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• Amos 8Bible

  Amos 8 announces the "end" of the northern kingdom of Israel through the vision of a basket of summer fruit, indicts those who cheat the poor, and foretells a day of judgment when the sun goes down at noon, along with a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.

• Amos 7Bible

  Amos 7 contains three of Amos's visions (locusts, fire, and a plumb line), along with the account of Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, who tries to silence Amos's prophecy and in turn receives a word of judgment.

• Amos 9Bible

  Amos 9 is the final chapter of the Book of Amos. After a vision of the Lord standing beside the altar that proclaims inescapable judgment, the book closes with a promise of restoration: God will raise up the fallen tabernacle of David and bring back His captive people.

• Ezekiel's Temple VisionBible

  Ezekiel's temple vision, recorded in Ezekiel 40–48, is the vision in which Ezekiel, a prophet of the Babylonian exile, saw a restored temple and land. It is best known for its account of a river that flows out from the temple and brings life to a dead sea.

• Ezekiel 40Bible

  Ezekiel 40 is the first chapter of the vision of the new temple, which forms the final section of the Book of Ezekiel (chapters 40–48). In a vision Ezekiel is brought to a very high mountain in the land of Israel, where he watches a man whose appearance shines like brass measure the temple's wall, gates, courts, and priests' chambers.

• Ezekiel 42Bible

  Ezekiel 42 records Ezekiel's vision of the northern and southern chambers of the new temple, where the priests eat the holy offerings and change their garments, and the measuring of the temple's outer wall at five hundred on each side.

• Jaazaniah (Son of Azzur)People

  Jaazaniah the son of Azzur was one of the twenty-five men whom the prophet Ezekiel saw in a vision at the east gate of the Jerusalem temple. He is described as one of the "princes of the people" who gave wicked counsel (Ezekiel 11:1).

• PelatiahPeople

  Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, appears in the Book of Ezekiel as one of the princes, or high officials, of the people of Jerusalem. Scripture records that he died while Ezekiel was prophesying against them (Ezekiel 11:1, 13).

• Habakkuk 2Bible

  Habakkuk 2 is the chapter in which the LORD answers the prophet's question with a vision declaring that "the just shall live by his faith," and then pronounces five woes upon a proud oppressor.

• Ezekiel 11:19–20Bible Verses

  In this passage God promises the exiled Israelites that He will give them one heart and a new spirit, replacing their stony heart with a heart of flesh. It is frequently cited as a text on the new covenant and regeneration, and interpreters differ over what God does and what human beings do in the transformation of the heart.

• Bob PiercePeople

  Bob Pierce (1914–1978) was an American Baptist minister and evangelist. During the Korean War he founded World Vision (known in Korea as Sunmyunghoe) together with Korean church leaders such as Han Kyung-chik, and in 1970 he founded Samaritan's Purse.

• Feeding of the Five ThousandBible

  The Feeding of the Five Thousand is the miracle in which Jesus Christ fed a crowd of about five thousand men, not counting women and children, with five loaves of bread and two fish. It is recorded in all four Gospels.

• Five SolasDoctrine & Theology

  The Five Solas are five slogans that summarize the central tenets of the Reformation using the Latin word sola ("alone"). They are Scripture alone, faith alone, grace alone, Christ alone, and glory to God alone.

• Philistine PentapolisBible

  The Philistine Pentapolis is the collective name for the five cities that the Philistines established on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Canaan: Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. During the period of the judges and the early monarchy, these cities were the centers of the Philistine power that opposed Israel.

• Parable of the Ten VirginsBible

  The Parable of the Ten Virgins is a parable of Jesus found in Matthew 25:1–13. It tells of ten virgins waiting for a bridegroom, of whom only the five who had prepared oil in advance entered the wedding feast, and it teaches believers to watch and be ready for the Second Coming.

• PentateuchBible

  The Pentateuch is the collective name for the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. In Judaism it is called the Torah.

• Fivefold MinistryDoctrine & Theology

  The fivefold ministry is a collective term for the five offices named in Ephesians 4:11: apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers. Denominations and theological traditions differ on whether these offices continue today.

• Poetic BooksBible

  The Poetic Books are the five books of the Protestant Old Testament written in poetic form: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon.

• Samaritan PentateuchBible

  The Samaritan Pentateuch is the Hebrew text of the Five Books of Moses that the Samaritan community has preserved from generation to generation. It agrees with the Masoretic Text of Judaism in most respects but differs in certain places, notably in passages that exalt Mount Gerizim as the place of worship.