Ancient Israel was never able to claim all the promises ofDeut. 28:1-14andLev. 26:1-13over long periods of time because the people were not constant in their obedience to God. In the Millennium, with Christ rul
She hit it out of the park, and a new tradition was born. Over the years, I’ve tried to do something a little different around the book of Jonah each year, including short plays, musical parodies, and testimonies from people who have experienced being “in the belly of the fish” in...
He wasn’t talking to 12 Roman or Greek tribes, No — he was writingdirectlyto thediaspora of Israel, the scattered twelve tribes ofHebrew Israelites. Paul, the Hebrew of Hebrews Sha’ul (Paul), who wrote many of the books & letters (epistles) in the so-called “New Testament” declare...
A prophet during the Babylonian exile, tasked with delivering God's messages to the Israelites.2. IsraelitesThe people of God who are in exile due to their disobedience and idolatry.3. BabylonThe place of exile for the Israelites, representing a land of foreign gods and practices.4. Nations/...
There is nothing biblically to indicate that marriage with female slaves was prohibited, or that the children of female slaves were automatically slaves. Finally it will be argued that it was actually the concubine, the pilegesh, who was the “other” - who, outside the dependence continuum,...
Other maps show Caesarea at the lowest point in which that nation touches Israel along the coast. So, I am not clear which one is true. The Southernmost version is about halfway between Jerusalem and Syria. The Pulpit Commentary says this about the cohort. “Jose hus, in the passage ...
Even the Gentile-born, through Christ, become not only Abraham's seed, but spiritually adopted Israelites as well. The promises were made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and their children. Their children are Israelites, not Gentiles. There is a mistaken idea, today, that Christianity is a ...
And more than that, whenever the Israelites go into the synagogues and schoolhouses and respond: 'May His great name be blessed!'14 the Holy One, blessed be He, shakes His head and says: Happy is the king who is thus praised in this house! Woe15 to the father who had to banish ...
Even when it came to the Israelites and Peter and the internal threat of their fears and how they saw themselves, there was still some external element involved: Would the Israelites face their enemies and enter the land God promised them? Would Peter ever risk trying to walk on water again...
This need for deliverance was clearly portrayed in the Passover service, instituted at the time when the Israelites were delivered from Egyptian bondage. This was an object lesson of redemption:The deliverance of Israel from Egypt was an object lesson of redemption, which the Passover was ...