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Wrestling With God
“Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day. Now when He saw that He did not prevail against him, He touched the socket of Jacob’s hip was out of joint as He … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Hope, Textual study
Tagged change name, esau, facing esau, hold on to God, israel, jacob, jamison fausset and brown, meaning name jacob, meaning of name israel, spend time alone with God, strange thing, theophany, there are struggles in life, Truth for Today, what does it mean, wrestling with God
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What Constitutes A God-Approved Marriage? (Part 1)
What constitutes marriage? Jesus taught, “from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Government, Marriage, Phrase Study, Textual study
Tagged adam and eve, be joined, civil law, eligibility, God approved marriage, government, Helper, intent, jacob, leaving and cleaving, made known to others, male and female, man and woman, Mark 10, marriage, maturity, moses, Noah, one flesh, three classes eligible to marry, Truth for Today, wedding ceremony, what constitutes marriage, william w. grasham, work
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Weeping
“Real men don’t cry,” we are told. However, this saying is not in agreement with the Bible. In the Bible, godly men and women wept. Let’s consider some things which caused them to weep. 1. Abraham wept over Sarah’s death. … Continue reading
Posted in Death, emotions, Mental Health
Tagged 1 corinthians 2:3, 1 corinthians 5:1-2, 1 corinthians 7:8-9, 1 thessalonians 4:13, 2 corinthians 2:4, abraham, acts 20:19, emotions, genesis 23, hebrews 5:7, jacob, jeremiah, jeremiah 13:15-17, jeremiah 9:1, Jesus, Jesus wept, john 11:33-35, joseph, lamentations 2:11, Lazarus, luke 19:41, luke 7:38, paul, paul wept, philippians 3:18-19, raising lazarus, real men dont cry, sarah, stephen, tears, the weeping prophet, weeping
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Hebrew/Israelite/Jew
The usage of these three terms at times confuse the Bible reader. Do these words in their strict sense refer to exactly the same thing (or people)? Perhaps, this brief writing will help a bit. Hebrew The word is thought … Continue reading
Posted in Bible History, Bible Study, Chruch, Word Study
Tagged abraham, babylonia captivity, difference between hebrew and jew and israelite, divided kingdom, isaac, ishmael, jacob, jeroboam, judah, restoration, sometimes used interchangably, ten missing tribes, to pass over, to tranverse, who is israel today
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Anti-Semitism
Many Jews were offended over the movie, “The Passion of the Christ.”. They did not want it to appear as if they were the ones who caused Jesus to be crucified; but of course, their ancestors were responsible (John 19:11; Matthew … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Old Testament/New Testament, Plan of salvation, Premillennialism, Race, Textual study
Tagged abrahan, anti-semitism, boast not, branches, broken off, cultivated tree and wild tree, faithful remnant, firstfruits, gentiles provke israel, goodness and severity of God, grafted in, isaac, jacob, jesus was a jew, jews and gentiles, jews killed jesus, movie the passion of the Christ, olive tree, paul was an israelite, paul's care and concern for israel, pruning, remnant, Romans 9, Romas 11, root, so all of israel shall be saved, unbelief
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Prophecy: The Ladder
“Jacob dreamed, and behold a ladder was set on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. And behold, the LORD stood above it and said ‘I am … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus, Prophecy, Textual study
Tagged communication, Genesis 28, jacob, jacob's ladder, John 1, prophecy
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Faith, Hope, Love – Part 8
“Every Bible chapter is great for the purpose for which it was intended… There are some chapters, however, that stand out because they address universal human needs, or because they provide comfort in time of distress, or because they are … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Hope, Love, Word Study
Tagged abel, abraham, abraham and sarah, adam clarke, Alan Highers, amram and jechebed, aritotle, assurance, cain, confidence, conviction, esv, evidence, faith, faith endures, faith is courageous, faith obeys, faith properly worships, faith trusts in God, Hebrews 11, isaac, jacob, joseph, josephus, mathematical demonstration, nasb, Noah, pharaoh, proof, spiritual sword, substance, thayer, timeline of jacob, timeline of joseph, what makes a chapter great
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