Just this morning, one of the devotionals that a group of us read by Max Lucado. I responded to the question Max put forth that went something like this: will you be prepared to reply when the time comes for you to respondabout your faith that could mean your death, as it did for ...
It is frequently mentioned in the works of the Greek poet Homer and in the Old Testament; and it was ruled in turn by Assyria, Babylonia, Persia, Alexander the Great, the Seleucids of Syria, the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, and the Romans. At that time Sidon was famous forits purple d...
Then I read Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz’s excellent bookJonah: A Social Justice Commentary.Rabbi Yanklowitz acknowledges the abrupt ending of the book of Jonah and suggests that, “We might write a fifth chapter entertaining the possibilities: does Jonah die, repent, return to Israel, or move...
The Covenant Setting - This is what Moses said to all of Israel in the Transjordanian wilderness, the arid rift valley opposite Suph, between Paran
What does the word ninus mean?British Dictionary definitions for Ninus Ninus. / (ˈnaɪnəs) / noun. a king of Assyria and the legendary founder of Nineveh, husband of Semiramis.Search for the Real Semiramis - Queen Sammuramat of Assyria31 related questions found Was Semiramis real?
What does his words have to say about this? Do you know? 197 times, roughly, in the K.J.V., and 245 times, roughly, in most Orthodox bibles our Father’s loving words regarding the treatment of the poor is expressed as only a loving God can!
17 The Lord shall bring upon you and your people and your father’s house such days as have not come since Ephraim seceded[av] from Judah (the king of Assyria). 18 On that day The Lord shall whistle for the fly in the farthest streams of Egypt, and for the bee in the land of ...
The Nabateans The first mention of the Nabateans was in 647 BC, when they were listed as one of the enemies of Ashurbanipal, last king of Assyria; at that stage, they were still a tribe of bedouin nomads inhabiting northern and northwestern Arabia. When the Babylonians depopulated much of...
We know little concerning nations, or whether there were nations on earth, prior to the great Flood. But soon after the Flood, Nimrod founded the city-states of Babylon, Nineveh and others. In due time such nations as Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, the Aramean states, Israel, Phoenicia and ...
Concerning what you say about parables and the use of proper names, where does the Bible ever say that a parable cannot use a proper name? No where. This particular parabledoesuse a proper name for one of the characters because it reveals who Lazarus represents — the gentiles. You’ll ob...