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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (MONEY CHANGERS)

September 10, 2021Uncategorized20 percent, 300 percent, altar, animals, animals sacrifices, changers, Christ, cities, city, commission, definition, definition of the day, foreign, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greek, Hebrew, invest, invested, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jew, Jewish, John, Kermotistes, kollubistes, loaned, Luke, Matthew, money, money changers, new testament, Old Testament, origin, pay, sell, Semitic, Semitic origin, shekel, small change, sold animals, table, temple, temple tax, trapetzites, vendorsabarkley8

Persons whose profession was to sell or exchange Roman or other moneys for Jewish money acceptable in the temple worship. In NT times regions and cities issued their own money. This caused Jews of the Dispersion, those who lived outside of Judea, to bring many kinds of money to Jerusalem. To help visitors change money into that acceptable in Jerusalem, money changers set up tables in the temple court of the Gentiles. Syrian silver coins were the money of Jerusalem then, and worshipers used them to pay their temple tax of a half shekel and to buy sacrifices for the altar.

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HOW CAN JESUS BE CONSIDERED SINLESS WHEN THE BIBLE DESCRIBES HIS ANGER?

August 19, 2021Uncategorizedapostles, Christ, devil, Disciples, dramatic, Ephesians, evil, facts, four Gospels, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, Gospel, jesus, Jesus Christ, John, mad, market, market place, Matthew, military campaigns 17 years, money, money changers, motivating power, new testament, Old Testament, passoin, power, Sin, sinned, sinner, temple, worship, worshiper, worshippingabarkley8

All four Gospels describe Jesus clearing the money changers form the temple; none use the term “anger” as part of the description. We infer anger from the facts given and from the passion mentioned in John 2:17.

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IS WEALTH IMMORAL?

July 20, 2021Uncategorized1 Timothy, Bible, blessing, Christ, Church, evidence, evil, family, financial, given, giving, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, immoral, jesus, Jesus Christ, lazy, leisure, love of money, Matthew, money, money wars, new testament, Old Testament, rich, root, sorrows, soul, spake, successful, supply, time, wealth, workabarkley8

Not in itself Wealth can be the source of great blessing when used properly. But money is indeed the world’s preeminent symbol of success and, as such, a constant threat to the soul’s primary loyalty. As evidence of this, we no longer question these “givens” about modern life.

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SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY (LUKE 12:22-34 “TECHING ABOUT MONEY AND POSSESSIONS”)

April 19, 2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, christians, Church, curiosities, customs, Faith, forgive, Forgivness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, OT, preach, preaching, study, sunday, the church, theology, UncategorizedAfraid, bigger thing, clothing, concern, Disciples, Father, flock, food, give, glory, happiness, harvest, harvesting, King, kingdom, little faith, money, moth, possession, primary, safe, scared, Scripture, scripture of the day, scriptures, teach, teaching, thoughts, tomorrow, treasure, worriesabarkley8

²²And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.

²³The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.

²⁴Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

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MEN OF THE BIBLE (ZACCHAEUS “DESPISED BY MOST, EMBRACED BY ONE”)

March 25, 2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, 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, preach, preaching, primitive, prophet, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorizedchief tax collector, city, climbed, emotions, funds, gave, gesture, give, gracious, greed, greedy, hospitial, Israel, jews, Lord, Mark, Men of the Bible, money, need, roman, roman empire, sick, sinned, sinner, sinners, stole, sycamore tree, tree, women of the bible, Zacchaeusabarkley8

Zacchaeus was a chief tax collector, which means he likely was one of the least popular citizens of Jericho. Jewish people in the first century AD despised tax collectors. They not only did the work of the hated Roman Empire but also overcharged their fellow Jews and pocketed the extra money. That’s why Luke describes Zacchaeus as “rich” (Luke 19:2). He likely built his wealth from the funds he stole from the people in his community.

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WHY WAS CHILDBEARING AND FATHERING SO IMPORANT IN OLD TESTAMENT DAYS?

