The Magi were the scientists of that day, combining astronomy, astrology, calendar keeping and natural sciences.
This passage is particularly interesting, with verse 15 put in the middle of a passage full of the most wonderful promises for Israel, ending with “a woman shall encompass a man.”
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In the Arab world, Christians are named Nazarenes, symbolized with the letter ‘Nun’ .
It was painted on Christian homes in Mosul during the ISIS occupation, and Christians were systematically removed and some of them killed.
Exclusive CNN images capturing the homes of Christian families forced to leave the city by ISIS
The new Jerusalem is as a dream. Many have imagined it different ways. Here is the Salvation Army singing a capella “I have heard of a City” with the melody of a Russian fold song.
“He has trampled out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored”
From Revelation 14:19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. 20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
This is the same Holy Spirit that is granted all who truly believe.
This was the passage Jesus read in the synagogue of Nazareth right after his temptation in the wilderness at the very beginning of his ministry.
We are still in the year of the LORD’s favor, but before the day of vengeance, the age of grace.
More exact translations: 1:6, A Kingdom, Priests. 5:10, A Kingdom and Priests.
According to Mosaic Law the firstborn receives a double portion.
The everlasting covenant between the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit existed before the beginning of time, before creation. The manifestation on Earth happened at the appointed time.
On verse 6: Did you notice that the gift of myrrh is missing? In the first coming of Jesus, the Wise Men from the East brought Gold, frankincense and myrrh, but here at the second coming myrrh is omitted. Jesus sacrifice for our sins was done once for all here on earth.
On verse 7: It is clear that the descendants of Kedar and Nebaiotha settled not too far from Jerusalem, since they provided sheep and rams for the daily sacrifice. They most likely settled in the very northern Levant.
This promise is repeated in Revelation 21:22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. 24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. 25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. 26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. 27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
There may be more famous renditions of this song, but this one moved me.
No longer did Israel follow the commands in Deuteronomy:
April 19th is known as “the Feast of Moloch”. If you are not familiar with “Moloch” or “Molech”, it is an ancient Canaanite god that is repeatedly denounced in the Old Testament. Child sacrifice was a key feature of the worship of Moloch, and a giant statue of this pagan deity is set up at the Bohemian Grove in northern California every year.
Again, many high school plays are performed displaying this scripture. What is the play?
The Magi were the scientists of that day, combining astronomy, astrology, calendar keeping and natural sciences.
This passage is particularly interesting, with verse 15 put in the middle of a passage full of the most wonderful promises for Israel, ending with “a woman shall encompass a man.”
One of the possible sources for the last quote:
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