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ritual in pagan religions for the purpose of purifying oneself (Barnes 2000). Although the term baptism is not found in the Old ...
author points out, it would be impossible to spend as much time on each and every event and person mentioned in the Old Testament....
Law of Christ. The Israelites believed that the Spirit of God lived in the Tabernacle, which is why it was guarded so carefully. I...
the ship and all on board. The mariners were obviously of mixed nationalities because they all honored different gods.. Each man...
In five pages this Old Testament priest is examined in a consideration of his life and achievements. Six sources are cited in the...
In seventeen pages this paper argues that contemporary Christian theology can best be understood through a consideration of the Ol...
time on earth (Core, 2000). The early Christians debated at great length regarding the books that would be accepted as Old Testame...
wanted only man as His own: God, Who has fatherly concern for everyone, has willed that all men should constitute one family and ...
it nearly incomprehensible to man. There are strong differences of opinion regarding what one must do to be saved but there is a...
chapters, which are made up wise sayings, consisting of two lines of poetry. The majority of the book is attributed to King Solomo...
no historical value to the Book of Esther and that it is a "work of the imagination, written for the purpose of popularizing the f...
also referred as "the law," due to the fact that they contain "the laws and instruction" that were handed down by God to Moses and...
a religious leader to one ruled by a king, that is, a political leader. Sauls downfall as a ruler is considered to be tragic in th...
out by Nehemiah in two sets, initially and then, upon his return (Eastons Bible Dictionary, 1897). The Book of Nehemiah informs t...
to bring a great flood that would cover the earth but Noah was a righteous man and God decided to save humanity through Noah and H...
and 1 Kings 11:3 indicates that the monarch of Israel had "seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines." There is a gr...
learned from Moses instruction (Hammer, 1995). When Joshua would become a ruler in his own right, he would always follow Moses ex...
under them split asunder; and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the men that belonge...
phrase could mean the individual had a special relationship with God, therefore, they must learn the meaning of this in terms of J...
King Sauls successor, as God has rejected Saul due to his disobedience.ix When Samuel comes to the house of Jesse in Bethlehem to ...
A devout person will say that he or she "sees" "God in all things" (Hodges 101). This person is referring to an act of "intuitive ...
this festival secretly because He knew people were debating who He was (John 7:10). People were already plotting against Him (Keme...
Testament, these words generally refer to "service associated with the work done in the temple."6 In the New Testament, these word...
the "restored kingdom of David" (Hahn 28). Matthews Gospel perfectly typifies what Augustine meant when he commented that the "N...
so disfigured that three of his friends do not recognize him when they come to visit him. The three friends are Eliphaz, Bildad...
phrases use in the Gospels is that is used exclusively by Christ and is never employed by his disciples or others, nor by early Ch...
first part of the reign of Josiah (640-609 BCE) (Exegetical helps, 2004). The words of Zephaniah reflect the faithlessness of the...
of Joshua (chs. 23-24) (Strange, 2002). A really interesting element in chapter 24 is its setting, as the entirety of its story ta...
early restrictions and their application to Mosaic law, as well as an understanding of the role of Moses, are elements important i...
chapter, and discusses what God has done for the people of Israel. In this Sermon, Moses relates the actions that were taken that...