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MAKING AN IDOL

August 24, 2021Uncategorizedancient world, artisans, Assyrian King Esarhaddon, carpenters, cast of soild, Christ, clay, clothing, clothings, dominated, Egypt, elegant, eyes, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, gods, goldsmiths, idol, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jewelry, King Esarhaddon, Matthew, mesopotamia, Mesopotamian, metal, metlaworkers, mouth washing, new testament, nose, Old Testament, ornaments, priest, real images, rituals, skill, skilled, skills, stonecutters, temple, temples, washingabarkley8

While object representing deities were common in the ancient world, only statues created under carefully prescribed conditions and with proper rituals were regarded as real images that the deity inhabited. Some images were made of stone, cast of solid metal or molded from clay; however, the primary statues of deities that dominated the temples were usually carved of wood and covered with a thin layer of gold or silver and adorned with precious stones and elegant clothing. The Assyrian king Esarhaddon commissioned a major restoration of temples and images.

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DEMONS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

August 16, 2021Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 1 Kings, 2 Chronicles, 2 Kings, art, biblical, Christ, CSB, demon, demons, false god, False gods, goat idols, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greek, Hebrew, hero, ibex, Illness, jesus, Jesus Christ, judaism, KJV, Late Babylonian, Leviticus, Matthew, Mesopotamian, native, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, OT, Psalm, sair, shed, spirit, Sumerians, wild goat, YaHWeHabarkley8

Little is known about the Israelite view of malevolent spirits, popularly called “demons” in contemporary usage. In contemporary usage. In addition to the Hebrew word shed, translate “false gods” in Ps 106:37, the OT has a Hebrew word sair, translated in the NIV as “goat idols” (Lev 17:7: 2 Chron 11:15: see the NIV text note on Lev 17:7). Some suggest that the use of sair also refers to demons in Isa 13:21; 34:14 (NIV “wild goats). This Hebrew word refers to an actual goat in Gen 37:31 and frequently in texts prescribing a goat for sacrifice (e.g., Lev 4:23; Nu 7:16).

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SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (CIRCUMCISE PT 1)

May 14, 2021Uncategorizedabraham, Ammon, amputation, bible signs and symbols, blood, circumcise, circumcision, city, clan, community, Deuteronomy, Edom, egyptian, everyday life in bible times, female, female circumcision, flint knife, foreskin, Genesis, household, Israelities, Jacob, jeremiah, Joshua, Leviticus, Lord's statement, male circumcision, male member, Mesopotamian, Moab, new testament, Old Testament, theologians, theological, theologically, theology, Western Semitic, wildernessabarkley8

Male circumcision requires the amputation of the foreskin in order to expose the glans of the penis. The Bible mentions that this procedure was common not only among the Israelites but also in Egypt, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and among “all who live in the wilderness” (Jer 9:25-26); conspicuous by its absence is any mention within Mesopotamian cultures. Consequently, when the Lord spoke with Abraham about circumcision (Gen 17:1-14), any familiarity he had with the procedure probably was gleaned during his Egyptian stay rather than from his experience in his former homeland.

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