It is described as having streets of gold, gates of pearl, and walls made of precious stones. The city is said to be brilliantly illuminated by the glory of God, obviating the need for the sun or moon. There is also the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing ...
The record in Ezekiel 28:12-15 shows these precious stones associated with Lucifer in his first estate, on the mountain of God's presence, symbolizing the angels of the First Heavens & Earth, even as the High Priest wore his breastplate in service to God's presence in Israel's Tabernacle...
precious stoneson it. The first row shall be carnelian, chrysoliteand beryl;18the second row shall be turquoise, lapis lazuli and emerald;19the third row shall be jacinth, agate and amethyst;20the fourth row shall be topaz, onyx and jasper.[b]Mount them in gold fil...
What is interesting is that, according to 1 Chron 1:8,9 the offspring of Ham (from the Egyptian word Kem meaning Egyptian) were Cush (Nubia), Mizraim (Egypt), Put (Punt=Abyssinia and Yemen) and Canaan. The offspring of Cush were Saba (Sheba) and Havilah (Havilah and Ophir both mean ...
I find I am constantly running into frustration when I listen to sermons given to God’s people. The well-meaning speakers are always (nearly always) trying to help their listeners to do things better or relate to God better. It seems the “self-help” or “application” theories have tak...
The Bible mentions “gemstone”, also as a product of Kavilah. Its Hebrew word in the Bible isshôham(שׁהם) from an unused root probably meaning “to blanch”; “a gem” or “a precious stone”. The story of Kalimantan’s rich gemstone resources has reached worldwide fame...
distribution of landed property among the tribes, and of preventing the accumulation of large landed estates in a few hands, the Mosaic law forbade the alienation of lands or families holding them; and especially it forbade the transfer from one tribe to another. And this is the meaning of ...
YHWH ordered these altars and shrines to be built with the “horn” or the uraeus. The Hebrews built the altars with a uraeus (image of an upright spitting cobra, who was the deity Wadjet) on each of the 4 corners, and, to make sure that all understood the meaning of the uraeus, th...
1 Peter 1:18-20,“Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreorda...
The precise meaning of the Hebrew word (תֵּבָה, tebah') is uncertain. The word only occurs here and in the second chapter of Exodus, where it is used of the little papyrus boat in which the mother of Moses entrusted her child to the Nile. In all probability it is ...