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DEFINITION OF THE DAY “SMYRNA”

May 8, 2019UncategorizedAfter christ, agora, Ancient city, Asia, aurelius, basement, beautiful, before Christ, buildings, Christian, Church, definition, definitions, empire, Ephesus, geographer, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greek, Greek geographer, Holy Bible, Izmir, marcus, Marcus Aurelius, new testament, of, Old Testament, Philomelium, phrygia, polycarp, poverty, revelation, roman, smyrna, Strabo, Turkeyabarkley8

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Ancient city at the modern site of Izmir, Turkey. Smyrna surrounded a well-protected harbor on the Aegean Coast at the outlet of the Hermus River. The city lay at the foot of Mount Pagus and is located about 35 miles north of Ephesus. Extensive trade to and from Asia passed through the city. During the first century A.D. Smyrna reigned as one of the grandest cities of all Asia. Strabo (64 B.C- A.D. 20s), the Greek geographer, called Smyrna “the most beautiful city of all” cities along this coast. A large temple there, dedicated to Emperor Tiberius, boasted Smyrna’s close alliance with the Empire. Continue reading DEFINITION OF THE DAY “SMYRNA” →

WHY DID THE ISRAELITES COMPLAIN SO MUCH?

March 4, 2019Uncategorizedaaron, and, bread, children of Israel, Christ, complain, complaining, congregation, devil, eat, Egypt, evil, Exodus, Exodus 16:2-3, flesh pots, food, God, God miraculously, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, honey, human, Israelites, jesus, land, milk, Moses, new testament, of, Old Testament, pot, Satan, wildernessabarkley8

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It makes you wonder, doesn’t it? They’ve just been brought through the Red Sea and saved by miracle after miracle, than a month into the wilderness they decide that they want to go back to Egypt. “At least there we had food,” they whined. “Out here we’ll starve to death. ” Never mind the flawed thinking that God would save them from the Egyptians and then starve them in the wilderness. And never mind the fact that they seemed to have forgotten that they were slaves in Egypt! Continue reading WHY DID THE ISRAELITES COMPLAIN SO MUCH? →

SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (MARRIAGE)

February 19, 2019Uncategorizedbible signs and symbols, bride, bridegroom, Christ, Christ relationship, Church, earth, Ephesians, ephesians 5:30-32, flesh, Genesis, Genesis 1:28, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God's faithfulness, Gomer, groom, Hosea, human image, human relationship, image, image of God, Jesus Christ, John, kingdom, kingdom of heaven, Lord, Lord God, Luke, Mark, marriage, marry, Matthew, naked, naked woman, New Jerusalem, new testament, of, Old Testament, paul, prostitue, revelation, Revelation 21:2, symbolic, symbolizes, Symbols, throne, unfaithful, unfaithfulness, wifeabarkley8

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Marriage and the related symbols of bride and bridegroom play as large a role in Scripture as they did in real life in the ancient world. whether we consider the Old Testament picture of Israel as the bride and God as her bridegroom (Isa 62:4-5; Jer 2:2) or the New Testament picture of the church as the bride and Jesus as the bridegroom (2 Cor 11:2; Eph 5:21-32; Rev 21:2, 9), the message points to a special relationship God longs to have with his people. (See also BRIDE, BRIDEGROOM.) Continue reading SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (MARRIAGE) →

WHAT IS THE THOUSAND-YEAR REIGN OF CHRIST (REVELATION 20:4)

January 25, 2019Uncategorized1000, amillennialists, Christ, christians, forehead, Gate, gates, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, hands, head, Heaven, jesus, Jesus Christ, Mark, of, postmillennialists, premillennialists, reign, revelation, thousand-years, yearsabarkley8

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Commonly called the Millennium, three positions are taken on its meaning and identity:

1. Postmillennialists (the most popular evangelical view of a century ago) teach that the thousand-year reign occurs at the end of history when the world has turned to Christ, for the most part. Christian values dominate world cultures in a period that typifies God’s original plan for creation. Christ is not literally on earth, but His message and people cover the earth. The second coming of Christ occurs as the capstone of this period. Continue reading WHAT IS THE THOUSAND-YEAR REIGN OF CHRIST (REVELATION 20:4) →