...................................................................LET US LEARN TOGETHER WHAT IS GOOD. Job 34:4b(NIV)................................................................Some people see the Bible as a long and boring book filled with incidents and events from the lives of ancient people who probably never existed. The biblical stories are seen as fables. In this blog, many of the situations and conversations found in the divinely inspired Holy Scriptures have been placed in categories that correspond to expressive sayings and phrases. Reference information, background information and links connecting the people and places are given to help you find a place to begin reading the Bible for yourself.

Friday, September 30, 2022

Roll Call

The tribe of Issachar, the descendants of
and Jacob and Leah's 5th born son Issachar:

And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.-Genesis 46:13

Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites: of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.-Numbers 26:23-25

Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred. And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men. And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons. And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.-1 Chronicles 7:1-5

Reference Scriptures:
Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant, and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.-Genesis 49:14-15

And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.-2 Samuel 24:1-2

And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.-1 Chronicles 12:32

And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.-1 Chronicles 21:1-2  

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;-Matthew 1:1-2...And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.-Matthew 1:16

And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,-Luke 3:23...Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.-Luke 3:38

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Land, Cities, Borders, and Coasts

The portion of the Promised Land allotted to
 the tribe of Issachar, the descendants of
Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob (Israel) and Leah, and
 Jacob and Leah's 5th born son Issachar:

And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families. And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath, And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez, And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez; And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.-Joshua 19:17-23

Reference Scriptures:
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.-Numbers 26:52-53...Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.-Numbers 26:55

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;-Numbers 33:50-51...And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.-Numbers 33:54

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;-Matthew 1:1-2...And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.-Matthew 1:16

And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,-Luke 3:23...Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,-Luke 3:34...Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.-Luke 3:38

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Saturday, September 24, 2022

FYI - For Your Information

From a letter written by the apostle Paul ,
with Sosthenes,
to believers in Corinth and everywhere:

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.-1 Corinthians 15:33-49***Elijah the prophet and his successor Elisha the prophet were Israelites, descendants of Adam and Eve, their son Seth, Seth's great-great-great-grandson Enoch, Enoch's great-grandson Noah the ark builder, Noah's son Shem, Shem's son Arphaxad, Arphaxad's great-great-great-great-great-grandson Terah, Terah's children Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), their son Isaac and his wife Rebekah, and Isaac and Rebekah's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel). Over 800 years before Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was betrayed, arrested, crucified, buried in a tomb, resurrected, and returned to heaven, the dead son of a widow in Zarephath in Phoenicia was resurrected after Elijah prayed to the Lord God. When Elisha and Elijah were together at the Jordan River, Elisha saw Elijah go up into heaven by a whirlwind. Sometime thereafter, a wife and husband in Shunem, in the portion of the Promised Land allotted to the tribe of Jacob's 9th born son Issachar, prepared a place at their home wherein Elisha could stay during his journeys. When Elisha learned that the wife and her elderly husband did not have a child, Elisha proclaimed to the wife that she would embrace a son, and a son was born to the husband and wife. Years afterwards, the son died and his mother went to Elisha. Elisha went to the family's home, closed the bedroom door, prayed to the Lord God, stretched out upon the son, and the son's flesh became warm. Elisha walked up and down, stretched out upon the son, and the son began sneezing and opening his eyes. Sometime after Elisha was dead, a recently deceased man began living and standing after his dead body was lowered onto Elisha's bones. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that Jesus, the Word, the last Adam, the 2nd man, came  from heaven and was with his Father the Lord God in the beginningApproximately 30 years after Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and born into the tribe of Jacob's 4th born son Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by Mary's relative John the Baptist, from the tribe of Jacob's 3rd born son Levi. Jesus having prayed, the heavens tearing open, the Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus. The Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist, and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men, including Simon Peterto follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites. In Nain in Galilee, Jesus touched the coffin that held the body of a widow's dead son. Jesus commanded the widow's dead son to arise and the widow's son began living, immediately sitting and speaking. In the home of Jairus, a synagogue ruler in Galilee, Jesus touched the hand of Jairus' dead daughter and commanded the girl to arise, and the the 12-year-old girl began standing and walking. In Bethany in Judea, Jesus went with others to the tomb wherein the dead body of Lazarus was placed. After the stone was removed from the tomb's entrance, Jesus spoke to his Father the Lord God in heaven. Afterwards, Jesus commanded Lazarus to come forth, and Lazarus was alive and began coming out of the tomb. When Jesus was resurrected on the 3rd day after he was crucified, some dead saints came out of their burial places and were walking within Jerusalem. Simon Peter was 1 of the 3 disciples and apostles most constantly with Jesus. In Joppa, Simon Peter went to the home of Tabitha (Dorcas), a believer and disciple who had recently died. When Simon Peter was alone in the room with Tabitha's body, Simon Peter knelt and prayed and commanded Tabitha to arise. Tabitha began living, opening her eyes and sitting. Paul (Saul) was an Israelite from the tribe of Jacob's 12th and last son Benjamin. Paul did not believe Jesus to be the Christ. Throughout Jerusalem,  Paul persecuted and imprisoned any Israelite who believed Jesus to be the Christ of God. When Paul was journeying to the synagogues in Damascus, Syria, to find, bind and take to Jerusalem any Israelite believers he found, Paul and those with him saw a light from heaven flash around them. Paul heard the voice of Jesus speaking to him, and Paul spoke to Jesus and obeyed Jesus. In Damascus, Paul was baptized. From thenceforward, Paul the apostle journeyed and wrote divinely inspired letters, teaching Israelites and Gentiles, people not born into the Israelite tribes, the good news of Jesus the Christ and everlasting life. In Troas in Asia Minor (Turkey), Eutychus, a young sleeping man, fell and died while Paul was preaching. Shortly after Paul fell upon and embraced Eutychus, Eutychus was alive.-Genesis, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings 1:1-13:25, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon

