of a king. Who is King? Is a ruler dominating in a territory. God make a man to dominate a territory by building a dome; for he said let us make man in our image after our likeness and let them have dominion over all that we have created. So God created man a King or ruler over all creation. We are kings but have a King, which is the King of Kings, in our kingship we are to dominate in our environments. We are kings after…
The african elephant lies in the phylum chordata because it has tissues, and a coelom. Along with having these two attributes, it is bilaterally symmetrical and also possesses a dorsal,tubular nerve cord and a postanal tail. It lies in the class Mammalia because it possess hair which is made of keratin, the hair provides insulation. It is endothermic (the majority of the heat energy is used to maintain their high body temperature). It has a 4 chamber heart. They also have mammary glands that are…
Two new fossil representatives of plant bugs of the family Miridae that belong to the subfamily Psallopinae: Psallops eocenicus sP. nov. and Psallops bitterfeldi sP. nov. from Baltic amber (Upper Eocene) are described as new specimens. These representatives of Psallopinae are one of the oldest fossil bugs of the recent genus Psallops to be known to date. Keywords Heteroptera, Miridae, Psallopoinae, Psallops, new species, Eocene Baltic amber. Introduction The extinct Psallopinae are important for…
The Other here represents those still outside of God's kingdom, these are the ones who may go to church every Sunday, say their prayers, they believe in Jesus and God; however, they may lack the willingness to give up their all, in service of the kingdom of God. In, Reading the Bible from the Margins, De La Torre does his best to hammer home this very concept. "It appears that for the rich, Jesus determines salvation by how they interact with the poor" (De La Torre 2002, 139). This concept…
The Noahic covenant was made by God in response to the devastating punishment he had just delivered in response to human sin (129). This covenant was made with all peoples and creatures as a promise that never again would God destroy the earth by flood (Gen 9:8-11). Here God established himself as King over all creation, as Judge against sin and rebellion, and as the Redeemer saving Noah and his family (Gen 6:5-8). God also reiterates his plan to have humans multiply on the earth, showing his…
faithfulness to the Torah and it puts them in danger. God delivers them and they end up being elevated by the king of Babylon. Then next chapter is about the king’s dream. His…
Isaiah was a prophet who lived in Judah during 739 BC, and his kingdom was going to attack Assyria because they wanted freedom but Isaiah wanted peace in his kingdom. Isaiah's kingdom wanted to be free because they had to pay assyria to not attack them, but his kingdom was being attacked by Assyria because they have been so unfaithful to God they would get conquered by Assyria. Then Isaiah told the king to believe in God and that God would save them but he didn’t listen, but told him again and…
Donald B. Kraybill’s book “The Upside-Down Kingdom” reveals the kingdom of God that Jesus talks about in first century Palestine. The main point that Kraybill develops in his book is that the kingdom of God that Jesus teaches during His time on earth appears to be upside down in the sense that He focused on winning by serving and triumphed by losing. His principles were seemingly unorthodox as they disregarded the commonality of that time where the wealthy became wealthier and the poor became…
deity in the Incan religion was the sun god Inti.The Inca believed they were created by Inti.The Inca worshiped more gods than just Inti.They believed in another god called Viracocha.They believed that Viracocha was the creator god.They thought that Viracocha created the sun and the stars.They also believed that Viracocha gave the constellations special jobs.They believed that the sun was the most important servant of Viracocha.They also believed in a weather god they called Thunder.They thought…
Assignment Faith and reason are not contradictory but complimentary counterparts. Their joint existence can explain natural and religious phenomena where the other cannot. Through this understanding of faith and reason with the themes of the kingdom of God, the scientific method, allegorical exegesis, the Creation museum and the Natural History museum, the genesis 1-3 account may be examined. It is not important for a Christian to possess a literal understanding of the genesis 1-3 account…