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LEARING ABOUT A FALSE IDOL (RIOT)

September 14, 2022UncategorizedChrist, Colossus, Diana, Ephesus, fight, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greece, greek, Hebrew, idol, idols, jesus, Jesus Christ, merchants, Mother of a riot, paul, Philon, prayed, pyramids, Religion, Rhodes, roman, Romans, Seven Wonders of the World, silversmith, statue, temple, worried, worship idols, worshippingabarkley8

Paul is too successful in Ephesus-at least as far as the idol-making lobbyists are concerned. There are Seven Wonders of the World. But the most beautiful, according to one writer who said he saw all seven, is a temple in Ephesus dedicated to the Greek goddess Artemis. Romans call her Diana.

“I have seen the walls and hanging gardens of ancient Babylon, the statue of Olympian Zeus, the Colossus of Rhodes, the mighty work of the high pyramids, and the tombs of Mausolus,” wrote the Greek scientist Philon in the 200s BC. “But when I saw the temple at Ephesus rising to the clouds, all these other wonders were put in the shade.”

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (PAGAN TEMPLES, PT1)

August 23, 2022Uncategorized1961, Antioch, Asherah, Baal, Bronze Age, Canaan, canaanite, chamber, Christ, cuneiform, definition, Ein Gedi, El, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, inner court, Iron Age, jesus, Jesus Christ, Judges, Mardikh, Matthew, modern day Aleppo, Near East, Neo-Hittite, new testament, Old Testament, pantheon, polytheistic, Solomon's Temple, southwest, sphinx, temple, temples, worship, Yamabarkley8

Temples built for polytheistic worship, many pagan temples within the land of Canaan predated Solomon’s temple and some featured similar designs. The earliest excavated temples from the Chalcolithic Period (4600-3300 B.C.), such as those uncovered at Ein Gedi in 1961 and Eshtaol in 2013, illustrate the ubiquitous nature of pagan worship in Canaan prior to the arrival of Abram (Gen 12:5). The cultic site at Eshtaol contained a standing stone, just over four feet high and smoothed on all sides; it was erected to face east.

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MANNERS & CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS)

August 23, 2022Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 1 corinthians, 1 samuel, 2 Chronicles, 2 Corinthians, 2 Kings, 2 Samuel, 2 Samule, balil, bazora, bore, Christ, customs, cymbals, festivities, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Hebrew music, horn, instruments, Isaiah, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jubal, Kinnor, manners and customs, manners and customs of the bible, Matthew, menanaim, metal, meziltaim, Music, musical instuments, musicians, nebel, new testament, Numbers, Old Testament, percussion, pip, pipe, possessed, qeren, reed, religious, sheep-gut, shophar, skin bottle, sound, soundbox, stringed, temple, tof, trumpet, woddenabarkley8

Music was very much a part of religious life, and musicians had always been important. They were classed along with smiths and those who possessed flocks and herds. Jubal was recognized as the father of all who played the pipe (Gen 4:20-21). We therefore find many examples of music in Bible times. The instruments that were played are not always easy to identify from their Hebrew names, but the following instruments (arranged alphabetically) are the most important ones used:

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (EZER)

May 23, 2022Uncategorized1 Chronicles, Christ, David, definition, definition of the day, definitions, Edom, Egypt, Ephraim, ezer, Gad, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Hebrew, Holy Bible, Horite, Jacob, jesus, Jesus Christ, Matthew, nehemiah, new testament, Old Testament, Palestine, political, Seir, templeabarkley8

English spelling of two Hebrew names with different spelling and meanings. The first Hebrew meaning is “gathering” or “pile.” Ezer was a leader in Edom and a descendant of Esau (Gen 36:21,27,30). He was a Horite and lived in Seir or Edom. The second Hebrew meaning is “help” or “hero.” 1. Descendant of Judah (1 Chron 4:4) in the clan of Caleb. 2. Son of Ephraim and

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SCRIPUTRES OF THE DAY (ACTS 21:26-36)

September 22, 2021Uncategorizedacts, arrested in the temple, ascertain, Asia, Christ, city, cry, Disciples, dragged, ephesian, Faith, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greek, Hebrew, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jew, kill, killed, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, paul, Roamns, Scripture, scripture of the day, scriptures, seven, seven days, temple, Trophimus, trust, turth, vowabarkley8

²⁶Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.

