Various passages in the Hebrew scriptures, or Old Testament, compare wine with blood. One such passage describes wine as the "blood of grapes" (Genesis 49:11). Blood was an important element in ancient Jewish religious sacrifices. It was offered in acceptance of covenants, or agreements, betwe...
The juice of the grape is the subject of special praise in the Scriptures. The "vine tree" is distinguished from the other trees in the forest (Ezek. xv. 2). The fig-tree is next in rank to the vine (Deut. viii. 8), though as food the fig is of greater importance (comp. Num...
Various passages in the Hebrew scriptures, or Old Testament, compare wine with blood. One such passage describes wine as the "blood of grapes" (Genesis 49:11). Blood was an important element in ancient Jewish religious sacrifices. It was offered in acceptance of covenants, or agreements, betwe...
This is echoed in other scriptures, such as Ephesians 5:18, which advises against drunkenness, highlighting the loss of control and the potential for sin. strong drink is a brawlerStrong drink, likely referring to beverages with higher alcohol content than wine, is described as a "brawler," ...
Read the Scriptures below that give the Gospel accounts of Jesus turning water into wine. Below the Bible verses, you will find helpful articles, videos, and audio to aid your Bible study of this miracle of Jesus. Image: Bartolome Esteban Murillo, The Marriage Feast at Cana, 1672 ...
I do not, therefore, believe in the literal truth of some miracles which are featured in the Christian Scriptures, such as the Virgin Birth or water into wine. ... God works, I believe, within natural laws, and, according to natural laws, these things happen. ...
“It has taken forty-six years to build this Temple, and you can rebuild it in three days?”21But when Jesus said “this temple,” he meant his own body.22After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this, and they believed both the Scriptures and what ...
Still, the custom of lifting wine glasses heavenward might be viewed as a request to “heaven” —a superhuman force— for a blessing in a way that does not accord with that outlined in the Scriptures. —John 14:6; 16:23. Namun demikian, tindakan mengajukan gelas ke syurga boleh di...
Zhou Li is one of the 13 scriptures of Confucianism written in the Zhou Dynasty (1046BCE–256BCE) and edited in the Warring Period (476BCE–221BCE). In the “Zhou Local Official List” of Zhou Li (2014 edition, annotated by Xu, Zh., Chang, P.), it states that “the people who ...
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