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SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (KINGDOM)

June 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, preach, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Kings, 2 Kings, a kingdom that is near, abundace, armies, death, God of Israel, Heaven, history, Holy Spirit, image, image of the kingdom, kingdom, kingship, Lord, Luke, Mark, Matthew, Messiah, power, revelation, Romans, sacrificial, salvation, second comingabarkley8

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The themes of God’s kingship and the eastern kingdom run throughout Scripture. God’s kingdom is a favorite motif of the psalmists and prophets, and was an especially comforting symbol to the Israelites who struggle under unjust and oppressive kings throughout history. In a general sense God is King over all creation because he made all things: “LORD of Armies, God of Israel, you are enthroned the angels. You alone are God of all the kingdoms of the world. You made heaven and earth” (2 Kings 19:15). Elsewhere we read, “Greatness power, splendor, glory, and majesty are yours, LORD, because Continue reading SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (KINGDOM) →

WOMAN OF THE DAY (ELIXABETH: THE MOTHER OF JOHN THE BAPTIST)

May 26, 2020bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, 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, Uncategorized3 months, Abijah, age, ages, Angel, belly, blessing, blood, childless, Elizabeth, evidence, geriatric, glad, gladness, grow, her old age, Holy Ghost, holy sanctuary, Holy Spirit, home, impossibly pregnant, Jesus mother, labor, Lord, Luke, Luke 1:44-55, man of God, mary, Mary's child, Messiah, mom, mother, pain, papa, parent, parents, Pray, prayer, prayers, pregnancy, promise, proof, prophesied, rejoice, righteousness, seech, she, sixth month, social media, Son, son's, song, three months, unborn, unborn sons, worship service, Zechariahabarkley8

Elizabeth, mentioned only in Luke’s Gospel, was married to a priest named Zechariah. “Both were righteous in God’s sight, living without blame according to all the commands and requirements of the Lord” (Luke 1:6).

Yet in a culture where children were viewed as a primary evidence of God’s blessing, they were also childless. Elizabeth was unable to conceive. This barrenness was a source of deep disgrace to her (Luke 1:25). Only those who’ve suffered through fertility issues can fully appreciate the sting of all those unanswered prayers, the piercing pain of an empty nursery. Since Elizabeth and Zechariah “were well along in year” (Luke 1:7), it’s not unreasonable to assume that they had given up the hope of ever becoming parents. Continue reading WOMAN OF THE DAY (ELIXABETH: THE MOTHER OF JOHN THE BAPTIST) →

WOMAN OF THE BIBLE (THE SAMARITAN WOMAN: MEETING THE THIRST QUENCHER)

May 6, 2020bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, eat, 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, the church, theology, Uncategorizedbehavior, behaviors, bucket, chitchat, Christ, converstation, empty, eye, eyes, God, household, jacob's well, jar, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jewish, John, life changing, living, married, married men, Men, Messiah, question, questions, ran, run, sleeping, slumped, Sychar, theoretical, thirst, village, water, water jar, well, whore, woman, women, women of the bible, young, young jew, Young Jewishabarkley8

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Isn’t it amazing how an entire life can change in a moment? That’s the way it happened for the unnamed woman we meet in John 4.

On a nothing-special day in the Samaritan village of Sychar, she was minding her own business when she realized her household water jar was empty. It was unbearably hot out. Perfect, she thought. She probably wouldn’t have to see anyone or talk to anybody. Grabbing her water jar, she slipped out the door. Continue reading WOMAN OF THE BIBLE (THE SAMARITAN WOMAN: MEETING THE THIRST QUENCHER) →

DEFINITION OF THE DAY “ANTICHRIST”

June 12, 2019Uncategorized1 john, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 666, anti-jew, antichrist, Bible, blasphemies, Christ, Daniel, deception, definition, definitions, devil, embodying, evil, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God's plan, Holy, Holy Bible, jesus, John, Luke, Mark, Matthew, Messiah, most High, new testament, Old Testament, opposite, paul, revelation, Satan, six hundred and sixty six, spiritabarkley8

ANTICHRIST- The antichrist is an adversary of the Messiah, used by Satan to oppose the work of God (2 Thess 2:9; Rev 13:12). Various terms in Scripture designate this individual, including “abomination of desolation” (Dan 12:11 Matt 24:15), “the beast” (Rev 13:1-8), “the man of lawlessness” (2 Thess 2:1-10), and “antichrist.” In the Greek, the prefix anti- means “against,” “opposite,” or “in the place of.” Appropriately named, the antichrist stands against Christ and operates contrary to Him by speaking lies and blasphemies and by persecuting God’s people. In addition, he seeks to stand in the place of Christ, garnering to himself the worship due to God alone.

