An excerpt from The Story of the Ancient World by Christine Miller:
“Methuselah lived longer than any other man on earth, nine hundred and sixty-nine years, for God even then delayed judgment to extend grace to man.”
https://nothingnewpress.com/st....ore/the-story-of-the
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As soon as he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried out, he left his garment beside me and fled and got out of the house.
Genesis 39:15
Joseph's garment being stripped from him before imprisonment mirror's Yeshua being stripped before execution. Both men were falsely accused, stripped, and buried in the ground. Figuratively buried in Joseph's case, literally in Yeshua's.
Once in prison (the grave), Joseph took charge of the prisoners (the dead). He held the keys to the grave. See v22.
Joseph's temptation parallels #Yeshua's temptation. "Worship me and you can have all this." Potiphar's wife tempted Joseph "day by day". Forty days, perhaps? Joseph responded to Potiphar's wife just as Yeshua did to Satan: Don't tempt the Boss.
Genesis 39:7-10
Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
James 4:7b
#jesus
SERIES B --- A CHOSEN PEOPLE --- LESSON 10
BURIED IDOLS
BENJAMIN AND BELOVED RACHEL
From Genesis 35
When Simeon and Levi destroyed all of the men of Shechem, Jacob was concerned about his safety once more. But YHVH had new marching orders for him. [Go to Bethel and live there,] YHVH told Jacob. [Build an altar to YHVH who appeared to you when you were running from your brother Esau.] Therefore, Jacob told his entire household and all who lived with him, [Put away the foreign gods among you and purify yourselves. Change into fresh clothing, for we are moving to Bethel. There I will make an altar to YHVH who helped me in my times of trouble and has been with me wherever I have gone.] The people brought all their idols and earrings to Jacob and he buried them under an oak tree near Shechem. As Jacob and his people started out toward Bethel, YHVH caused fear to descend upon the surrounding cities so that they did not attack Jacob and his people. When Jacob arrived in Bethel, which was also called Luz, in the land of Canaan, he set up an altar and called it El-bethel, which meant [YHVH of Bethel,] for YHVH had appeared to him there when he had run away from Esau. Not long after this, Rachel’s nurse, Deborah, died and was buried beneath an oak tree near Bethel. Because of the many tears shed for her, the oak became known as Allon-hacuth, or [Oak of Weeping.] After Jacob had returned from Padan-aram, YHVH appeared to him once more at Bethel and blessed him. [Your name has been Jacob, but from now on it will be Israel. I am the Almighty YHVH, and I will cause you to multiply into a great nation, even many nations and kings. The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac will be your land and the land of your descendants.] When YHVH had finished, He ascended from the place where He had been speaking. There Jacob set up a pillar of stone as a memorial and poured olive oil and wine upon it. With the olive oil, he anointed the stone, and with the wine, he presented a drink offering to YHVH. He reaffirmed the name Bethel, for it was the place where YHVH had spoken to him. As time passed, Jacob and his company moved on toward Ephrath, also called Bethlehem. While they were still quite far from Bethlehem, Rachel’s labour pains began and she had a very difficult childbirth. [Don’t be afraid,] the midwife said to Rachel. [You will have another son.] With her last breath, Rachel named the baby boy Ben-oni, which meant [Son of My Sorrow.] But Jacob gave him the name Benjamin, which meant [Son of My Right Hand.] Rachel was buried on the road that led to Bethlehem. On her grave, Jacob set up a stone pillar, which remains at the time this is written. Jacob’s company moved south and set up camp at the Tower of Edar. While living there, Reuben went in to Jacob’s concubine, Bilhah, and Jacob was told about this incident. These are the names of Jacob’s twelve sons: Leah’s sons were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun; Rachel’s sons were Joseph and Benjamin; the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maid, were Dan and Naphtali; and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maid, were Gad and Asher. These were all born at Padan-aram except Benjamin who was born on the way to Bethlehem. At last, Jacob reached the home of his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba, also known as Hebron, where Abraham had lived. Isaac had lived to be a hundred and eighty, but he died soon after Jacob came home. His sons, Esau and Jacob, buried him.
