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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (SACRED STONES PT4)

September 1, 2021Uncategorized1 Kings, 2 Kings, Asa, biblical authors, Christ, destoryer, everyday life in bible times, Faith, faithfulness, God, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Hezekiah, Hosea, hyperbole, Jehu, jesus, Jesus Christ, Joram, Josiah, Kings, Lord, Micah, new testament, Old Testament, pagan worship, Rehoboam, sacred stone, sacred stones, son of Solomonabarkley8

The evaluation at times took a decidedly negative tone. Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, was the first to have his reign characterized in a more negative way due to the first that Judah “step up for themselves high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree” (1 Kings 14:23). This was clearly a case of hyperbole; nevertheless a land that appeared full of what God had forbidden characterized Rehoboam’s rule as less than it needed to be.

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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (SACRED STONE “TO SET UP OR TO DESTROY” PT2)

August 20, 2021Uncategorized7, 9, ancient, carved, Christ, deity, devil, everyday life in bible times, evil, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Jesus Christ, landscape, masseba, Matthew, Near Eastern culture, nine, physical location, Promised land, sacred stone, sacred stones, Satan, scholars, shorter stones, south, stone, survive, tall stones, taller stones, west, worshipersabarkley8

Most often, however, it appears that a masseba was set up as a sacred stone. In this case, the unnaturally placed stone or series of stones provided worshipers with a physical location at which to meet their deity. To this day, surviving sacred stones break the natural contours of the landscape, inviting us to come in for a closer look.

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EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE BIBLE TIMES (SACRED STONE “TO SET UP OR TO DESTORY” PT1)

August 17, 2021Uncategorized1 samuel, 2 Samuel, Bethel, Christ, everyday life in bible times, Exodus, God, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, hike, hiker's eye, hiking, Israel, jesus, Jesus Christ, Joshua, masseba, Matthew, memorial, memorial stone, Old Testament, pillar, Rachel, sacred stone, stacked, stone, victoryabarkley8

When contemporary hikers traveling the backcountry encounter places where the well-worn path gives way to solid rock, they often find cairns to guide their footsteps on an otherwise invisible path. Cairns are made from natural stones that have been stacked on top of one another in an unnatural way to catch the hiker’s eye. The ancient world had something similar, but it had nothing to do with hiking.

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