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• 2 Kings 3Bible

  2 Kings 3 recounts how Jehoram king of Israel, together with Jehoshaphat king of Judah and the king of Edom, marches against rebellious Moab. When the armies run out of water in the wilderness, Elisha prophesies both water and victory. The chapter ends with Mesha king of Moab offering his firstborn son as a burnt offering.

• Great CommissionBible

  The Great Commission is the command in which the risen Jesus instructed his disciples to make disciples of all nations, baptizing and teaching them. Its principal text is Matthew 28:18-20.

• MedesBible

  The Medes were an ancient people, and their kingdom, on the plateau of what is today northwestern Iran. The Old Testament prophesies that they would overthrow Babylon, and the books of Daniel and Esther name them together with the Persians as "the Medes and Persians."

• Hebrews 3Bible

  Hebrews 3 presents Jesus as the Son over God's house, greater than Moses. Quoting Psalm 95, it exhorts readers not to harden their hearts, lest, like the wilderness generation, they fail through unbelief to enter God's rest.

• Proverbs 2Bible

  Proverbs 2 is a father's instruction teaching that whoever seeks wisdom as silver and hidden treasure will come to understand the fear of the LORD and will be protected from the way of evil men and from the strange woman.

• Nicene CreedDoctrine & Theology

  The Nicene Creed is a confession of faith first drafted at the Council of Nicaea in 325 and expanded at the Council of Constantinople in 381. It summarizes the Trinitarian faith and is one of the principal ecumenical creeds, accepted by the Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church, and Protestant churches alike.

• Genesis 24Bible

  Genesis 24 recounts how Abraham sends his aged servant to his kindred in his homeland to find a wife for his son Isaac, and how the servant meets Rebekah at a well and brings her back to marry Isaac.

• Judges 9Bible

  Judges 9 recounts how Abimelech, son of Gideon, killed his seventy brothers and became king at Shechem, then fell into conflict with Shechem after three years and died at Thebez.

• Ezekiel 3Bible

  Ezekiel 3 concludes the call narrative of the prophet Ezekiel. In it he eats the scroll given to him by God, is appointed a "watchman" over the captive people of Israel, and is confined to his house and made unable to speak.

• Ezekiel 6Bible

  Ezekiel 6 is the chapter in which Ezekiel prophesies against the mountains of Israel. Judgment by sword, famine, and pestilence falls on a people who worshiped at high places and served idols, yet the chapter declares that a remnant scattered among the nations will remember God and repent.

• Hebrews 2Bible

  Hebrews 2 opens with a warning not to neglect so great a salvation. It then explains that Jesus, made for a little while lower than the angels, took on flesh and blood and suffered, thereby becoming the Savior of his brethren and a merciful and faithful high priest.

• ModalismHeresies & Cults

  Modalism, also known as Sabellianism, is the view that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are not three distinct persons. On this view, they are three modes, or manifestations, in which the one God has revealed himself in different ages and roles. The church rejected modalism in the third century.

• 1 Samuel 2Bible

  1 Samuel 2 records Hannah's song of thanksgiving, the corruption of Eli's two sons, and, in contrast, the growth of the boy Samuel. The chapter closes with a pronouncement of judgment on the house of Eli.

• 2 Kings 15Bible

  2 Kings 15 records the reigns of Azariah (Uzziah) and Jotham, kings of Judah, and a period of turmoil in the northern kingdom of Israel, when the kings from Zachariah to Pekah were assassinated one after another and Assyria invaded.

• PerichoresisDoctrine & Theology

  Perichoresis is a theological term expressing that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, while distinct from one another, dwell in one another and exist as one God. It is commonly rendered in English as "mutual indwelling."

• Ezekiel 12Bible

  Ezekiel 12 is a chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in which the prophet packs an exile's belongings and digs through a wall. This symbolic act foretells the captivity of Jerusalem's king and people. The chapter also refutes the people's proverb that the fulfillment of prophecy is delayed.

• Romans 1Bible

  Romans 1 contains Paul's greeting and his desire to visit Rome, announces the letter's theme, "the righteousness of God revealed in the gospel," and begins the indictment of the sin of humanity, which has turned away from God.

• Hebrews 2:3-4Bible Verses

  A passage in which the author of Hebrews warns readers not to neglect "so great salvation." It states that this salvation was first spoken by the Lord, confirmed by those who heard him, and attested by God through signs and gifts of the Holy Spirit. It is frequently cited in discussions of whether spiritual gifts continue and of the authorship of Hebrews.

• Hebrews 2:18Bible Verses

  A verse stating that because Jesus himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted. It links the true humanity of Jesus with his office as high priest and is often cited as a source of comfort in suffering.

• 1 Corinthians 15:28Bible Verses

  A verse in 1 Corinthians 15, the chapter on the resurrection and the last things, stating that after all things have been subjected to the Son, the Son himself will also be subject to the Father, "that God may be all in all." It has been cited frequently in Trinitarian and Christological debates.