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    Genres and Figures of Speech Overwhelming for many, the Bible presents challenges as one begins to read it. Written by multiple authors, and inspired by God, it displays a variety of genres and figures of speech sprinkled throughout for the reader to experience. Becoming familiar with several of the different genres and figures of speech within the Bible, a person’s understanding of it will increase. Genres Apodictic Law One of two major types of legal material present in the Old Testament,…

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    The statement ‘The Difference Hope Makes’ has us wondering where exactly we would acquire this said hope. Whether or not a person has hope can make or break them. In the Scriptures, hope is an indication of certainty. Hope symbolizes a strong and confident expectation in something. Having hope in general has very little impact in changing one’s circumstances. However, having hope in something higher than what we can see and touch can do marvelous things. Romans 5:1-5 advises one to have hope in…

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    The Holy Spirit

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    How does the Holy Spirit play a part in the development of the Church? The Holy Spirit is part of the Holy Trinity; The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit and so, therefore, plays a very significant role in the development and the making of the holy church. The Holy Spirit has inspired the making of the bible, he has provided the gifts of the Holy Spirit during baptism, he has given followers the seven gifts, the Holy spirit has also guided the Magisterium of the Catholic Church. The Holy…

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    Elijah

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    Pick Up the Mantle In 2 Kings 2:13, Elisha picks up the mantle that had been left behind by Elijah, symbolizing the passing on of the ministry to Elisha. God had not only chosen Elisha, but gave him the mantle, the covering of His Holy Spirit, to give him power and show his election and rite of succession. With this power Elisha was able to do great works for the Lord. God had chosen His only begotten son, equipping Him with the power to raise the dead, to give sight to the blind, to perform…

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    Religion In East Of Eden

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    people in this novel go from thinking of their experiences as separate and begin thinking of them as united. This is believed to be how Steinbeck differentiated the indivualism of Babel and “the one and the many” in Hebrew thought. To open sharing of Pentecost and community. These theological questions were central to most of Steinbeck’s writing and seemed to be almost practice for the religious takings and themes he would use in his later novel East of Eden. East of Eden is considered by many…

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    Trinity In God Essay

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    God has many attributes that define who He is to His children and each one of those attributes relates differently to everyone. He is usually referred to as the Trinity, due to the three main ways He interacts with His creation. God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. In the Bible there actually isn’t even the term trinity, but it is however implied. Tim Case describes the trinity as follows, “There is only One True God, eternally self-existent, revealed in three distinct divine…

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    brave for that. Moreover, King Arthur in Le Morte D’Arthur achieved the title of King of England by pulling the sword out of the stone. Multiple responsibilities came King Arthur’s way after becoming king such as the annual feast that is held after Pentecost. Arthur invited a great number of kings and lords that did come; however, King Arthur did not realize that they actually came for war, and that “they were come to give him gifts with hard swords betwixt the neck and the shoulders”(Chapter…

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    God will come back and destroy things if they do not start following his word and commands. The second major problem in the book concerns the fulfillment of Joel (Allen). Joel's passage was fulfilled in his own day and was terminated on the day of Pentecost. The nation of Israel had split after King Solomon’s death into two kingdoms, Israel; the Northern Kingdom, and Judah, the Southern…

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    gave us His keys, the gospel and He called every one of us to be the faithful steward of the Kingdom. We have a great privilege and responsibility to save lives to be part of building His Church by adding one stone at a time. In Closing, on Pentecost Sunday, the Holy Spirit came down and through powerful preaching of Peter Sunday Church was born as Jesus promised. As Christians gather together on Sundays, they grew in faith and then went out to share the gospel of Christ. The…

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    While conversing with Mr. Dimmesdale in the forest, Hester claims that shame, despair, and solitude had been her teacher. “In all things else, I have striven to be true! Truth was the one virtue which I might have held fast, and did hold fast through all extremity; save when thy good,-thy life,- thy fame,- were put in question! Then I consented to a deception. But a lie is never good, even though death threaten on the other side! Dost thou not see what I could say? That old man!-the…

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