aThis idiom comes from a story in the Bible. There was a king who saw something in his dreams. The image (意象)had a head of gold, breast and arms of silver, legs of iron and feet made of iron and clay. In the dream, a stone fell on the feet, and suddenly, broke the feet ...
Love from her Wild Things Run Free LP in 1982 finds Joni wiser to the ways of the world looking to the bible and Corinthians 13 to find hope in the words of the old scriptures for a more cautious future. The first rule of love is to love yourself first. Simon & Garfunkel – America...
There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”King James BibleAnd all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his ...
In jail, Joseph won fame when he interpreted dreams. Pharaoh Amenemhet III of the Middle Kingdom’s XII dynasty ascended the throne of Egypt in 1842 BCE. The new Pharaoh dreamed seven skinny cows ate seven fat cows and seven scorched ears of grain ate seven healthy ones. He summonsed Josep...
The word used for “choice” in this verse is the word “elect.” Again, the Bible refers to Jesus as “elect.”TAKEAWAY: Jesus is the ultimate example of being “chosen” and sets the pattern for us to follow. This means that the “chosen” look like Jesus, not the world. That ...
Proverbs 12:21 tn The pual imperfect verb יְאֻנֶּה (yeʾunneh) is from a rare root occurring only 4 times in the Bible. In the only piel case, Exod 21:13, God makes something happen for someone. This implies that the pual is not simply “to happen to”...
Daniel gained a reputation first as an interpreter ofother men’s visions(Daniel 2–5); then of his own, in whichhe predicted the future triumph of the Messianic Kingdom(Daniel 7–12). Several of the visions and dreams Daniel interpreted and the knowledge told to him concern end-time even...
Audio Bible ContextThe Cupbearer and the Baker…6When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught. 7So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?” 8“We both had dreams,”...
There’s just something special about Bible Camp. 19) Guitar I was the least musical kid you’d ever have met, aside from singing at church and rocking along with whatever was playing from my ghetto blaster (there’s an 80’s term for you) — always in the privacy and safety of my ...
“Everyone who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that some spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe, one that is vastly superior to that of man.” - Albert Einstein