1-11. THE BIRTH OF JESUS PROCLAIMED BY ANGELS TO THE SHEPHERDS. (Near Bethlehem, B. C. 5.) c?LUKE 2:8-20. ? ? ? c?8 And there were shepherds i...
Deliver The Old Testament. The concept of deliverance occurs in the Old Testament with two meanings. The first is in a nontheological sense signifying...
Body [N]Old Testament. The doctrine of creation sets forth the essential corporeality of human existence. When God created Adam and Eve, he provided t...
Job 21:32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave Or and, or yea he shall be brought F1; for the meaning is not, that though he is great in life he shall...
Commandments General scriptures concerning Exodus 13:8-10 ; 20:3-17 ; Deuteronomy 4:5 Deuteronomy 4:9 Deuteronomy 4:10 ; 5:6-21 ; 6:4-9 ; 11:...
CHAPTER 21 1?Samuel 21:1-7 . DAVID, AT NOB, OBTAINS OF AHIMELECH HALLOWED BREAD. 1. Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech--Nob, a city of the p...
Funeral [E]In ancient Israel burial occurred soon after death. In a hot climate, internment took place as quickly as possible after a person had expir...
Heaven, Heavens, Heavenlies Heaven is the created reality beyond earth. The heavens and the earth ( Gen 1:1 ) circumscribe the entire creation, or wha...
SYNAGOGUE sin'-a-gog: 1. Name 2. Origin 3. Spread of Synagogues 4. The Building (1) The Site (2) The Structure (3) The Furniture 5. The Offici...
In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life The Greek lacks the article: the tree. There are several trees, ea...
PUNISHMENTS pun'-ish-ments ('awon, fault, iniquity, punishment for iniquity, sin (Genesis 4:13; Leviticus 26:41; Job 19:29; Psalms 149:7; Lamentations...
Life [N] [E]God (Yahweh) as the Source and Sustainer of Life. According to Genesis 2:7, the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and br...
Church, the [T] Definition of the Church. The New Testament word for church is ekklesia [ejkklhsiva], which means the called out ones. In classical Gr...
Faith [N] [T] [E]Belief, trust, and loyalty to a person or thing. Christians find their security and hope in God as revealed in Jesus Christ, and say ...
Job 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord This is generally understood of the angels, as in ( Job 38...
PSALM 40 Psalms 40:1-17. In this Psalm a celebration of God's deliverance is followed by a profession of devotion to His service. Then follo...
NAME nam (shem; onoma; Latin nomen (2 Esdras 4:1); verbs onomazo; Latin nomino (2 Esdras 5:26)): A name is that by which a person, place or thing is ...
Money [N] [T] [E] [S]A variety of monetary systems are represented in the Bible, corresponding to the political powers that dominated the cultures rep...
MATTHEW. CHAPTER X. The Call and Charge to the Apostles. SUMMARY.--The Twelve Apostles. The Charge. To Whom Sent. How to Go. What to Preach. What...
in the Spirit All prophetic revelation has its origin in the Holy Spirit (1Pe. 1Pe. 1:20-21) and never from man (Gal. Gal. 1:12-16; Gal. 2:2). Mysteri...