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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (VINE SYMBOLISM)

January 19, 2021bible 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, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, preach, preaching, prophet, Proverbs, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 corinthians, 1 Timothy, 2 Corinthians, Bible, Deuteronomy, ecclesiastes, Exodus, Genesis, Holy Bible, Isaiah, Israel, John, John the Baptist, manners and customs, Matthew, nazirite, Numbers, Psalm, Romans, symbolism, thanksgiving, true vine, vine, wicked, wineabarkley8

The vine was of great importance in the religion of Israel. It was used as a symbol of the religious life of Israel itself, and a carving of a bunch of grapes often adorned the front exterior of the synagogue. The symbolism was based upon passages such as Psalm 80 and Isaiah 5:1-5 where Israel is God’s vine. The importance of the vine is why the Pharisees took the point so angrily when Jesus told the story of the wicked tenants in the vineyard (Matthew 21:33-41, 45-46). As the fulfilment of all that Israel should be to God, Jesus was the true vine (John 15:5-7).

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SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY (PROVERBS 15:1-10)

January 18, 2021bible 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, prophet, Proverbs, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorizedabomination, anger, die, eyes, fool, fools, God'swords, hated, Lord, loveth, mouth, place, Proverbs, prudent, righteousness, scripture of the day, scriptures, tongue, treasures, wicked, wise, words, wrathabarkley8

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

²The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

³The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

⁴A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

⁵A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (BOOK OF LIFE)

October 5, 2020bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, Forgivness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorizedbook of life, books, Daniel, death, definition of the day, Exodus, faithfullness, falsehood, God's heavenly kingdom, Hebrews, Jerusalem, judgment, life, new testament, Old Testament, people, Psalm, record, revelation, Sin, sinned, sinner, wicked, workabarkley8

Heavenly record (Luke 10:20; Heb 12:23) written by God before the foundation of the world (Rev 13:8; 17:8) containing the names of those who are destined because of God’s grace and their faithfulness to participate in God’s heavenly kingdom. Those whose names are in the book have been born into God’s family through Jesus Christ (Heb 12:23; Rev 13:8), remain faithful in worship of God (Rev 13:8; 17:8), are untouched by the practice of abomination and falsehood (Rev 21:27), are faithful through tribulation (Rev 3:5), and are fellow workers in the work of Jesus Christ (Phil 4:3). The book of life will be used along with the books of judgment at the final judgment to separate the righteous and the wicked for their respective eternal destines (Rev 20:12, 15: 21:27).

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SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (LION)

July 8, 2020bible 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, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, Proverbs, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Peter, 1 samuel, 2 peter, 2 Samuel, Amos, courageous, creatures, Daniel, devil, empire, evil, Ezekiel, fear, Holy Bible, Hosea, human, Israel, Job, Judges, judgment, lion, lion cub, lion sightings, lions, Medo-persian, Micach, person, peter, prophets, revelation, righteous, Satan, Signs, symbolize, Symbols, wickedabarkley8

During Bible times, the Holy Land was still occupied by lions. These majestic animals, then as now, do not typically prey on humans, though older or disabled lions sometimes see people as easy food to capture. Observable lion behavior lies behind the comparisons that we find in the Scriptures. Their roaring tends to provoke fear (Amos 3:8), so Peter can write, “Keep your mind clear, and be alert. Your opponent the devil is prowling

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (HELL)

May 1, 2020bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, death, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, NIV, Old Testament, rock, rocks, stones, sunday, theology, Uncategorized2 peter, Ancient Greeks, bible definition, darkness, dead, death, definition, definition of the day, definitions, devil, die, eternal fire, evil, Gehenna, gnashing, gnashing teeth, God, habitation, Hades, hell, homosexuals, James, Jerusalem, judgment, KJV, lake of fire, liars, Luke, Mark, Matthew, Moloch, New Testament usage, NT, Old Testament, Old Testament usage, OT, paganism, physical, prostitues, punished, punishment, revelation, sacrifices, Satan, satan angels, sheol, sinned, sinner, sinners, southeast, spiritual, suffering, Tartarus, teeth, ungodly, weeping, whores, wicked, worm, wormsabarkley8

Usually understood as the final abode of the unrighteous dead wherein the ungodly suffer eternal punishment; the term translates one OT word and several NT words.

