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    The Bible holds as one of the most important writings of all time. From the days when it was being constructed to the modern 21st century, the Bible is included in most of human life. Interestingly enough, the books within the Bible have been read countless amounts of time with endless analysis and yet we sometimes forget the history behind the writings. Scripture falls nowhere short of a book of power throughout time. Many empires have dominated throughout history by creating a sense of order…

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    Scripture from Biblegateway.com references, “How the cattle moan! The herds mill about because they have no pasture; even the flocks of sheep are suffering” (Joel 1:18, NIV). According to an article titled “About the Old Testament of the Bible” on Cliffnotes.com, “The prophets of the post-exilic period — Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Joel, and Obadiah — are usually classified among the so-called minor prophets” (2016). Thus, the time period of the post-exilic period refers to Judah’s continued…

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    saved. Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God. The Bible clearly states God 's promise to all who believe in Him, offering eternal life in Heaven with Him. God To learn about God and who He is, one must crack open a book called the…

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    Days In Genesis

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    rest of the Bible would not really make sense if they were anything other than 24-hour days. For example, the Bible mentions that on the seventh day, God rested from his creation. If, as some suppose, the days represent periods of thousands or millions of years, this would mean that God very well may still be resting. This would support a Deist worldview that God created the world and then abandoned His creation and is now idle. Of course, as we have seen God work throughout the Bible and…

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    John Steinbeck’s Bible Lutheran, Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, Wesleyan. All churches based on Christianity, but slightly different interpretations of the Bible. The uniqueness of people to have no repeated DNA strands, no same fingerprints, and no like thoughts links to the formation of these different denominations and allows for the reading of literature to influence. John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath depicts yet another interpretation of the Bible for readers to see lived out in the…

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    Tohubohu Definition

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    Tohubohu is defined as state of chaos or utter confusion (Webster, 2017). Additionally Tohubohu translated from a Hebrew term in Genesis 1:2, “Now the earth was formless and empty” (NIV), or in other translation “the earth was tohubohu”. Dr. Daniels explains this narrative of creation as man and existence was formed from chaos, confusion, nothingness (Daniels, 2017). From the chaos God created order, further he creates rhythms and rest. As Daniels describes the trouble for man is to find his…

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    Material items come with a price: money. Our lives can become consumed with the pursuit of more money. The love and pursuit of money are traps that can be easily triggered. The Bible encourages us to be good stewards of money, not accumulate debt, tithe in honor of God’s goodness and help others with our surplus. In contrast, the Bible is clear that the love of money is the road to or root of evil. This paper will attempt to analyze the biblical view of love for money: money is not the source…

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    Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy The sacred book of Buddhism is called the Tripitaka called Tipitaka in Pali. It is also called the Pali Canon, The Tripitaka is a very large book. The English translation of it takes up nearly forty volumes. The Bible is the Christian holy book. It is divided into the Old and New Testaments.…

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    created used to be possibly close to 1440 and 1400 B.C among the day Israelites have been lead abroad of Egypt by Moses and his demise. A beginning is the main book of the Pentateuch; the old confirmation was composed in Hebrew Genesis does not have any exemption. in the Hebrew, the name regarding Genesis is Bereshit which implies (IN THE BEGINNING) with the aid of history. The topic over Genesis ensures according to the originator yet god's ideal individuals. The topic of Genesis guarantees to…

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    is described as a merciful God, the Lord fought to save all the people of Nineveh. The fact that Jonah was sent to preach the Word was an undeniable evidence of the love and care of God for the humankind. Why is God described in so many ways in the Bible? Well, because apparently, this character cannot be understand by…

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