Tag Archives: NIV

THE CHARGE AGAINST A SINFUL WOMAN

April 27, 2022Uncategorizeda charge against a sinful woman, adultery, Christ, committed, condemn, death, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Jesus Christ, John, NIV, old men, Old Testament, pharisees, Sin, sinful woman, sinner, sinners, sins, stoning, walked away, woman, womenabarkley8

While Jesus was teaching near the temple, the scribes and Pharisees brought a woman who was accused of adultery. Under the Old Testament law, death by stoning was the prescribed punishment for any person who committed this sin.

Continue reading →

DEFINITIONS OF THE DAY (FIRST BORN PT 2 OF 2)

April 20, 2022UncategorizedBible dictionnary, bodily, Christ, Colossians, dead, definition, definitions of the day, die, died, Exodus, firstborn, firstborn from the dead, firstborn son, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God's household, Grave, HCSB, Hebrews, jesus, Jesus Christ, lamb, Leviticus, Matthew, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, paul, priest, relationship, Romans, sheepabarkley8

The firstborn of an unclean animal had to be redeemed by an estimation of the priest, with the addition of one-fifth (Lev 27:27; Num 18:15). According to Exod. 13:13; 34:20, the firstborn of an ass was either ransomed by a sheep or lamb, or its neck had to be broken.

Figuratively, Israel was God’s “firstborn” (Exod 4:22; Jer 31:9) and enjoyed priority status. God compared His relationship to Israel with the relationship of a father and his firstborn son. Within Israel, the tribe of Levi represented the firstborn of the nation in its worship ceremony (Num 3:40-41; 8:18).

Continue reading →

DEFINITION OF THE DAY (HUNT/HUNTER)

September 13, 2021Uncategorized1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Ancient egyptians, arrows, Ashurbanipal, blood, bow, bow and arrows, Christ, civilization, David, definition of the day, Deuteronomy, driving, egyptians, Esau, Ezekiel, food, food sources, gazelle, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, hunt, hunter, hunters, Isaiah, Ishmael, Israelite ancestors, jeremiah, Jesus Christ, Job, josephus, Judah, Kings of Israel, Leviticus, lion, magic, magical, Matthew, methods of hunting, Mosaic law, NASB, new testament, Nimrod, NIV, Old Testament, Pastorals, Phoenicians, Proverbs, REB, Saul, seminmadic stageabarkley8

To pursue game for food or pleasure. Hunting was an important supplementary food source, especially in the seminomadic stage of civilization. Genesis mentions several hunters by name, none of whom are Israelite ancestors (Nimrod, 10:9; Ishmael 21:20; Esau, 25:27), perhaps suggesting that hunting was more characteristic of Israel’s neighbors than of Israel. Hunting was, however, regulated by Mosaic law. The blood of captured game was to be poured out on the ground (Lev 17:13). Deuteronomy 14:3-5 outlines what game was permitted as ritually clean food.

Continue reading →

BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (SITTING IN DESPAIR)

August 24, 2021Uncategorized7 days, bible curiosities, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, Christ, courses, CSB, curiosities, customs, fate, Friend, friends, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, ground, Isaiah, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Job, Judah, KJV, lament, Matthew, Micah, mourn, mourning, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, sad, sadness, seven days, sitting in despari, symbolized, wallow, wordabarkley8

Sitting on the ground symbolized sadness and distress. So this is another image from Isaiah that expresses the fate of the nation of Judah if she continued on her present course (read Isaiah 3:24).

