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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (LOTS)

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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) →

DEFINITION OF THE DAY (CIVIL RIGHTS)

February 25, 2019Uncategorized1 corinthians, acts, Christ, civil, civil rights, cultures, defiitions, definition, Deuteronomy, Galatians, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Israel, Israelite, Israelites, jesus, Jesus Christ, land, law, laws, Leviticus, Luke, Mosaic, Mosaic law, new testament, non-Israelites, Numbers, Old Testament, philippians, rights, slavery, sojourner, sojournersabarkley8

CIVIL RIGHTS- Basis for civil rights is grounded in the impartiality of God (Deut 10:7-18; Acts 10:34; cp. Luke 20:21), in the created order by which all persons are made in the image of God (Gen 1:27-28; 9:6), and in the redemptive work of Christ (Gal 3:28). Continue reading DEFINITION OF THE DAY (CIVIL RIGHTS) →

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