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BIBLE SIGNS AND SYMBOLS (EDEN)

09/20/2016UncategorizedAdam, bible signs and symbols, Eden, Eve, Ezekiel, Genesis, Isaiah, Jesus Christ, Joel, Man, new testament, Old Testament, revelation, serpent, Sin, womanabarkley8

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Thoughts about Eden make us look back and look forward. The beautiful garden where the first human beings were created is a symbol of a perfect beginning before sin shattered the creation. It was a protected place where God provided for every creature’s needs and had a face-to-face relationship with the man and woman, walking with them in the cool of the day. That Eden is gone. While the general location of the garden is indicated as the Tigris and Euphrates valley (along with two other water channels no longer functioning), all evidence of the paradise that was there has long been erased. The place exists, but the paradise is lost. What a fitting metaphor for the spiritual price we paid for the fall and the curse of sin. But a new heaven and new earth have been promised, an Eden-like place that will once again be the home of those who have been rescued from sin and given an eternal destiny with God.

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BIBLE DEFINITIONS (GRACE, GRANT, GRAVE)

09/14/2016Uncategorized2 Kings, 2 Samuel, acts, Bible, definition, definitions, Exodus, Genesis, God, grace, Grant, Grave, Jerusalem, jesus, Jesus Christ, Job, Luke, Matthew, Nelson, Proverbs, Psalm, revelation, Romans, scriptures, studentabarkley8

GRACE- Favor or kindness shown without regard to the worth or merit of the one who receives it and in spite of what the person deserves. Grace is one of the key attributes of God. The Lord God is

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BIBLE SIGNS AND SYMBOLS (FEET)

09/13/2016Uncategorized1 Kings, bible signs and symbols, Daniel, Ephesians, feet, God, Isaiah, Jesus Christ, Job, John, Psalm, revelation, Romans, symbol, Tradition, washingabarkley8

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When asked where feet appear in the Bible, most people are likely to point to Psalm 119:105, “Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path.” Following the principle that we usually go where our feet go, the most common symbolic use for feet in the Bible is to represent our lives. The psalmist repeatedly praised God because “he makes my feet like those of a deer and gives me sure footing on high places” (Ps. 18:33) and because he

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BIBLE DEFINITION “ALPHA AND OMEGA”

04/05/2016UncategorizedAlpha, Beginning, End, First, God, jesus, Jesus Christ, judge, Last, Omega, revelationabarkley8

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ALPHA AND OMEGA – The first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. This title is given to God the Father and God the Son (Rev 1:8; 21:6). The risen Christ says, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last” (Rev 22:13). By calling Jesus

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BIBLE SIGNS AND SYMBOLS “TWELVE”

09/21/2015Uncategorized1 Kings, 12, 12 disciples, 12 prophecy, 12 tribes, 12 tribes of Judah, Bible, completeness, Exodus, Faith, Genesis, Jacob, Joshua, key verse, Luke, Mark, Matthew, new testament, number, Numbers, Old Testament, revelation, signs and symbols, symbolic, twelve, twelve disciples, twelve prophecy, twelve tribesabarkley8

Outside the Bible, the recognition of twelve months in the lunar calendar made the number twelve an important symbol for the annual cycles of life. In the Bible, this number usually symbolizes completeness, especially with regard to the people of God. Once the twelve tribes of Israel were established, uses of the number twelve became a symbol pointing to the entire people of God.

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