Continue reading →

DEFINITION OF THE DAY (GOVERNMENT “THE NATURE AND CALLING OF MAN”)

August 23, 2021UncategorizedAdam, affirms, Authority, bible definition, bible dictionary, chapters, complex, creation, CSB, definition, definitions, definitions of the day, devoted heart, dominion, earth, effect, fallen world, female, flows, fundamental, God, God is Lord, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, gods, government, ground, Hebrews, helper, humanity, images of God, jesus, Jesus Christ, KJV, Lord, male, mankind, Matthew, metanarrative, NIV, NKJV, polemically, Psalm, psalmist, roman government, rule, Sin, sinned, sins, vice-regentsabarkley8

The fundamental truth about government in the Bible’s worldview and metanarrative is that the one triune God revealed in the Scriptures of the OT and NT is the sovereign ruler from which all authority flows. Whatever man and human governments are, they are not to be confused with god(s)-though some may make claims to that effect. On the other hand, they are not mere usurpers upon the creation. Man is the pinnacle of God’s creation. The psalmist, echoed by the writer of Hebrews in the NT, marveled poetically that God was “mindful” of man at all (Ps 8:4-6 NIV; Heb 2:6-8 KJV); but Scripture affirms human dominion over the earth (Gen 1:28-30; Psa 8:6-8; 115:16).

Continue reading →

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).

Continue reading →

BIBLE CUSTOMS & CURIOSITIES (SIGN OF THE SHOE)

July 8, 2021Uncategorizedbethlehem, bible customs and curiosities, Boaz, Christ, curiosities, customs, Elimelech, family, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Israel, jesus, Jesus Christ, KJV, legalizing, Matthew, Naomi, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, owner, plucked, redeeming, remove, Ruth, sandal, sandals, symbolized, transferring, walkabarkley8

Naomi’s deceased husband. Elimelech, had some land in Bethlehem that she had been forced to sell because of her poverty conditions (Ruth 4:3). Elimelech had a relative who, as his next of kin, had the right to buy back or redeem this property to keep it in the family.

Continue reading →

NAME OF GOD (WORD)

July 1, 2021Uncategorized1 john, 2 John, bear record, blood, Christ, creation of the world, description, devil, eternal, evil, Genesis, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Heaven, humans, jesus, Jesus Christ, John, John writings, language, Lord, Matthew, names of God, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, Revelations, speak, trinity, word, world, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. 9 And I say unto youabarkley8

John 1:1: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

The prologue of John’s Gospel (John 1:1-18), of which this verse is a part, focuses on Jesus as the eternal Son, who existed with God the Father before the creation of the World.

Continue reading →

SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (FOUR/4)

June 26, 2021Uncategorized4, Angel, apocalyptic prophecies, bible signs and symbols, bronze, Christ, clarity, completeness, Cover, cry, cubits, Daniel, Exdous, Ezekiel, Faith, food, four, four Gospels, geographical, glory, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Gospels, here I am, homeless, horizontal, hungry, Isaiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jewel, loosen, Lord, Luke, Matthew, naked, New Jerusalem, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, picture, prophet, revelation, seek, Sin, sinned, sinner, symbolic, wickedness, world, worship tent, yoke, Zacchaeusabarkley8

The number four and groups of four connect with our sense of place in the horizontal world. Everything around us is in one of four directions: east, west, north, or south. In the worldview of the Old Testament, complete descriptions were often developed in sets of four. When the tax collector Zacchaeus expressed his practical faith in Jesus, he included a promise to “pay four times as much as I owe to those I have cheated in any way” (Luke 19:8). Jesus accepted that commitment as a sign of genuine repentance, symbolic of completeness. And there are four Gospels, a complete picture of the life of Christ.

Continue reading →

BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (A HUT ON THE ROOF)

June 24, 2021Uncategorizedbible customs and curiosities, Christ, cold, corner, curiosities, customs, Equal, flat roofs, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, houetop, humor, husband, husband and wife, hut, jesus, Jesus Christ, Matthew, Month, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, permanent, Proverbs, quarreling, rainy, rainy weather, roof, shelters, summertime, wife, winter, womanabarkley8

This verse uses humor to show that no house is big enough to accommodate two people who don’t get along. If the husband and wife are always quarreling, each one could say with equal justification to the other, “I would rather be living up on the roof than in this house with you.”

Continue reading →