Temple in Jerusalem

at the actual wedding experiencing what she described. One quote that stood out to me is, “Even at a wedding- a joyous moment of optimism, of promise, and faith in the future- Jews are commanded to remember the past, the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 AD.” (Sommers 336). In her story Sommers also uses revealing details and space, throughout it she starts of by explaining why her family kept secrets and how throughout the years she understood why. I was able to understand her…

Monarchy was the earliest form of government for the Roman city-state. Their Kings governed in consultation with an assembly made of the most prominent and wealthiest families of Rome called the patricians and formed a privileged social group called the plebians (citizens that was allowed to vote). After the death of each King, the patrician assembly would choose his successor. Later after the Etruscan King was overthrown, the Romans founded the Roman Republic. The republic differ from the…

states that a man is allowed to have multiple wives if they are all treated equally. Judaism marriage rituals include a marriage contract that is signed by two witnesses and the breaking of glass. The glass symbolizes the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem and the finality of the marriage. Marriage represents love, unity, and the ability to spiritually grow as an…

come cheap as Rome's treasury was depleting rapidly. Caligula's short reign of five years had done little to benefit the people of Rome. He arguably did more for himself than his people He even demanded that a statue of him be erected in the temple of Jerusalem which caused riots in Judaea. and had incestual affairs with his sisters and committed adultery with other men's wives which most likely a reason why Caligula had been remarried 4 times. Caligula's selfish spending lead to the rapid…

1. The inception of the Antioch church (11:19-21). We come now to a major turning point in the book of Acts. In Acts 1:8 Jesus commissioned His disciples to be His witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in all Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth. We have seen how the gospel spread throughout Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria and now to the Gentile world. As we look at the inception of the Antioch church I want us to observe three sub points in this first heading. I. The…

In Acts 1:8 is says, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all of Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” This is part of the mission statement of the Church, to go out and spread the gospel of Jesus as well as to be witnesses. But there are many definitions of what the Church is to people. Some may say that the Church exists to glorify God and others will add that the Church is to evangelize (Moore, 25). When…

business affairs, and rulers who live in luxury as their people suffer. Israel’s rulers and prophets had become corrupt. The book prophesizes the destruction of the cities of Judah, Samaria, and Israel. The book shows God’s forgiveness. He will rebuild Jerusalem from the destruction of the Assyrians, and He will free his chosen people. God will not abandon his people. It predicts the birth of a great savior born in Bethlehem to guide and save the Jewish people. God reminds the people of Israel…

When a righteous woman named Hannah had a baby after many years of prayer and hope, she named him Sam-u'el. ("sam" meant simply "name”; "El" meant “God.") So the name in Hebrew meant, "name is God." When he was weaned, she took him to the temple in Shiloh and dedicated him to God for whom he was named and asked the old priest, Eli, to raise him. The Bible has a long poem called "Hannah's Song" sung as she gave her little boy to God's holy man, Eli. Her song has some similarity to the…

advocated by the reformers aren’t in agreement with all accepted biblical traditions within the Hebrew Bible. Collins points this out by saying, We find a very different approach to the Gentile world in the stories of Ruth and Jonah. Ezra’s career in Jerusalem was short-lived. His purist interpretation of Judaism is contested even with the Hebrew Bible itself. (Collins,…

The prophets depicted in the Hebrew Bible are said to have played a pivotal role in the history of the people of ancient Palestine. This is evidenced by approximately 30 percent of the Hebrew Bible is comprised of purported orations of or writings about the prophets (Stanley, 410, 425). The role of the prophets was to serve as intermediaries between deities and the people of ancient Palestine (Stanley, 416). This was important as one of the mechanism for the people to understand and connect…