COMMENTARY
THE HOUSE OF...
The murders of Shechem and his villagers showed how greatly the sons of Israel needed a fresh start. Jacob collected the idols his family had brought from their homeland and buried them. The family was to worship YHVH only. YHVH would build a great nation from these few. They must learn to rely on Him alone. [Beth-] was attached as the first syllable to the names of many towns in ancient Palestine. In the language of the Hebrews and of their Canaanite neighbours, [Beth] meant [house.] This prefix was used in much the same way as the suffix [-ville,] which means [town,] is used in [Jacksonville] or [Millville.] Before the Canaanites developed an alphabet of written letters, they used simple, rough pictures to represent ideas and things. The ancient sign for [Beth] was a small squarish symbol shaped somewhat like a house, its door opened to the left. Today the house-shaped symbol is preserved in the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, equivalent to the English letter B. The second half of the ancient Palestinian place-names was what distinguished one town from the other. The Canaanites chose names for a number of reasons. Some places were named for a distinctive feature in the land around it. For example, the village of Bethzur, [The House of Stone,] was called that because it was surrounded by the Rocky Mountains of Judea. Other towns might take the name of the occupation or resource that had become most important for its livelihood. Bethsaida, beside the Sea of Galilee, had a name that meant, [The House of Fishing.] The rich, fertile soil of Bethlehem resulted in the name which meant, [The House of Bread.] Still other places took names of the particular person or object that the town wanted to honour most. Bethel, [The House of YHVH,] was named by Jacob because he met YHVH there. Beth-shemesh, [The House of the Sun,] honoured the source of light. Yet the origin of some place-names remains forever clouded in mystery. No one may ever know what unhappy events caused some ancient settler to name a town Beth-aven, [The House of Evil.]
It was the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the Temple, in Solomon’s Porch.
#john 10:22 #bible #gospels #verseoftheday #dailybread #scripture #scripturepictures #ScriptureArt
https://alittleperspective.com..../welcome-to-scriptur
It was the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the Temple, in Solomon’s Porch.
#john 10:22 #bible #gospels #verseoftheday #dailybread #scripture #scripturepictures #ScriptureArt
https://alittleperspective.com..../welcome-to-scriptur
#goodmorning and #happywednesday! December 14 #biblestudy links to readings and study resources:
https://alittleperspective.com..../december-14-bible-r
Today’s Old Testament chronological reading is in Zechariah 9 and 10.
The Psalms/ Proverbs reading is in Proverbs 14.
The New Testament reading is in Revelation 10.
Links to previous studies.
Zechariah 9 and 10, Hebrew paragraph divisions, chiastic structure, and the prophetic message of the structure
https://alittleperspective.com/zechariah-9-and-10/
Zechariah 9 and 10, The arrow of Ephraim fitted into the bow of Judah
https://alittleperspective.com/zechariah-9-10/
Proverbs 14, Chiastic structure
https://alittleperspective.com/proverbs-14-2016/
Proverbs 14, And the wise woman who builds her house
https://alittleperspective.com/proverbs-14/
Revelation 10, The second interval period
https://alittleperspective.com..../revelation-10-the-s
Revelation 10, The little scroll
https://alittleperspective.com..../revelation-10-the-l
Revelation 10, The little scroll, part two
https://alittleperspective.com..../revelation-10-the-l
Revelation 10, The little scroll, part three
https://alittleperspective.com..../revelation-10-the-l
Revelation 10, The voice of the seven thunders
https://alittleperspective.com..../revelation-10-the-v
Revelation 10, Chiastic structures
https://alittleperspective.com/revelation-10-2016/
December 2022 Bible Reading Schedule
https://alittleperspective.com..../december-2022-bible
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There are several traditions associated with both Christmas and Hanukkah. The most popular Hanukkah tradition concerns the oil leasing 8 days. There is nothing in the original writings about this and even Josephus does’t mention it. The miracle of the oil doesn’t appear in any writings prior to the end of the first century AD (or CE) but all of the miracles that led to overthrowing the Greek army is what led to the celebration that mirrors Sukkot, the feast of tabernacles that was approved by common consensus.
