The exact meaning of the four terms here (‘locusts…great locusts…young locusts…other locusts’) is unclear—but the overall message is plain. Even today, locust swarms represent a real threat to life, as they can devour whole crops in hours. But Joel adds two vital elements that take ...
But if there is a God, then there may be some higher purpose, some ultimate destiny, some true meaning for your life. Maybe your actions do matter. If there is a God, then perhaps God has left a record for us to understand what is expected. We in theContinuingChurch of GodBible: Su...
In Revelation 21, John described seeing “a new heaven and a new earth.” What is the meaning of his prophetic vision? What will the new heaven and earth be like?
Except for Earth, Venus and Saturn are the only planets expressly mentioned in the Old Testament. Isaiah 14:12 is about one Helel ben Shahar, called the King of Babylon in the text. Helel ("morning star, son of the dawn") is translated as Lucifer in the Vulgate Bible but its meaning ...
What is the meaning of wearing ashes and where do they come from? The ashes used on Ash Wednesday typically come from the burning of palm branches from the previous year'sPalm Sundaycelebrations. After Palm Sunday, the palm branches are collected, dried, and burned to create the ashes used...
And if your people should say to you, Will you not show us what is the meaning of these sticks?Peshitta Holy Bible TranslatedAnd when the children of your people have said to you, ‘Show us what these are’ OT TranslationsJPS Tanakh 1917And when the children of thy people shall speak ...
He told it to his father as well as to his brothers; but his father rebuked him and said to him [in disbelief], “What is [the meaning of] this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow down to the ground [in respect] before you...
Two of them, Gabriel and Michael, are found in the book of Daniel (Daniel 9:21; 10:13). The one referred to as “Lucifer” in Isaiah 14:12 was also a highly exalted angel who became Satan (Luke 10:18). (Abaddon and Apollyon, Hebrew and Greek names meaning Destruction and Destroyer...
Also, in Revelation 13, we find two beasts causing the earth to worship them. Now the meaning of those words"beasts"areliteral beasts. So are we to believe that there will be literal beasts roaming the earth causing the people of the world to worship them? No, I don't think so. Reve...
Chapter 2 - This is what Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. Zion, the Royal City of God - In days to come, The mountain of the