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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 DESTORY” PT3)

August 24, 2021UncategorizedChrist, cod, destory, Deuteronomy, everyday life in bible times, Exodus, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Land, Jesus Christ, law, Leviticus, Lord, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, pagan, pagan worship, Promised land, sacred stones, stone, stonesabarkley8

As the Israelites met and engaged the people who occupied the Promise Land before them, they might have been tempted to adopt the sacred-stone concept. To be sure, the Lord did allow a certain amount of parity between pagan worship and Israelite worship, such as the use of sacrifice, temple, and priesthood; but the line was drawn at employing sacred stone. “Do not make idols or set us an image or a sacred stone for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone in your land to bow down before it. I am the LORD your God” (Lev 26:1; see Deut 16:22). But what about the sacred stones that had already been built by the previous occupants of the Promised Land?

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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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