SERIES B --- A CHOSEN PEOPLE --- LESSON 9
DANGEROUS EXISTENCE
THE SAD STORY OF SHECHEM
From Genesis 34
After Jacob settled near the city of Shechem, his daughter Dinah, whose mother was Leah, went to visit some of the women who lived nearby. When Shechem, son of King Hamor the Hivite, saw Dinah, he took hold of her and dishonoured her. Then he fell passionately in love with her and began to talk lovingly to her. [I want that girl for my wife!] Shechem told his father. [Get her for me!] So Hamor went to talk with Jacob about this matter. Jacob had already heard what Shechem had done to Dinah, but he kept quiet until his sons came back from the field, where they had been taking care of the animals. The sons were furious when they heard about the incident, for they realized what an insult this had been to their sister. [My son Shechem is desperately in love with your daughter,] King Hamor told Jacob. [Let them get married. And let our other sons and daughters marry one another. Live here with us and share the land with us. We will do business together and you will own property here.] Shechem also talked to Jacob and his sons. [Show me your favour and I will give you whatever you ask,] he said. [If you will let me marry the girl, I will give you whatever gift or dowry you require.] But Jacob’s sons deceived Shechem, pretending to receive favourably what he said, while plotting something dishonourable. [If only you were circumcised, we could do these things,] they said. [It would disgrace us for our sister to marry an uncircumcised man. However, if all of your men would be circumcised, then we could live here with you and marry one another. If you will not be circumcised, we must take Dinah and move on.] Hamor and Shechem were pleased to hear this, so they went to the gate of the city to talk with the city leaders. [These men are friends,] they said. [We should do as they ask so they can live here and do business with us. The land is big enough for all of us, and we can marry their daughters and they can marry ours. But they won’t stay unless we are circumcised as they are. If we agree to their request, we will profit from all they have. Let us agree to be circumcised so they will stay here with us.] The men of the city agreed, and every one of them was circumcised. But on the third day, when they were so sore that they couldn’t move about well, Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, carried their swords into the city and killed every man and boy there. They even killed Shechem and Hamor and took Dinah from Shechem’s house to her home. [You certainly have got us into a great deal of trouble,] Jacob told his two sons. [Now we must smell very bad to the rest of the people of the land. There are so many Canaanites and Perizzites that if they band together and attack, we’ll all be destroyed.] [But we couldn’t let him treat Dinah like a common harlot!] they answered back.
COMMENTARY
SHECHEM AND TWO SONS
Israel and his family lived as nomads in the land that Abraham and Isaac had once travelled. Like his grandfather and father, Israel came into conflict with the inhabitants of Canaan. In this reading we see the dangers of life in those ancient times. We see also how like the people of the land the sons of Israel were! Two sons of prominent leaders were buried at Shechem. One was Shechem, son of Hamor, king of the city of Shechem. The other, buried generations later, was Joseph, son of Jacob, who once pitched his tent outside the city walls. No monument marks the tomb of the man Shechem, the king’s son. Although he and the city had the same names, time has lost the memory of his life, and his grave. Shechem, son of Hamor, is remembered only in Scripture, and that for violating Jacob’s daughter Dinah. For his thoughtless act, he lost his life, executed by Dinah’s brothers, Simeon and Levi. But Joseph’s memory lives on today at Shechem. During the Exodus, Moses brought his bones there from Egypt. Shechem, son of Hamor, is all but forgotten. Joseph, son of Jacob, will be remembered for generations.
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