Reference Information:
celestial = epourania/epouranios = heavenly, of heaven

corruption = phthora/phtheiro = decay, destruction from internal deterioration

glory = doxa = doksa/dokeo = opinion, praise, honor, dignity, personal opinion that determines value

incorruption = aphtharsia/aphthartos = immortality, unable to experience deterioration

quickened = zoopoieitai/zoopoieo = come to life, make alive

quickening = zoopoioun/zoopoieo = life-giving, make alive

terrestrial = epigeia/epigeios = earthly, upon or of the earth

Reference Scriptures:
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.-Genesis 2:7

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.-Daniel 12:2-3 

And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.-1 Corinthians 6:14

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Monday, September 19, 2022

Do the Do's, Don't the Don'ts, and Be the Be's

Moses speaks to his fellow Israelites:

When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates: At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.-Deuteronomy 24:10-15***Isaac was the only child born to Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and his half sister and wife Sarah (Sarai). Before 175-year-old Abraham died in Canaan, he gave the largest portion of his wealth to Isaac and gave smaller portions to his other sons. Isaac was wealthy and continued to grow wealthier. Fraternal twins Esau (Edom) and Jacob (Israel) were the only children born to Isaac and his wife Rebekah, Abraham and Sarah's grandniece. When Isaac was elderly, Jacob obeyed Rebekah and deceived Isaac, cheating Esau of his birthright. Shortly thereafter, Rebekah learned that Esau intended to kill Jacob. Rebekah told Jacob about Esau's plan, and Rebekah spoke words to Isaac that led Isaac to send Jacob to the home of Rebekah's father Bethuel the Syrian in Padan Aram, Haran, in northern Mesopotamia. Jacob journeyed away from Canaan with no wealth and only a walking stick in his hand. Seven years after entering Haran, Jacob married Rebekah's nieces Leah and Rachel, the daughters of Rebekah's brother Laban the Syrian. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah were born to Jacob and Leah. Dan and Naphtali were born to Jacob and Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant. Gad and Asher were born to Jacob and Zilpah, Leah's maidservant. Joseph was born to Jacob and Rachel in Haran. Twenty years after Jacob arrived in Haran, Jacob began journeying home to Canaan with his wives, maidservants, children, and all the servants, animals, and goods he had acquired. In Canaan, near Bethlehem (Ephrath), Benjamin was born to Jacob and Rachel, and Rachel died. When Joseph was at least 17 years old, his brothers sold him to merchants journeying to Egypt, and led Jacob to believe that Joseph was killed by an animal. The merchants sold Joseph to Potiphar, an Egyptian official, and Joseph became the top servant in Potiphar's home. After the false accusation of Potiphar's wife, Joseph was imprisoned among the prisoners of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Less than 3 years after Joseph gave the interpretation of a dream to the imprisoned cupbearer and imprisoned baker who worked for Pharaoh, Joseph gave the interpretation of a dream to Pharaoh. Afterwards, Pharaoh proclaimed 30-year-old Joseph to be second-in-command in Egypt. In the midst of a famine, Jacob sent his sons to buy grain in Egypt. The 2nd time that Jacob sent his sons to Egypt, Joseph identified himself to his brothers and told them to move with their families, including Jacob, from Canaan to Egypt. The Lord God spoke assurances to Jacob, and Jacob was able to live near Joseph for 17 years. Sometime after 147-year-old Jacob died in Egypt and his body was buried in Canaan, and Joseph and his siblings were dead, their descendants the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt. Aaron and his brother Moses were Israelites from the tribe of Levi. When Moses was 80 years old and Aaron was 83, the Lord God sent them to speak to Pharaoh and to the Israelite elders. After the Lord God brought the 10th and final plague upon Pharaoh and Egypt, Pharaoh told Moses and Aaron to get the Israelites and their animals and go serve the Lord God. Moreover, the Egyptians gave the Israelites a vast amount of valuable goods, fulfilling the words that the Lord God spoke to Abraham over 600 years earlier. Moses and Aaron led the Israelites, and those with them, away from Egypt, across the divinely parted Red Sea, and into the desert wilderness of ShurIn the desert wilderness of Sinai, in the region of Mount Sinai, the Israelites were consecrated according to the commands of the Lord God. At the designated time, the Israelites heard the voice of a trumpet (horn), and the Lord God descended upon the top of Mount Sinai, and the Israelites heard the voice of the Lord God proclaim the Ten Commandments to them. The Israelites were frightened, and the Lord God began giving Moses judgments, statutes and laws for the Israelites. During the 40th year of their journey to Canaan, the Promised Land, 123-year-old Aaron died and was buried upon Mount Hor. Moses proclaimed his last messages to the Israelites, recounting their history and ancestors, and the promises, commandments, judgments, statutes, and laws that the Lord God gave for the Israelites. Moses spoke about those who would be poor in Canaan, the land of milk, honey, water, crops, iron, and copper. Moses told the Israelites that the poor would never cease from being in Canaan. Moses described the blessings that would overtake the Israelites if the Israelites obeyed the voice of the Lord God and observed to do all of his commandments, and the curses that would overtake them if they did not obey the voice of the Lord God and did not observe to do all of his commandments and statutes. When 120-year-old Moses went upon Mount Nebo, the Lord God showed Moses the Promised Land, and Moses died and was divinely buried. Joshua, Moses' successor, was from the tribe of Ephraim, descended from Joseph and his wife Asenath, and Joseph and Asenath's 2nd born son Ephraim, whom Jacob proclaimed to be his own son. Joshua led the Israelites across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham, and Isaac, and to Jacob, and their descendants. Over 1,300 years after 110-year-old Joshua died and was buried in his tribe's portion of the Promised Land, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born in Bethlehem into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Approximately 30 years after Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by Mary's relative John the Baptist, from the tribe of Levi. Jesus having prayed, the heavens tearing open, the Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus. The Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy led Jesus into the desert wilderness. Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist, and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men to follow him, and Jesus began to preach teach and perform miracles among the Israelites. Meanwhile, the gospel was preached to the poor. Jesus taught of selling possessions and giving and distributing to the poor, and inviting the poor, and Jesus told his disciples and other listeners that they would always have the poor with them.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, 7:20-29, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:26