OLD TESTAMENT USAGE – The only Hebrew word translated “hell” in the KJV (though not in modern translatons) is Sheol. Sheol itself is a broad term that, depending on the context, may signify the abode of the both the righteous dead and the ungodly dead. Continue reading DEFINITION OF THE DAY (HELL) →

WOMEN OF THE BIBLE “LOT’S WIFE”A CAUTIONARY TALE ABOUT WORLDLINESS

June 17, 2019Uncategorizedabraham, career success, Chaldean, Christ, city, city gate, designer clothing, destroy, devil, east, Egypt, elegant homes, end of the world, end time, evil, evil culture, financial wealth, fit bodies, fool, Gay, Gay pride, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Gomorrah, Homosexuality, jesus, Lord, Lot, Lot's daughters, Lot's wife, Luke, married, new testament, north, Old Testament, Only God knows, Persian Gulf, physical beauty, pillar, remember, salt, Satan, Sin, Sodom, Sodom and Gomorrah, south, takeaway, tale, tent, west, wicked, woman, woman of the bible, women of the bible, worldlinessabarkley8

LUKE 17:32- “Remember Lot’s wife!”

Lot’s wife is one of the many unnamed characters of Scripture. We don’t know her background or how or where she and Lot met. We only know she was a mother of two daughters (see Gen 19:15) and that se lived with Lot in the notoriously wicked city of Sodom. Continue reading WOMEN OF THE BIBLE “LOT’S WIFE”A CAUTIONARY TALE ABOUT WORLDLINESS →

BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (A SIFTING GOD)

February 26, 2019UncategorizedAmos, bible customs and curiosities, blood, Christ, corn, cross, devil, dirt, evil, Fall, flour, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, grain, harvest, Israel, jesus, judgment, land travel, large grain, mix, mixed, mixers, Nation, process, remnant, Ruth, Satan, sieve, sift, sifter, sifting, sifting God, water, wickedabarkley8

Before grain was ground into flour, it was sifted in a sieve to remove any dirt or sand that had become mixed in with the grain during the harvesting process (see note on Ruth 3:2). The larger gain would remain in the sieve while the smaller dirt particles would fall through the sieve to the ground. Continue reading BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (A SIFTING GOD) →

BIBLE SIGNS AND SYMBOLS (NINEVEH)

September 19, 2016Uncategorizedbabylonian, bible signs and symbols, Genesis, Iraq, John, jonah, nineveh, river, war, wars, wicked, wicked cityabarkley8

As a city symbolic of man’s power in rebellion against God, Nineveh ranks second only to Babylon. Yet it also stands out as an example of cultural repentance- the population of a large city recognizing the holiness of God and humbling themselves before him. Three of Israel’s prophets- Jonah, Nahum, and Zephaniah-had dealings with the city. Nineveh

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SOME CHRISTIANS TEACH THAT A “SAVED” PERSON CAN SIN ALL HE/SHE WANTS SINCE THERE IS NO WAY TO LOSE SALVATION. IS THIS TRUE?

March 30, 2016Uncategorized2 peter, always, christians, God, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Jesus Christ, judge, salvation, saved, Sin, wickedabarkley8

HEBREWS 10:26-27,31- For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

27- But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

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WHEN THE WICKED ARE CUT OFF, WHY ARE THEY ANNIHILATED?

March 18, 2016Uncategorizedannihilated, Messiah, problem, solution, wickedabarkley8

Problem: The psalmist affirms that “evildoers shall be cut off.” Elsewhere (Ps 73:27; Prov 21:28), it says they will perish (see comments on 2 thess. 1:9). But does being cut off forever mean they will be annihilated?

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