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WHY WAS EZRA’S READING OF GOD’S LAW SO POWERFUL?

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The events that occurred at the Water Gate in Nehemiah’s time can be described as a spiritual revival. The people knew that God had made it possible for them to rebuild the city. Now they were ready to hear what else God would say to them. They listened intently. When Ezra opened the scroll of God’s law, they stood out of respect and anticipation over what they were about to hear.

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DID YOU KNOW THAT A DUSTY SCROLL LED TO A GREAT NATIONAL REVIVAL

March 29, 2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, death, Faith, forgive, Forgivness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, idolatry, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Judah, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, preach, preaching, primitive, prophet, Proverbs, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Kings, 2 Kings, celebrating, disobedience, dust, dusty, God's laws, God's law, idols, Josiah, Judah, King Josiah, land, Lord, Nation, national, new testament, Old Testament, ordered, revival, scroll, scrolls, temple, work, working, worship, writtenabarkley8

One day, King Josiah noticed that the Temple needed repairs. So he ordered men to fix it up. While they were working, someone found a scroll with God’s laws written on it (2 Kings 22:8). When Josiah heard what was written on the scroll, he became very sad.

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BIBLE CUSTOMS & CURIOSITIES (BARUCH’S INK AND PAPER)

September 11, 2020bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorizedancient, animal skin, baruch, bible customs and curiosities, charcoal, dead scroll, generation, ground charcoal, gum, ink, Ink and paper, jeremiah, Job, Job 19:23-24, KJV, lampblack, legible, manuscripts, message, NIV, paper, papyrus plant, primitive, prophecies, scroll, soot, water, writing, wroteabarkley8

Baruch was the faithful scribe of Jeremiah who wrote down the messages of the prophet in order to preserve them for future generations.

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GOD KNOWS OUR TEARS

February 19, 2019Uncategorizedancient, cites, custom, David, funerals, God, God knows our tears, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, jesus, Jesus Christ, Matthew, Matthew 10:30, mourners, New International Version, new testament, NIV, note, notes, Old Testament, One, ones, Psalm, Psalm 56:8, reading, reading tears, record, scroll, shed, shedding, wineskinabarkley8

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David may have been referring in this psalm to an ancient custom observed by mourners at funerals. They would collect the tears they shed for departed loved ones in small flasks and place them in their tombs as memorials of their love. The New International Version renders this phrase as “list my tears on your scroll.” Continue reading GOD KNOWS OUR TEARS →

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