²⁷And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,

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HOW CAN JESUS BE CONSIDERED SINLESS WHEN THE BIBLE DESCRIBES HIS ANGER?

September 22, 2021Uncategorized4, 4 Gospels, anger, angry, campaign, Christ, dramatic, four Gospels, God, God the Son, God's name, jesus, Jesus anger, Jesus Christ, John, motivationg, new testament, Old Testament, power, sustianed, temple, whipabarkley8

All four Gospels describe Jesus clearing the money changers from the temple: none use the term “anger” as part of the description. We infer anger from the facts given and from the passion mentioned in John 2:17.

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WHERE IS THE ARK TODAY?

September 13, 2021Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, ark, ark of the covenant, babylonian, cave, celebration, Christ, Dead Sea, Ezra, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, Hebrews Levites, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ in the ark of the covenant, John, King Josiah, King Nebuchadnezzar, Matthew, new testament, Passover, Pompey, popularity, prophet, Raiders of the Lost ark, Ramesses 2, Ramesses II, rebuild the Temple, Roamn, templeabarkley8

Today the ark is not necessary because God’s presence travels with each and every believer. Before going away, Jesus promised that he would be with his church forever, and he also promised to send the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is God’s presence in our midst.

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (MONEY CHANGERS)

September 10, 2021Uncategorized20 percent, 300 percent, altar, animals, animals sacrifices, changers, Christ, cities, city, commission, definition, definition of the day, foreign, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greek, Hebrew, invest, invested, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jew, Jewish, John, Kermotistes, kollubistes, loaned, Luke, Matthew, money, money changers, new testament, Old Testament, origin, pay, sell, Semitic, Semitic origin, shekel, small change, sold animals, table, temple, temple tax, trapetzites, vendorsabarkley8

Persons whose profession was to sell or exchange Roman or other moneys for Jewish money acceptable in the temple worship. In NT times regions and cities issued their own money. This caused Jews of the Dispersion, those who lived outside of Judea, to bring many kinds of money to Jerusalem. To help visitors change money into that acceptable in Jerusalem, money changers set up tables in the temple court of the Gentiles. Syrian silver coins were the money of Jerusalem then, and worshipers used them to pay their temple tax of a half shekel and to buy sacrifices for the altar.

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MAKING AN IDOL

August 24, 2021Uncategorizedancient world, artisans, Assyrian King Esarhaddon, carpenters, cast of soild, Christ, clay, clothing, clothings, dominated, Egypt, elegant, eyes, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, gods, goldsmiths, idol, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jewelry, King Esarhaddon, Matthew, mesopotamia, Mesopotamian, metal, metlaworkers, mouth washing, new testament, nose, Old Testament, ornaments, priest, real images, rituals, skill, skilled, skills, stonecutters, temple, temples, washingabarkley8

While object representing deities were common in the ancient world, only statues created under carefully prescribed conditions and with proper rituals were regarded as real images that the deity inhabited. Some images were made of stone, cast of solid metal or molded from clay; however, the primary statues of deities that dominated the temples were usually carved of wood and covered with a thin layer of gold or silver and adorned with precious stones and elegant clothing. The Assyrian king Esarhaddon commissioned a major restoration of temples and images.

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JESUS’ CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE

August 24, 2021Uncategorizedagent, agents, animals, animals sacrifices, annual, body, Capernaum, charges, Christ, clean, cleansing, destroy, festival, foreign, God, God the Father, God the Son, HCSB, His Body, holiday, holy city, Jerusalem, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus cleans the temple, jews, John, marketplace, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, Passover, Passover festival, pay, rebuke, rebuked, selling, sgin, Signs, stop turning, tax, temple, temple taxabarkley8

After this short visit to Capernaum, Jesus apparently traveled to Jerusalem to observe the Passover festival. Here He found the outer courts of the temple cluttered with merchants who were selling sacrificial animals to pilgrims who had come to the Holy City for the annual Jewish holiday. Other agents were busy exchanging foreign currency for the Jewish coins needed to pay the annual temple tax (John 2:13-25).

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