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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (ORPHAN “FARTHERLESS” PT3)

August 13, 2021Uncategorizedchild, Christ, Deuteronomy, everyday life in bible times, failure, Father, fatherless, food, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Isaiah, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Job, judgment, kids, leaders, lots, Matthew, motherless, new testament, Old Testament, old-fashioned, paved roads, political, Proverbs, Psalm, society, Zechariahabarkley8

As the biblical authors address the ethics of political leaders and believers in general, they state that it is the treatment of the most disadvantaged members of society-the orphans-that is to distinguish them as God’s people. The Lord paved the way of this moral high road by identifying himself as the one who is the provider of food and clothing for the fatherless (Deut 10:18). He is the helper, defender, and father of the orphan (Psa 10:14, 18; 68:5; 146:9).

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BIBLE CUSTOMS & CURIOSITIES (SALT OF THE EARTH)

September 10, 2020bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, eat, flour, 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, theology1 samuel, 2 Samuel, agreement, barren, Christ, christians, cold, covenant, covenant of salt, culture, David, dead, Dead Sea, decadent, exist, flavor, flavor food, fleeing, food, Genesis, Gomorrah, higher, jesus, Jesus Christ, Joshua, Lot, Lot's wife, lots, Meat, Numbers, pillar, pillar of salt, preserve, refrigeration, salt, salt sea, salty water, sea, sea salt, sigificance, Sin, Sinful, slat of the earth, society, Sodom, Sodom and Gomorrah, south, storage, syrians, valley, valley of salt, victory, wife, worldabarkley8

Salt added flavor to food, and it was also used to preserve meat in a society in which refrigeration and cold storage did not exist.

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THE POWER OF LEAVEN

November 20, 2019Uncategorizedbaking, Bible, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, body, bread, celebration, curiosities, customs, egyptian, Exodus, Exosdus, glory, glory of God, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, Israelite, Israelites, Jew, Jewish, jews, King James Bible, kingdom, Kingdom of God, kingdom of heaven, leaven, leavened, Lord, Luke, Man, Men, New Testment, NIV, Old Testament, Passover, slave, slavery, society, theology, unleavened, unleavened bread, woman, women, work, workedabarkley8

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In the process of baking bread, leaven or yeast was added to the dough to cause it to rise. Thus, Jesus was saying that the kingdom of God had a power out of proportion to its size that caused it to permeate and influence all of society. Continue reading THE POWER OF LEAVEN →

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