Israel is a name used 2,431 times in the Bible. The primary thread throughout the Bible is the redemption of humanity, and Israel is at the center of that story. Israel is the Hebrew name Yisra'el, meaning God contends, or one who struggles with God. Those identified with that name ...
Elisha, also spelled Elisaios, or Eliseus, in the Old Testament,Israelite prophet, the pupil of Elijah, and also his successor (c. 851 bc). He instigated and directed Jehu's revolt against the house of Omri, which was marked by a bloodbath at Jezreel in which King Ahab of Israel and ...
What does strangers in the Bible mean? In the Bible a category of person (ger), is roughly translated as. stranger, as in:When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall do him no wrong. The. stranger who sojourns with you shall be to you as the native among you and y...
“He says: ‘It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.’” (Isaiah 49:6) ...
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Israelite kings pleaded with God for wisdom during their reigns and Jesus proclaimed the answer as He climbed the mountain at Calvary. All the people of the Bible needed knowledge and wisdom. There was no regard for stations in life. Proverbs 1:7 says, “The fear of the Lord ...
Understandably, Moses has some concerns, the main one being how he will convince his fellow Israelites that this really is a mission from (and blessed by) God. Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to yo...
In the first part of the episode (01:28-22:02), the guys talk about some of the issues with calling the first five books of the Bible, or the Torah, “the law.” These books contain laws for the people of Israel, but “torah” actually means teachings or guidance. Even the laws ...
Does God still have a "plan for Israel?" The overwhelming testimony of Scripture is that yes He does...BUT NOT in the way that dispensationalists and some premillennialists claim. Both Paul in Romans 9-11 and the witness of all the Scriptures speak to this issue, ...
Remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. Ephesians 2:2 In which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of ...