scripture mentions the practice. We do not know exactly what the lots look like. Nor do we know how they were interpreted. We do know that people of the OT and NT believe God (or gods in the case of non-Israelites or non-Christians) influenced the fall or outcome of the lots (Prov 16:33). Thus, casting lots was a way of determining God’s will. Continue reading DEFINITION OF THE DAY (LOTS) →

MAKING DECISIONS BY LOT

October 30, 2019Uncategorized1 Chronicles, acts, apostles, bag, Bible, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, Canaan, casting, Christ, Christian, christian studies, christianity, coin, coin flipping, colored, colored stones, container, crucifixion, David, disputes, duties, event, flipping, gatekeeper, goats, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, ground, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus clothes, Joshua, Judas, jug, Levite, lot casting, lots, Matthew, Matthias, modern times, new testament, Old Testament, Proverbs, rolling, roman, sacrificial, sacrificial goats, scapegoat, stones, theologyabarkley8

This verse refers to the ancient custom of casting lots to settle disputes or make important decisions (read Josh 1:7). We might compare the practice to flipping a coin or drawing straws in modern times. Continue reading MAKING DECISIONS BY LOT →

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