not surprisingly, the same prevailed in that historical moment when God’s Son was welcomed to Earth. The angels proclaimed His birth in the midst of the shining light of God’s glory. Later on, the wise men came from the East following a star that shone the way, guiding...
The more sin has prevailed, with the more difficulty is its dominion resisted. Habits are formed by repeated acts, and therefore old habits are always strongest. How much more dreadful does the danger of delay appear, when it is considered that not only life is every day shorter, and the ...
Lee 2010, Matthews 2019, Perry 2016, Perry 2019, Rhoads 2009, and Swanson 2010 chart the path for research and interpretations that can fruitfully uncover the rich meaning of the text through performance criticism. Ruge-Jones 2010 highlights the pedagogical application of insights from performance ...
The tradition of Jowett still dominated the study of ancient philosophy when I was reading Greats. One was brought up to believer that the real meaning of Plato had been misunderstood by Aristotle and wildly travestied by the neo-Platonists, only to be recovered by the moderns. When recovered...
we learn that smiths were accustomed to place figures of the phallus before their forges for the same purpose. This symbol, which disgusts us by its indecency, conveyed to the ancient heathens, as the Linga (q.v.) does to the modern Hindi's, a profound and sacred meaning. Diodorus Sicu...
The meaning hereof is, that Moses received not only the written law from God, but also certain rules for its construction and application; and that even in the most corrupt times of Israel's history there were always some pure and holy men, who kept up the study of this tradition, and ...
Whatever the symbolic meaning, there can be no doubt that Smith held real political power within Mormondom and that he and his council made every effort to establish a Mormon state as a political entity. Smith's political candidacy was only one of several alternatives that the council seriously...
” In 1999 , Dr. Michael Molnar , a Christian astronomer, published “The Star of Bethlehem – The Legacy of the Magi.” H is findings included the meaning behind the “Ram and Star” coins from Antioch along with the most likely “ heavenly alignment” constituting the “Star of Bethlehem...
Judges 20:33 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain. Judges 20:33 Hebrew Geba, a variant of Gibeah Judges 20:43 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain. Judges 21:2 Or to the house of GodChi...
The Bible says that there is gold in Kavilah and the gold is good. Kahayan River is renowned for its gold mining. A place named Gunungmas, meaning “the hill of gold”, in the middle of Kahayan River, is rich of gold and some other minerals such as silver, copper, iron, zinc, tin...