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SCRIPTURES OF THE DAY (EZEKIEL 16:15-30 “JERUSALEM’S HARLOTRY”)

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¹⁵But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playest the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.

¹⁶And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playest the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.

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BIBLE SIGNS AND SYMBOLS (BETHLEHEM)

January 23, 2019Uncategorized1 samuel, baby, Benjamin, beth, bethlehem, bible signs and symbols, birth, Boaz, carol, christmas, death, Elimelech, Ephrath, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Jacob, Jesus Christ, Joseph, lehem, Luke, manger, mary, Matthew, Moabitess, new testament, Old Testament, Ruth, significant, smallabarkley8

View of Har Homa (Hebrew illegal settlement) from Bethlehem 2010

The very name Bethlehem immediately awakens thoughts of carol lyrics and the story of Christmas. Yet the tale of that little town reaches far back into history, when the Promised Land was just a promise. The village is first mentioned, almost as a sad footnote, in the itinerary of Jacob’s trip back from Haran with his growing family, only to have his beloved Rachel go into labor just outside Ephrath (Gen 35:16) and die while giving birth to the youngest of the patriarch’s sons, Benjamin. Her burial place is identified as Bethlehem (Gen 35:19). Continue reading BIBLE SIGNS AND SYMBOLS (BETHLEHEM) →