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• Annunciation

  [Bible]

  The Annunciation is the event recorded in Luke 1 in which the angel Gabriel announced to Mary, a virgin of Nazareth, that she would conceive a son by the Holy Spirit and name him Jesus.

• Baptism of Jesus

  [Bible]

  The baptism of Jesus is the event in which Jesus, around the beginning of his public ministry, was baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River. The Gospels report that the Holy Spirit descended like a dove and that a voice was heard from heaven.

• Sabbath

  [Bible]

  The Sabbath is the seventh day, appointed by Old Testament law as a day on which people were to cease from work, rest, and keep the day holy to God. It is grounded in both creation and the Exodus, and in Jewish tradition it is observed from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday.

• Ark of the Covenant

  [Bible]

  The Ark of the Covenant was a gold-overlaid wooden chest made at God's command in the time of Moses. It held the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments and was kept in the Most Holy Place of the tabernacle and later of the temple. It is also called the "ark of the law."

• High Priest

  [Bible]

  The high priest held the foremost position among the priests of Old Testament Israel, an office whose holder entered the Most Holy Place on the Day of Atonement to make atonement for the people. The New Testament Epistle to the Hebrews presents Jesus Christ as the eternal High Priest.

• Ahimelech

  [People]

  Ahimelech was the priest of Nob during the reign of King Saul. He was put to death at Saul's command for giving the fleeing David the holy bread and the sword of Goliath.

• Kohath

  [People]

  Kohath was the second son of Levi and the grandfather of Moses and Aaron. During the wilderness period his descendants, the Kohathites, were responsible for carrying the holy furnishings of the tabernacle, including the ark of the covenant, on their shoulders.

• Feast of Trumpets

  [Bible]

  The Feast of Trumpets was an Old Testament festival observed on the first day of the seventh month of Israel's religious calendar. It was marked by the blowing of trumpets and a holy convocation, as prescribed in Leviticus 23 and Numbers 29.

• Myrrh

  [Bible]

  Myrrh is the fragrant resin of trees native to southern Arabia and northeastern Africa. In the Bible it was used as a spice, a cosmetic, and an ingredient in the holy anointing oil, and it appears as one of the gifts of the Magi and as a burial spice for Jesus.

• Discernment of Spirits

  [Christian Life]

  Discernment of spirits is the act of determining whether a given utterance, phenomenon, or spiritual experience comes from the Holy Spirit. It is one of the gifts of the Spirit listed in 1 Corinthians 12:10.

• Deacon

  [Church Offices]

  A deacon is a member of the clergy ranking below the priest in churches, such as the Catholic and Anglican churches, that divide holy orders into the three ranks of bishop, priest, and deacon. The term comes from the same Greek word that Korean Protestant churches use for the distinct office known as jipsa.

• Farewell Discourse

  [Bible]

  The Farewell Discourse is the extended charge and prayer that Jesus gave his disciples at the Last Supper on the night before his arrest, recorded in John 13–17. It includes the new commandment, the promise of the Holy Spirit as the Comforter, and the parable of the vine.

• Effectual Calling

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Effectual calling is a term in Reformed soteriology for the inward call by which God, through the Holy Spirit, actually brings those who hear the gospel to faith. It is also called effective calling or efficacious calling.

• Trespass Offering

  [Bible]

  The trespass offering was one of the Old Testament sacrifices. Through the offering of a ram, it made atonement for sins that caused loss with respect to holy things or a neighbor's property, and it required the offender to repay the original value plus one-fifth.

• Spiritual Body

  [Bible]

  The spiritual body is Paul's term in 1 Corinthians 15:44 for the body the dead will put on at the resurrection, in contrast to the "natural body." It refers to a body that is incorruptible, glorious, and governed by the Holy Spirit.

• Living Water

  [Bible]

  Living water is a biblical expression for "water that is alive," that is, water that springs up and flows from a source. It represents the life and salvation God bestows, as well as the eternal life and the Holy Spirit that Jesus gives.

• Kohathites

  [Bible]

  The Kohathites were a Levite clan descended from Kohath, the second son of Levi. During the wilderness period they were responsible for carrying the holy objects of the tabernacle, including the ark of the covenant, on their shoulders. Moses and Aaron belonged to this clan.

• Song of Zechariah

  [Worship & Rites]

  The Song of Zechariah (Luke 1:68-79) is the hymn that Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, uttered when he was filled with the Holy Spirit after his son's birth. It is also called the "Benedictus," from its first Latin word.

• Investiture Controversy

  [History]

  The Investiture Controversy was a conflict in eleventh- and twelfth-century Western Europe between the Roman popes and secular rulers, especially the Holy Roman Emperor, over who had the right to appoint bishops and abbots. It was largely settled by the Concordat of Worms in 1122.

• Kohath

  [People]

  Kohath was the second son of Levi, the son of Jacob, and the grandfather of Moses and Aaron. His descendants, the Kohathites, were responsible for carrying the most holy furnishings of the tabernacle, including the ark of the covenant, during the wilderness journey.