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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (WORKERS WITH METAL)

April 25, 2022Uncategorized1 Kings, 1 samuel, 2 Kings, 2 Samuel, abel, acacia wood, Cain, Canaanites, Christ, cole minded, Cooper, customs, David, furnace, Geyptians, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jewlery, Job, Judges, Kenite, manners, manners and customs, Matthew, melted, metal, metalworking, minded, new testament, Old Testament, Philistines, Sinai, Zechariahabarkley8

The metalsmith has a very old pedigree. Cain was a smith, and it was one of his descendants, Tubal-Cain, who was described as “the forger of instruments of bronze and iron” (Genesis 4:17,22). Cain was the father of the Midianite tribe of Kenites who seem to have been involved in many aspects of Israel’s history (see, for example Genesis 15:19; 1 Samuel 15:6). They appear to have exploited the copper of the Sinai with the Egyptians. Artifacts of Kenite metalworking have yielded much of the archaeological information we know concerning ancient metal-working.

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ISRAEL AT SINAI

September 17, 2021Uncategorized1 Kings, 2 Kings, abraham, blood, Christ, covenant, creatures, descendants, desert, dominates, earth, foot, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, holy nation, honey, Isaiah, Israel, James, jesus, Jesus Christ, land, Lord, Matthew, midst, milk, Moses, Mount sinai, mountain, new testament, Numbers, Old Testament, Pharaoh, priests, relationship, Sinai, slave, slaves, Ten Commandments, theophany, validatingabarkley8

Exodus 19 describes Israel arriving at Sinai. This chapter is important for understanding the events at Sinai, where Israel spent over two years (Numbers 10:11). God addressed the people as “the house of Jacob. . . the people of Israel . . .” (Exodus 19:3) as a way to remind them that they were the people of the covenant, the descendants of Abraham. What was about to happen at Sinai was not a new covenant with the people but an extension of the covenant God made with Abraham.

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MATTHEW QUOTES A VERSE FROM HOSEA 11:1, WHAT IS THE CONNECTION?

September 10, 2021Uncategorizedchild, children, Christ, danger, Egyptian bondage, escape from Egypt, essence, foreshadowed, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God's relationship, God's Son, Hosea, Israel's, jesus, Jesus Christ, land, life of Christ, Lord, Matthew, my Son, new testament, Old Testament, OT, promised, Promised land, prophet, Sinaiabarkley8

In Israel’s early history, God’s relationship with the nation was compared to a father relating to his son (Exodus 4:22-23). God gently led His “children” out of Egyptian bondage, down to Sinai, and eventually into the promised Land.

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A LITTLE KNOWN FACT ABOUT (JAEL)

August 12, 2021Uncategorizedarmy, bogged, case, chariots, Christ, city, galilee, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, hazor, Heber, Hebrew, husband, Husbands, Israelites, Jael, jesus, Jesus Christ, Judges, Kenites, Matthew, mud, neighbors, new testament, nomad's wife, northern Israel, Old Testament, peg, rainstorm, ruthlessly, Sinai, sisera, twenty years, wild goat, wivesabarkley8

With a tent peg and a hammer, a nomadic woman named Jael killed one of Israel’s most feared enemies, Sisera. He commanded the powerful army and chariot corps of Hazor, a city in northern Galilee. His army ruthlessly oppressed northern Israel for twenty years until an Israelite leader named Deborah organized a militia to fight back.

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SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (MOUNT SINAI)

March 18, 2019Uncategorizedbible signs and symbols, burning, burning bush, bush, Christ, dream, Egypt, Exodus, Exodus 24:16-18, Galatians, glory, glow, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Horeb, Israel, Israelites, Jacob, jesus, Jesus Christ, kill, killed, killer, law, laws, Lord, Moses, Mount, Mount sinai, mountains, Moutain, new testament, Old Testament, Pharaoh, sheep, Sinai, symbol, symbolic, symbolized, symbolizes, Symbols, Ten Commandmentsabarkley8

We sometimes think of the Old Testament as a book in which God makes repeated appearances of many kinds. But when we put a time line next to the account, we quickly realize that God’s manifest presence was far more rare and purposeful than we realized. The last time God made a direct appearance in Genesis he visited Jacob in a dream (46:1-7) and assured him his family would become “a great nation” while in Egypt (v. 3). Over four hundred years would pass before God would make another recorded appearance. Continue reading SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (MOUNT SINAI) →

SIGNGS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (DARKNESS)

March 13, 2019Uncategorized1 samuel, 2 Samuel, above, bellow, bible signs and symbols, Christ, daken, dark, darkness, day, Deuteronomy, devil, evil, Ezekiel, Genesis, God, hidden darkness, Isaiah, jesus, John, light, light that overcomes darkness, Moses, Mount, new testament, night, Old Testament, physical, Psalm, Romans, Satan, Signs, signs and symbols, Sinai, sky, Symbols, Ten Commandmentsabarkley8

As a physical feature, darkness is nothing in and of itself. Darkness is instead defined as the absence of light. Synonymous with emptiness, darkness is used to describe the earth at the very beginning of creation when “darkness covered the deep water” (Gen 1:2). Out of this absence, the first thing God created was light. In the beginning, Scripture pictures light and darkness as balanced parts of a single day and night: “So God separated the light from the darkness. God named the light day, and the darkness he named night” Gen 1:4-5). Continue reading SIGNGS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (DARKNESS) →