March 22, 20211 corinthians, 2 Corinthians, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, death, Faith, forgive, 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, preach, preaching, primitive, prophet, Proverbs, Ruth, the church, theology, Uncategorizedbooks, child, childbearing, children, computer chip, descendants, family, Father, fathering, generation, heir, heirs, mind, money, new testament, Old Testament, prosperity, Ruthabarkley8

In the ancient world, ensuring a family line was absolutely necessary for security and survival. What else could a person leave behind? Books and writings? Probably not. Money? Yes, the family property might insure prosperity for a generation or two. Sons and daughters? Definitely. Without heirs, why accumulate an estate?

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (CAMPAIGING)

March 11, 20211 corinthians, 2 Corinthians, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, Faith, forgive, Forgivness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, preach, preaching, primitive, prophet, Proverbs, rise, risen, rock, rocks, Ruth, stones, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 samuel, 2 Samuel, 2kings, attacking, beheaded, blind, blinded, burned, campaiging, customs, dead, death, food supplies, gorund, guard, heads, illnes, Jewish, Judges, manners, Men, money, Numbers, pay, siege walls, siege walss, soldiers, tallies, war, warfare, woman, womenabarkley8

When warfare took place it was normally at a time when food was available to live off the land and when weather conditions made war feasible (2 Samuel 11:1). So far as the Jewish army was concerned, the central “administration” unit (Numbers 2:17) was surrounded by four divisions (Numbers 2) and was preceded by an advance guard.

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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (PLUNDER)

February 2, 2021bible 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, Judah, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, preaching, prophet, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 1 samuel, 2 Chronicles, 2 Samuel, ancient, Babylon, battle, Benjamin, bible times, community, CSB, day, dominance, egyptian, empires, Exodus, Ezekiel, farthless, fight, force, Genesis, gold, Hosea, Isaiah, jeremiah, Jewelry, Joshua, Judges, Kings, KJV, language, loot, metals, money, Near East, NIV, Numbers, Old Testament, philinstines, plunder, plundering, Proverbs, Psalm, silver, soldiers, threat, wealth, widow, widowsabarkley8

From an early age we are taught to respect the belongings of others even if our size and strength make it possible to take them by force. In order to understand the actions of the people of the ancient Near East, we need to make a major adjustment in this thinking. Within the cultural construct of this world, the expectation was that those who were victorious in battle had the right to seize the personal property of those defeated and even enslave the owners of that property. This practice of plundering is mentioned repeatedly in the literature of the ancient world peatedly in the literature of the ancient world and illustrated in the art of the empires that rose to power during the Old Testament era.

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FIGHTING OFF A HOSTEL TAKEOVER

September 10, 2020bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, 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, sunday, the church, theology1 corithians, 2 Corinthians, apostel, being fake, charge, Christ, congregation, corinth, evil, fake apostel, happy reuion, jesus, Jesus Christ, keeping money, lying, mad, miracle working, money, offerings, paul, Philippi, promoting himself, quarreling, raising, seaport, tense, visit, words, writing stern letters, young congregationabarkley8

After writing 1 Corinthians, Paul revisits the congregation he stared in the busy seaport town of Corinth. It’s not a happy reunion.

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DEFINITON OF THE DAY (PURSE)

July 21, 2020bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, curiosities, customs, 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, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorizedarmor of God, belt, bible definition, Christ, definition of the day, definitions, definitons, End, ends, freer, garments, generosity, girdle, God, Gospel, greek, jesus, Jesus Christ, KJV, Loose, Mark, Matthew, money, NIV, purse, travelers, waistbandsabarkley8

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KJV translation of a Greek term for a belt, girdle, or waistband (Matt 10:9; Mark 6:8). Travelers could tuck the loose ends of their garments into such a belt to allow freer movement. The folds of such waistbands were frequently used for storing money. Jesus encouraged His disciples to trust God and depend on the generosity of others as they shared the gospel.

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