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SECOND COMING OF ELIJAH

March 6, 2019Uncategorizedbaptist, body, Celestial, chair, chariots, Christ, Christian, christians, circumcision, coming, dazzling white, devil, earthly bleach, Elijah, evil, fathers, fire, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Isaiah, Isaiah 40:3-5, jesus, Jesus Body, Jesus crucifixion, Jewish, jews, John, John 1:29, lamb, Lamb of God, Literally, Lord, Malachi, Mark, Mark 9:3, Matthew, Matthew 11:14, meal, Messiah, Mount, Mount Transfiguration, new testament, Old Testament, Passover, Passover meal, preach, preaching, prophecy, Satan, second, second coming, Symbolicallyabarkley8

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Elijah never died. Celestial chariots of fire and a whirlwind carried him away.

Since his body wasn’t destroyed, some Jews consider it reasonable that he can return. Malachi’s promise leads many Jews to believe that Elijah will become the advance man for the Messiah-or as Isaiah put it, “the voice of someone shouting, ‘Clear the way through the wilderness for the LORD!. . . Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all people will see it together’ ” (Isaiah 40:3,5). Continue reading SECOND COMING OF ELIJAH →

HOW DID PETER KNOW THAT JESUS WAS THE MESSIAH?

February 21, 2019Uncategorizedboldly, chirst, devil, Disciples, evil, God, Good News, jesus, Jesus Christ, Mark, Mark 8:29, Messiah, new testament, Old Testament, peter, preach, preachers, preahing, Sin, sinners, speech, spirit, spiritual, supernaturalabarkley8

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Jesus asked His disciples who they thought He was. He had certainly given them plenty of evidence to believe He was the Messiah. The miracles, healing, and His power over nature added supernatural confirmation to the “Good News” message Jesus was preachings to the crowds. Still, it must have been difficult even for the disciples to declare that their new leader, Jesus, was in fact the Messiah they had heard about all their lives. Continue reading HOW DID PETER KNOW THAT JESUS WAS THE MESSIAH? →

BIBLE SIGNS AND SYMBOLS (GATE)

December 17, 2018Uncategorizedbible signs and symbols, Boaz, city gates, doors, Eastern Gate in Jerusalem, Elimelech, Ephrathah, Ezekiel, Gate, gatekeepers, God, Heaven, importance of gate, in biblical culture, intruders, Isaiah, Israel, jeremiah, Jesus Christ, John, Joshua, Lord, Matthew, Messiah, Metaphorical Gates, nehemiah, new earth, new testament, Old Testament, Proverbs, revelation, rock, royal, Ruth, sheep, wifeabarkley8

1411.m00.i101.n014.s.c12.212932381-vector-iron-gate-f Doors allow access to or prevent us from entering a room or home. Gates are usually more imposing and important. They guard the access to large spaces: cities, estates, and the way to eternal life. In Bible times, most cities of any size were surrounded by walls, so gates were a constant feature in people’s’ lives. No wonder, then, that the role of gates became symbolic of other values and ideas. Continue reading BIBLE SIGNS AND SYMBOLS (GATE) →

SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (THOUSAND)

December 4, 2018Uncategorized2 peter, acts, biblical, calves, chronology, Deuteronomy, Exodus, God, greek, Hebrew, idolarty, Isaiah, Jesus Christ, John, lambs, Leviticus, lions, Lord, Matthew, Messiah, Micah, millennium, Moses, multiplication, myrias, myrioi, new testament, Numbers, Old Testament, Psalm, rebhabhah, revelation, ribbo, ribboth, Satan, scholars, signs and symbols, song of solomon, symbolic, symbolizes, Ten Commandments, The Millennium, thousand, wolves, worshipabarkley8

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The number thousand (or thousands) in the Bible is sometimes a literal number, but in many cases it is used to create a large round number. Hebrew and the other Semitic languages used approximations to express large numbers because they were rarely needed for small populations and tiny kingdom. Examples of this can be found in Exodus 20:6; Deuteronomy 5:10 and 7:9; 1 Samuel 18:7; and Psalms 50:10, 90:4 and 105:8. Ten

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BIBLE SIGNS & SYMBOLS (ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND)

March 13, 2018Uncategorized144000, abraham, Abraham descendants, Bible, bible signs and symbols, Galatians, gentiles, God, Heavenly Choir, Inclusive Body, Jesus Chris, jews, Messiah, number, paul, revelation, Symbols, twelveabarkley8

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The number 144,000 is used in only one book of the Bible: Revelation. The number relates to a group mentioned in Revelation 7:4-8 made up of twelve thousand people from each of the twelve tribes of Israel. The significance of twelve is heightened by using twelve times twelve as a number. This large, exact number is immediately followed by an even larger and more expansive number in verse 9 (“a large crowd from every

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GETTING TO KNOW “AQUILA”

September 8, 2017Uncategorizedacts, AD, aquila, Bible, church leaders, claudius, crucified, Jesus Christ, Messiah, new testament, rome, tent-makers, where's where, who's whoabarkley8

AQUILA (uh QUILL uh)

Akylas, Greek

“egale”

First century AD

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HIS WAY IS THE WAY!