andgiving of thanks be made for all men,2for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.3For thisisgood and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,4who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge ...
1 Kings 12:16When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,2 ...
As Christians, we want to experience God through the Bible… we really do! But our good intentions fall flat when reading the Bible just doesn’t seem to help us experience God in a real way. What should feel dynamic and important and alive often feels confusing and boring and irrelevant....
Second, advent prophets trust in things they cannot see. Isaiah is a great example of this. Isaiah himself never saw the Israelites freed from exile. He never saw them return to the Promised Land. He never met Jesus. But he spoke out tirelessly about God’s coming rescue. He foretold th...
Abi, Ami) should be uttered, i.e., within a year of its birth, the spoils of the two capitals of the kings of the confederate armies should be carried to the king of Assyria. The conclusion of the period thus defined would coincide more or less closely with the longer period assigned...
When dealing with the Bible or any ancient source, we have to loosen up a little; otherwise, we can’t really say anything.HS: Your personal background is very secular. How did you become interested in the Bible, in biblical scholarship?
So Joshua 5.1f: Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the Jordan before the Israelites until we had crossed over, their hearts melted and they no longer had the courage to face the Israelites.. ...
the Macedonian ruler who established one of the largest empires of the ancient world. Clearly the name remains beloved and for several years throughout the 1990s, nearly one percent of male babies took the name Alexander. In 2017, the name did not crack the top 10, but was still a common...
And, my Judo-Christian bothers and sisters, the obedient sjeeps, don’t we FOLLOW the Jewish ancient craft vigirously? Did not we founded The United States of America on the DICTATE OF USURY? Did not this parasite “pain-body” eaten up the whole essence of the Christ’s teaching? Look...
In Hebrew, “devorah" translates to “bee," and Deborah is also the name of a Book of Judges figure in the Old Testament, who leads the Israelites to safety away from the Canaanites. Deborah was later adopted by the English. #45. Samuel (boys) FamVeld // Shutterstock #45. Samuel (...