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Ezekiel 38
[Bible]Ezekiel 38 is a prophecy in which Gog of the land of Magog leads many nations against Israel while it dwells in safety, but God judges him with an earthquake and other calamities and so displays His holiness before the nations.
Armoni
[People]Armoni was the son of King Saul by his concubine Rizpah. During a famine in the reign of David, he was handed over to the Gibeonites and executed along with six other descendants of Saul, including his brother Mephibosheth (2 Samuel 21:8–9).
Officer (Salvation Army)
[Church Offices]An officer is a member of the clergy of The Salvation Army, equivalent to a pastor in other denominations. Within the Salvation Army's military-style organization, officers complete training and are commissioned, after which they lead corps (local congregations) or carry out social service and administrative work.
Confirmation
[Worship & Rites]Confirmation is the rite by which a person baptized in infancy, upon growing up, personally professes the faith and becomes a full baptized member of the church. In Korean Protestant usage it is commonly called ipgyo ("entering the church"), while Lutheran and some other churches use a term meaning "rite of strengthening faith."
Intercessory Prayer
[Christian Life]Intercessory prayer is prayer offered to God on behalf of other people, the church, the nation, and the world. It is associated with the "intercessions" named in 1 Timothy 2:1.
Trinity Sunday
[Feasts & Seasons]Trinity Sunday, the Sunday after Pentecost, is a feast of the Western church year commemorating the doctrine of the Trinity, which confesses one God in Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
John 10:10
[Bible Verses]John 10:10 is the verse in which Jesus, presenting himself as the door of the sheep and the good shepherd, says, "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." Interpreters differ over the meaning of this "abundant life": some read it as spiritual life, while others extend it to blessing in every area of life.
Isaiah 53:5
[Bible Verses]Isaiah 53:5 is the central verse of the Song of the Suffering Servant, declaring that he was wounded for our transgressions and that with his stripes we are healed. It is a key text for the atoning death of Christ. Pentecostal traditions and other denominations disagree over whether the "healing" it describes includes physical healing.
Genesis 50:20
[Bible Verses]Genesis 50:20 records Joseph's words to the brothers who had sold him: "Ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good." It is a classic text on divine providence and continues to prompt theological discussion of how human evil and God's sovereignty relate to each other.
Eleazar
[People]Eleazar was the third son of Aaron and the biblical figure who succeeded his father as Israel's second high priest. Together with Joshua, he oversaw the distribution of the land of Canaan.
Song of Songs 2:16
[Bible Verses]Song of Songs 2:16 is a verse in which the woman declares that she and her beloved belong to each other. It is often cited and has been read both as a song of marital love and as a picture of the relationship between God and his people or between Christ and the church.
Excommunication
[Organization & Polity]Excommunication is the most severe stage of church discipline, in which the church removes an unrepentant member who has sinned from the church community and revokes that person's membership.
Abinadab
[People]Abinadab was a man of Kiriath-jearim in the Old Testament. Scripture records that he received the ark of the covenant into his house after the Philistines returned it, and that it remained there for a long time. Several other people of the same name also appear in the Bible.
Havruta
[Christian Life]Havruta is a method of study from the Jewish tradition in which two people pair up to study a text by questioning and debating each other. In Korean churches it is used mainly as a method for Bible study and church school education.
Pedaiah
[People]Pedaiah was a son of Jeconiah (Jehoiachin), king of Judah, and appears in the genealogy of 1 Chronicles 3. First Chronicles 3:19 records him as the father of Zerubbabel. Other passages name Zerubbabel as the son of Shealtiel, and this discrepancy has been the subject of discussion.
Confirmation
[Worship & Rites]Confirmation is a rite in which a baptized believer personally professes the faith and receives the laying on of hands to be strengthened in that faith. The Catholic and Anglican churches call it the Sacrament of Confirmation, and Lutherans also practice confirmation, while other Protestant denominations have a comparable rite of admission to church membership.
Angel Worship
[Doctrine & Theology]Angel worship refers to offering angels the worship or prayer that belongs to God alone. Protestants reject it on the basis of Colossians 2:18 and other passages.
Ichthys
[History]Ichthys is the Greek word for "fish" and the name of a fish-shaped symbol that early Christians used to express their faith. It remains in wide use today on church signs, car decals, and similar items.
Associate Pastor
[Church Offices]An associate pastor is an ordained minister who assists the senior pastor of a congregation with preaching, pastoral visitation, education, administration, and other duties. In Korean Protestant churches, associate pastors, together with evangelists and licentiates, are commonly grouped as "assistant ministers."
District Leader (Guyeokjang)
[Church Offices]A district leader is a lay small-group leader in charge of a "district," a unit into which a church divides its members by place of residence or other units of daily life. The district leader leads district worship services and cares for the members. Depending on the church, the role may also be called class leader, sunjang, or shepherd.