Reference Information:
abroad = bahus = chuts = outside, outer street, separated by a wall

hire = sekarow = sakar = wages, salary, payment

his day = beyowmow = yom = each day, each appointed time

pledge = abotow = abot/abat = an article given or held as security

sleep = tiskab = shakab = keep overnight, lie down

Reference Scriptures:
If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:l For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.-Exodus 22:25-27

And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.-Exodus 23:10-11

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.-Leviticus 19:9-10

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.-Leviticus 23:22

If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.-Leviticus 25:25...And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.-Leviticus 25:35...And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:-Leviticus 25:39

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Monday, September 12, 2022

Not at All

From the words that
spoke while upon a mountain in Galilee:

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.-Matthew 6:1-8

Reference Information:
alms = dikaiosynen/dikaiosune/dikaios = righteousness, justice, judicial approval, divine approval

alms = eleemosynen/eleemosune/eleos = charitable, compassionate or merciful acts

closet = tameion = inner chamber or room, storeroom closet of one's house

debtor = opheiletais/opheiletes/opheilo = a person who owes, a person under obligation

debts = opheilemata/opheilema/opheilo = sins, offenses, duty, or anything else owed

Hallowed = Hagiastheto = hagiazo = to make or esteem as holy, sanctify, consecrate, revere

heathen = ethnikoi/ethnikos/ethnos = pagan, Gentile, anyone not under the covenant, a person not descended from Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob (Israel) and his wives Leah and Rachel and maidservants Bilhah and Zilpah, and the 12 sons born to Jacob, his wives and maidservants

trespasses = paraptomata/paraptoma/parapipto = false steps, offenses, sins, a falling away

vain repetitions = battalogesete/battalogeo/battos = chatter, stammer, long winded, talk or babble tediously

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Wednesday, September 07, 2022

The Way They Are

From a message the Lord God revealed to Habakkuk the 
prophet, and Habakkuk's words to the Lord God, before
army invaded Judah,  the southern nation in the 
Promised Land, and conquered Jerusalem:

Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you. For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs. They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat. They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.-Habakkuk 1:5-11

Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?-Habakkuk 1:12-17

Reference Information:
drag = bemikmartow = mikmereth = makmar = dragnet, fishing net

heathen = baggowyim = goy = gav/gevah = foreign nations or people, despisers

regard = wehabbitu = nabat = watch, look, scan

sup up = megammat/megammah = gam = are set, assembled, accumulated

terrible = ayom = awesome, frightful

Reference Scriptures:
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:-Deuteronomy 28:15...Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:-Deuteronomy 28:45...The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;-Deuteronomy 28:49

LORD, thou hast has been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.-Psalm 90:1-2

But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.-Ezra 5:12

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it: And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.-Jeremiah 32:28-29

Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart. For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.-Jeremiah 37:9-10 

And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,-Luke 3:23...Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.-Luke 3:38

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