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• Matthew 7:22–27

  [Bible Verses]

  The closing section of the Sermon on the Mount, which compares those who hear and do the words of Jesus to a house built upon a rock, and those who only hear them to a house built upon the sand. It is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship between faith and works and between spiritual gifts and salvation.

• Romans 11:28-29

  [Bible Verses]

  Romans 11:28-29 is a passage in which Paul states that Israel, though it has not accepted the gospel, remains beloved of God for the sake of the fathers, and that God's gifts and calling are not withdrawn. It is frequently discussed for its bearing on the future of Israel and because verse 29 is often applied to individual vocation.

• Paradise

  [Bible]

  Paradise is a New Testament term for the place where the righteous dead are with Christ, or for the blessed place where God dwells. The word derives from a term originally meaning "an enclosed garden."

• Shunem

  [Bible]

  Shunem was a town of the tribe of Issachar in the Jezreel Valley. It is known as the hometown of the Shunammite woman who hosted Elisha and of Abishag, who attended David.

• Smyrna

  [Bible]

  Smyrna was a port city on the Aegean coast of western Asia Minor and the home of one of the seven churches to which the risen Christ sent letters in Revelation 2. It corresponds to the modern city of İzmir, Türkiye.

• Immortality of the Soul

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The immortality of the soul is the belief that, although a person dies and the body decays, the soul does not perish but continues to exist. Many denominations teach it together with belief in the resurrection, though views differ on its basis and on how it should be expressed.

• Conditional Immortality

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Conditional immortality is the theological view that human beings are not inherently immortal and that God grants eternal life as a gift only to those who are in Christ.

• 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.

• Shammai

  [People]

  Shammai was a Jewish teacher of the law active from the late first century BC to the early first century AD. Together with his contemporary Hillel, he is regarded as a leading representative of Pharisaic legal interpretation, and he founded the "School of Shammai," known for its strict interpretation of the law.

• Memucan

  [People]

  Memucan is one of the seven princes of the Persian king Ahasuerus who appear in Esther 1. He advised the king to depose Queen Vashti and to issue a royal decree.

• Adah

  [People]

  Adah is the wife of Lamech, a descendant of Cain, in Genesis 4, and the mother of Jabal and Jubal. Genesis 36 also mentions a wife of Esau who bears the same name.

• Realized Eschatology

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Realized eschatology is an interpretation of the New Testament holding that the kingdom of God proclaimed by Jesus is not a future reality but has already arrived in Jesus' ministry. It was systematized by the British New Testament scholar C. H. Dodd.

• Futurism

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Futurism is an interpretive approach holding that most of the end-time prophecies of Scripture, including those of the Book of Revelation, remain unfulfilled and will be fulfilled just before the second coming of Christ.

• Numbers 31

  [Bible]

  Numbers 31 records how Moses, at God's command, sent the Israelite army against Midian. It also sets out the purification regulations for the returning soldiers and captives, the division of the spoils, and the dedication of offerings.

• 2 Kings 1

  [Bible]

  Second Kings 1 tells how Ahaziah, king of northern Israel, falls ill and inquires of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, and then dies just as Elijah has foretold.

• Isaiah 10

  [Bible]

  Isaiah 10 pronounces woe on unjust leaders who trample the weak and prophesies both the judgment of Assyria, which served as God's instrument but grew proud, and the return of the remnant of Israel.

• Daniel 5

  [Bible]

  Daniel 5 tells how Belshazzar, king of Babylon, held a feast using vessels from the temple in Jerusalem, saw handwriting appear on the wall, and heard Daniel interpret it; that same night the kingdom fell.

• Shelomoth

  [People]

  Shelomoth was a Levite of David's time and a descendant of Eliezer, the son of Moses. With his brothers, he was in charge of the treasuries of the dedicated things that David and the military commanders had set apart (1 Chronicles 26).