Among scholars who consider it to have been real, there have been various suggestions for its location: at the head of the Persian Gulf, insouthern Mesopotamia(now Iraq) where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers run into the sea; and in Armenia. What is causing the war in Yemen? Yemen's civ...
At that time, in the Bible, the boundaries of the Promised Land were from the River of Egypt (the Nile) to the Euphrates (Exodus 23:31). Today, it includes modern-day Israel, including Gaza and the West Bank, and Jordan, as well as parts of Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq....
In the Bible Zoara, meaning "small" or "insignificance" in Hebrew (a "little one" as Lot called it), was a city east of Jordan in the vale of Siddim, near
Chapter 1. geography, people and language. Think and talk. Do you know the full name of Britain? Do you know the geographical features of this country? Do you know its major cities, London, Ed…
So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem, the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, ...
especially troublesome, because it points to a disconnect between the rulers in power and those they lead. As an example, in different reports, multiple journalists and general writers use the word to describe the push of American President George W. Bush toward the 2003 – 11 war in Iraq. ...
Those who accept a martyr’s death are promised a crown, but nowhere does the Bible grant an exemption for those who reject Jesus, coercion notwithstanding. Not in the Church Age, and not during the Tribulation. “Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall ...
This is the driving force behind The War on Terror, The War in Iraq, & the impending War on Iran.2) JUDAISM TEACHES that Jews & Gentiles cannot coexist. Jews are taught: “We must control them before they control us.” This is the driving force behind the Jewish Lobby & the Jewish ...
The Muslim way of life, dictated by sharia law, leaves no room for prized Western tolerance, "multiculturalism," and religious freedom. We take these so for granted that it is hard for us to imagine any other way to live. However, our involvement in Muslim countries such as Iraq, Afghanis...
Anyway, I will get to the point. Since that Old Testament class in 1989, the daughters of Zelophehad have stuck with me. A few years ago I was working on an art series, “Unknown and Unnamed: Women of the Bible” and made this picture, “The Five Sisters Who Inherited Their Father’...