Someone once described the Holy Land as “the fifth gospel”. This book aspires to give you a glimpse into the world of that fifth gospel. Through brief notes and stunning pictures the book explains why there is a yearning among many Christians to see the Holy Land, at least once in the...
Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live?
and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer.‘”– Exodus 15:26
Think about the Egyptians followed by the Assyrians followed by the Babylonians followed by the Greeks followed by the Romans: none of them treated Israel well. Again and again, the Bible describes how the people of Israel have been exiled from their deserted and desolate land for a season. ...
While there he acquired certain (magical) powers which Egyptians pride themselves on possessing. He returned home highly elated at possessing these powers, and on the strength of them gave himself out to be a god.” Celsus admits that Jesus was reportedly born of a virgin, but then argues ...
J: Yes, I did. But understand what I say, because I came into my knowing, into the fulfillment with the Holy Spirit, at a very, very early age. And so yes, I studied with the high priests and was exposed to their belief systems. The Egyptians, later the Greeks, the Romans to som...
Joseph could not refrain himself before all those standing by him, and he cried out, “Cause every man to go out from me!” And there stood no man with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. And he wept aloud, and the Egyptians and the household of Pharaoh heard it. And...
Then in Exodus, we see the importance of a lamb again. In Exodus, God warns his people in Egypt that he is going to strike the Egyptians. If those who believe in God will put the blood of a lamb on their doorpost, God would have the angel of death go past them, saving them from...
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Egyptian women utilized the ash of burned frankincense resin as makeup, mixing it into their eye shadow. Ceremony Ancient religious ceremonies and burials often incorporated frankincense and myrrh. According to the Greek writer Herodotus, the Egyptians used frankincense and myrrh to prepare animal ...