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IS EROTIC LOVE OKAY?

July 6, 2021Uncategorized1 Kings, 2 Kings, Bible book, celebrating, devotion, erotic, erotic love, Faithful, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Israel, jesus, love, marriage, Men, song of solomon, Song of Songs, womanabarkley8

One theme rings throughout this unique Bible book: Falling head over heels in love is fantastic! The pleasure of sexual intercourse is celebrated here in language that leaves no doubt. This book has been interpreted by some as an allegory, devaluing the erotic element in favor of a more vertical meaning (God’s love of Israel, for example). But the plan language of the book is devoted powerfully to celebrating God’s gift of love to a man and woman. So, let’s face it-if you’re going to meet and fall in love, do it this way.

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BIBLE CUSTOMS & CURIOSITIES (POLICING THE STREETS)

April 5, 2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, easter, Faith, forgive, 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, preach, preaching, primitive, prophet, stones, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 samuel, 2 Samuel, area, bride, cities, city, danger, dangerous, day, guard, guards, husband, Husbands, Job, King, Kings, night, order, patrol, police, policed, policing the streets, posted, prostitute, search, shulamite, Solomon's birde, song of solomon, street, streets, today, wall, walled, walled cities, wallsabarkley8

Walled cities of Bible times had guards posted on the walls to warn of approaching danger (2 Sam 18:26). These words of Solomon’s bride showed that armed guards also policed the area inside the walls, particularly at night.

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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (SOLOMON’S PORTABLE CHAIR)

April 1, 20211 corinthians, 2 Corinthians, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, 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, preach, preaching, primitive, prophet, the church, theology, Uncategorizedbase, carried, chair, chariot, covering, CSB, gold, Hebrew, hoist, King, King Solomon, KJV, Labanon, NIV, palanquin, pillars, poles, purple, roayl, servants, song of solomon, Song of Songs, woodabarkley8

The Hebrew word translated as “chariot” in this passage actually refers to a palanquin-a portable couch or chair in which kings were carried from place to place by royal servants. Poles were fastened to each side of the palanquin.

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DEFINITION OF DAY (VEIL)

March 26, 2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, death, Faith, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lamentation, Lamentations, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, stones, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Corinthains, 2 Corinthians, access, atonement, barrier, cloth covering, covenant, death, definition, definition of the day, definitions, era, Exodus, face, Genesis, Hebrew, holy place, husband, Husbands, interracial marriages, Israel, Jerusalem, Jesus death, King, KJV, Leviticus, Luke, Mark, marriage, married, marry, Matthew, Moses, most holy place, NIV, OT, other woman, people, pregnant woman, REB, rent clothes, sign, song, song of solomon, Tamar, Temple veil, veil, woman, womenabarkley8

Cloth covering. 1. Women’s veils Rebekah veiled herself before meeting Isaac (Gen 24:65). Her veil was perhaps the sign that she was a marriageable maiden. Tamar used her veil to conceal her identity from Judah (Gen 38:14,19). Another Hebrew term renders “veil” at Isa 3:23. Here veils are but one of the items of finery the elite women of Jerusalem would lose in the coming siege. The same Hebrew term in rendered “shawl” (NASB), “cloak” (HCSB, NIV, REB), and “mantle” (KJV, NRSV) at Song 5:7. There, removal of the shawl was part of a

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (RAVEN)

January 21, 20211 corinthians, 2 Corinthians, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, Faith, 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, Uncategorized1 Kings, 2 Kings, Avibirds, bird study, black, brook Cherith, clean, color, crags, Crow, definition, definition of the day, definitions, Deuteronomy, Elijah, evil, family, flooding earth, fly, food, Genesis, Job, Leviticus, Luke, memory, nature, Noah, Omen, Psalm, Raven, rocky, song of solomon, sovereignty, the study of birds, unclean, websites, youtubeabarkley8

The raven, conspicuous because of its black color (Son 5:11), is a member of the crow family The raven acts as a scavenger and is listed among the unclean birds (Lev 11:15; Deut 14:14). Biblical writers cite the raven as an example of God’s care for His creation (Job 38:41; Psa 147:9; Luk 12:24).

