He made a covenant with His bride, and He sealed it with a cup of wine. He paid the bride price with His life, and gave His bride gifts of the Holy Spirit. We, the betrothed Church, currently await the return of our Bridegroom to take us to the protected wedding chamber…
the Tabernacle and to atone for his sins. There, the High Priest also presented the blood of sacrifice to atone for the sins of Israel. The blood of sacrifice would be sprinkled by the High Priest over the Mercy Seat that was placed on the Ark of the Covenant. Thus, once a year, on the Day of Atonement, the sacrificial blood was applied, for the forgiveness of sin for the nation of Israel. The High Priest would also lay his hands on a living goat known as “Azazel” or scapegoat,…
From the Garden of Eden to the Covenants God made. In the Garden of Eden, He makes the garden for Adam and from there He creates Eve. God told them to not eat the sacred fruit, they do and He casts them out. Later in Genesis it repeats again, with the Covenant God made with Noah. The Lord promised Noah land to him and his family, as long as he built the ark. Each Covenant had a plan, but each person did not know this, yet trusted the Lord. God promised…
starts when Moses and Jesus were babies. When Moses was born, Pharaoh had an order out to kill any baby boy, nonetheless, Moses still lived. Jesus also escaped murder from King Harold's order to kill all baby boys when he was born. In the mosaic covenant, God calls The Israelites his firstborn son, however, Jesus is the new firstborn son in the new testament. During the tenth plague on Egypt, the Israelites were told to sacrifice and unblemished lamb and paint the blood over their door to save…
national deity of the Philistines; which captured the Ark of the Covenant from the Israelites, and placed it in the temple of Dagon. However, two nights later, the statue of Dagon crashed to the ground before the Ark of the LORD, and the head of Dagon and both palms of his hands became severed, destroying the statue. Explicitly, this supernatural action terrified the Philistine warriors, effectively prompting them to return the Ark of the Covenant to the…
Scott Hahn may have written A Father Who Keeps His Promises, however, that does not mean that it was his only book. Scott, aside from having written a number of books, has also been a professor of theology and Scripture at Franciscan University of Steubenville since 1990. Not only is he a teacher and author but he is an excellent speaker. Scott has proved himself to be a very credible source through all that he has done. The main theme of this book is about God’s love for his family. He would do…
The novel A Father who Keeps His Promises: God's Covenant Love in Scripture by Scott Hahn highlights the significant events in Scripture. Hahn starts with a story of a father in Armenia digging through the rubble of a collapsed school to save his son. When his son is found alive, he states that his father would never forget him. God is similar to the father, as he always saved humans from destruction and kept his promises. Hahn reveals that in Genesis 1 God created the world in six days, and the…
A Perilous Accident In the year 1620 John Howland and other Englishmen boarded the Mayflower and set sail for the New World so that they could worship their god they way that they wanted. The Englishmen new that the peregrination (not sure if I used this right) to America would be a long and perilous journey but they didn't wimp out. About three days after they had set sail an enormous storm came upon the Mayflower in a terrible fury. The wind relentlessly rocked and tossed…
Prophets, all reflect ideas surrounding the exclusive worship of Yahweh and the continued apostasy of the Israelite peoples, the establishment of a temple based upon the ideals of monotheistic, centralised worship, and the formation of the Davidic Covenant. Overall, the primary themes depicted throughout the Former Prophets reflect the idealized…
the many stories it holds. Within the Old Testament, the book of Genesis describes accounts of the creation of Heaven, Earth, and man as well as stories that share the relationships the ancients had with God. For example, in the story of Noah and his Ark, Noah believed in what his spiritual master asked of him and did not question his choice of eliminating all populations. Noah knew that the faith and dedication he had for…