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• Jozadak

  [People]

  Jozadak was the son of Seraiah, the high priest in Jerusalem just before the Babylonian exile. He was carried into captivity when Judah fell, and Scripture records him as the father of Jeshua (Joshua), who became high priest after the return from exile.

• Hymenaeus

  [People]

  Hymenaeus was a figure in the early church whose name appears in 1 Timothy and 2 Timothy. Paul mentions him as one who "made shipwreck" concerning the faith and who taught "that the resurrection is past already."

• Jebus

  [Bible]

  Jebus is a name that refers either to the Jebusites, one of the native peoples of Canaan, or to the city they inhabited, Jerusalem before the time of David. David captured the city and made it the capital of Israel.

• Joshua 23

  [Bible]

  Joshua 23 records the farewell exhortation that the aged Joshua delivered after summoning the leaders of Israel. He recalls that the LORD fought for Israel and urges the people to keep the law and not to serve the gods of the nations that remained.

• Isaiah 65

  [Bible]

  Isaiah 65 is a prophecy that contrasts judgment on a rebellious people who have forsaken God with the blessings promised to his remaining "servants," and that promises the creation of new heavens and a new earth.

• Revelation 9

  [Bible]

  Revelation 9 records the fifth and sixth trumpet judgments. Locusts from the bottomless pit torment people, and four angels released from the Euphrates, together with an army of horsemen, kill a third of humanity, yet the survivors do not repent.

• Revelation 21

  [Bible]

  Revelation 21 depicts the vision of a new heaven and a new earth and of the holy city, the New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven. It describes the world brought to completion, in which God dwells with humanity.

• Revelation 19

  [Bible]

  Revelation 19 depicts heaven praising God with hallelujahs for the judgment of Babylon, the great whore, and announcing the marriage supper of the Lamb. The rider on the white horse then defeats the armies of the beast and the false prophet.

• Revelation 20

  [Bible]

  Revelation 20 depicts Satan bound in the bottomless pit for a thousand years while the saints reign with Christ, followed by Satan's final rebellion and defeat and the Last Judgment before the great white throne.

• Kedar (son of Ishmael)

  [People]

  Kedar was the second son of Ishmael, the son of Abraham. Scripture records him as the ancestor of an Arabian nomadic tribe that the Old Testament also calls "Kedar."

• Resurrection

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Resurrection refers both to the event in which Jesus Christ, having died on the cross, rose again, and to the Christian belief that on the last day the dead will be raised bodily.

• Rahab

  [People]

  Rahab is a woman of Jericho in the Old Testament book of Joshua (chapters 2 and 6) who hid the Israelite spies and was saved together with her family. The New Testament names her in the genealogy of Jesus and presents her as an example of both faith and works.

• Proverbs 22:15

  [Bible Verses]

  A proverb stating that foolishness is bound in the heart of a child and that the rod of correction drives it far away. Because it is often cited in support of child discipline, and of corporal punishment in particular, its meaning and application have been understood in several ways.

• Zechariah 4:9–10

  [Bible Verses]

  A passage from Zechariah's fifth night vision that promises Zerubbabel will finish the temple rebuilding he began and warns against despising "the day of small things." It encourages small beginnings and is often quoted at church plants and building projects.

• Jabbok River

  [Bible]

  The Jabbok is a tributary that flows into the Jordan River from the east. It is known as the place where Jacob, before crossing its ford, wrestled through the night and received the new name "Israel."

• Stadion

  [Bible]

  The stadion is a Greek unit of distance found in the New Testament, measuring about 185 meters. In Revelation it is used to give the dimensions of the New Jerusalem.

• Aaron's Rod

  [Bible]

  Aaron's rod was the staff carried by Aaron, the elder brother of Moses, and was used to perform signs before Pharaoh during the Exodus. In the wilderness it budded and bore fruit overnight, becoming a sign that confirmed the priesthood of Aaron's house.

• Third Council of Constantinople

  [History]

  The Third Council of Constantinople was a council held from 680 to 681 in Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. It declared that Christ possesses both a divine will and a human will, condemned Monothelitism, and is counted as the sixth ecumenical council.

• Dedan

  [Bible]

  Dedan is the name of a people and a place in northwestern Arabia mentioned in the Old Testament. It first appears as a personal name in the genealogies of Genesis, and in the prophetic books it appears as a place known for its caravan trade.

• Second Council of Constantinople

  [History]

  The Second Council of Constantinople was a church council convened in Constantinople in 553 by the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I. It condemned the so-called "Three Chapters" and reaffirmed the Christology of the Council of Chalcedon. The Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church count it as the fifth ecumenical council.