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BIBLE DEFINITION OF THE DAY (PREMARITAL SEX)

October 22, 20201 corinthians, 2 Corinthians, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, Faith, forgive, Forgivness, 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, Proverbs, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorizedbelievers, bible definition, corinth, counseled, definition, definition of the day, flee, gazelles, great, greater, HCSB, holy union, Hosea, husband, Husbands, intimacy, KJV, living, marriage, married, marry, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, passions, paul, premarital, premarital sex, pure, relationship, revelation, sex, sexual, sexual activity, sexual desires, sexual sin, song of solomon, Song of Songs, Timothy, union, wild, woman, women, young, young women, youthfulabarkley8

Engaging in sexual intercourse prior to marriage. The Song of Songs is an extended poem extolling the virtue of sexual fidelity between a king and his chosen bride. Sexual desire runs strong throughout the song as the king and his beloved anticipate their union together. At intervals the poet repeats a refrain counseling sexual restraint: “Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you, by the gazelles and the wild does of the field; do not stir up or awaken love until the appropriate time” (Song 2:7 HCSB; 3:5; 8:4). To the church in Corinth, a city well-known for

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SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (FLOWERS)

March 4, 2019Uncategorized1 Kings, beauty, beloved, Bible, bible signs and symbols, bud, Christ, creation, Daniel, earhly, earth, evoke, flower, flowers, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, gone tomorrow, here today, Holy Bible, image, images, Isaiah, James, jesus, love, majesty, Matthew, perach, poor people, Psalm, rejuvenation, restoration, Rich people, sharon, song of solomon, spiritual theme, sprout, symbolic, symbolizes, Symbols, tsuwtsabarkley8

The beauty of flowers and the way they bloom and flourish makes them a good image for many spiritual themes, including love, transience, and the glory of God. Two Hebrew words are translated as “flower:” perach means to break forth, bud, sprout, or burst; tsuwts evokes images of shining, sparkling, or gleaming. The first connotes spontaneous growth, while the second focuses on beauty. Continue reading SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (FLOWERS) →

WHAT IS A SONG ABOUT SEX-WITH NO MENTION OF GOD-DOING IN THE BIBLE?

February 25, 2019Uncategorized1700s, 1800s, beautiful, Bible, black, Christ, desires, Faith, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, idols, imtimate, Israel, jesus, Jew, jews, Johnny, Johnny Mathis, King, King Solomon, kissing, knowing, line, Mathis, mating, preach, preacher, preachers, sex, solomon, song about sex, song of solomon, Song of Songs, story, Storyline, woman of Israel, worshippingabarkley8

That’s a question that people of faith, Jews and Christians alike, have been asking for more than 2,000 years. Most believers in ancient times couldn’t handle what many scholars today insist is the truth about this book. And the truth is that it’s an erotic celebration of love between a man and a woman who graphically praise the physical features of each other and trade fantasies about making love. Though their words aren’t obscene, they are unapologetically sensual. Continue reading WHAT IS A SONG ABOUT SEX-WITH NO MENTION OF GOD-DOING IN THE BIBLE? →

SHOULD PEOPLE BE TALKING ABOUT THESE KINDS OF THINGS IN PUBLIC?

February 25, 2019Uncategorizedage, bad, bride, Christ, Christian, christian life, christians, circles, devil, evil, games, gift, gifts, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God's love, good, groom, intimacy, jesus, Jesus love, love, lovers, new testament, night, Old Testament, prostitude, prostitute, puberty, public, Satan, sex, solomon, song of solomon, talk, weddingabarkley8

SONG OF SOLOMON 3:1- By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (A BUTTER AND HONEY SANDWICH)

February 25, 2019Uncategorized2 Samuel, 2 Samuel 17:29, Bible, bible customs and curiosities, bread, butter, butter and honey sandwich, children, diet, diet of children, Holy Bible, honey, jelly, Job, Job 20:17, milk, mixed, modern, new testament, Old Testament, song of solomon, Song of Solomon 4:11, spreadabarkley8

Butter, or curds and honey were often mixed together and spread on bread, much as peanut butter and jelly are eaten together as a sandwich in modern times. It may have been a staple in the diet of children, since it is mentioned in this verse as food that a young child would eat. Continue reading BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (A BUTTER AND HONEY SANDWICH) →

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