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• Pillar of Cloud and Pillar of FireBible

  The pillar of cloud and the pillar of fire were a miracle of the Exodus in which God led the Israelites by going before them as a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. They first appear in Exodus 13.

• Job 1Bible

  The first chapter of the Book of Job introduces Job, a righteous man of the land of Uz. After Satan's challenge, Job loses all his possessions and children in a single day, yet he blesses the LORD and does not sin.

• Zechariah 12Bible

  Zechariah 12 is a prophecy that "in that day" the LORD will defeat the nations gathered against Jerusalem and will defend Judah and Jerusalem. It also declares that the LORD will pour out upon the house of David the spirit of grace and of supplications, and that the people will look upon the one who was pierced and mourn greatly.

• Stem of JesseBible

  The "stem of Jesse" is an image from Isaiah 11:1 in which a shoot springs from the stump of Jesse, the father of David. The expression prophesies an ideal king who will arise from the house of David. Christians generally read it as a messianic prophecy concerning Jesus Christ.

• Leviticus 9Bible

  Leviticus 9 records the eighth day, after the seven days of priestly ordination were completed. On that day Aaron offered sacrifices for the first time and blessed the people, and then the glory of the LORD appeared and fire came out and consumed the offerings.

• Isaiah 19Bible

  Isaiah 19 is the part of the Book of Isaiah's oracles against the nations that concerns Egypt. After declaring that Egypt will collapse through civil strife and the drying up of the Nile, it looks ahead to a day when Egypt and Assyria will worship the LORD together with Israel and be blessed.

• Arnon RiverBible

  The Arnon is a river and deep gorge that flows into the Dead Sea from the east. In the Old Testament it appears as the boundary between Moab and the land of the Amorites. It is generally identified with the Wadi Mujib in present-day Jordan.

• Ezekiel 43Bible

  A chapter in Ezekiel's vision of the new temple. It describes the departed glory of the LORD returning through the east gate and filling the temple, and it gives the measurements of the altar of burnt offering and the ordinances for its seven-day consecration.

• Jehovah-shammahBible

  Jehovah-shammah is a Hebrew name meaning "the LORD is there," given to the restored city in Ezekiel 48:35.

• Isaiah 26Bible

  Isaiah 26 opens with a song to be sung "in that day" in the land of Judah. It speaks of the peace of those who trust in the Lord, judgment on the proud, prayer in distress, and the promise that the dead will live again.

• PolycarpPeople

  Polycarp (c. 69–c. 155) was a second-century bishop of the church at Smyrna in Asia Minor and a martyr. He was an Apostolic Father, traditionally regarded as a disciple of the apostle John.

• WorshipWorship & Rites

  Worship is the gathering in which believers come together to adore God and hear His Word. In Protestantism, the Sunday service held on the Lord's Day is central to church life.

• Isaiah 27Bible

  Isaiah 27 is a prophecy that "in that day" the LORD will punish Leviathan, guard Israel as his vineyard, and summon his scattered people with a great trumpet to worship in Jerusalem.

• Isaiah 4Bible

  Isaiah 4 portrays Jerusalem after a judgment that has sharply reduced its male population (v. 1) and promises a restoration in which the glory of the LORD covers the purified remnant (vv. 2–6).

• Leviticus 24Bible

  Leviticus 24 contains regulations for the sanctuary lamps and for the bread set out every Sabbath (the showbread), followed by the execution of a man who blasphemed the name of the LORD and the law of retaliation expressed as "eye for eye, tooth for tooth."

• 1 Samuel 16:11–13Bible Verses

  This passage recounts how Samuel anointed David, the youngest son of Jesse, and how the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. It marks the turning point at which kingship passes from Saul to David and is frequently cited in discussions of divine election and the presence of the Holy Spirit.

• John 19:34–35Bible Verses

  John 19:34–35 records that after Jesus died on the cross, a soldier pierced his side with a spear and blood and water came out, and it declares that the one who saw this bears true witness. The passage is read as confirmation of Jesus' actual death and is often interpreted symbolically in connection with baptism and the Lord's Supper.

• Deuteronomy 5:12–15Bible Verses

  This passage is Deuteronomy's restatement of the Sabbath commandment from the Ten Commandments. Unlike the Exodus version, it grounds the commandment in Israel's deliverance from slavery in Egypt and in the rest owed to servants and sojourners. It is frequently cited in discussions of the Sabbath and the Lord's Day.

• Genesis 2:2-3Bible Verses

  Genesis 2:2-3 states that God, having completed the six days of creation, rested on the seventh day, blessed it, and sanctified it. Regarded as the foundation of the Sabbath institution, the passage is frequently cited in debates over the Sabbath and the Lord's Day.

• Matthew 12:7Bible Verses

  Matthew 12:7 is the saying in which Jesus, during a controversy over the Sabbath, defended his disciples by quoting Hosea 6:6. Because it expresses the principle that mercy takes precedence over sacrifice, it is frequently cited in discussions of how the Law should be interpreted and of the Sabbath and the Lord's Day.