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• Tetragrammaton

  [Bible]

  The Tetragrammaton is the term for the four Hebrew consonants (יהוה, YHWH) that spell the proper name of God in the Old Testament. Among Korean Bible translations, the New Korean Revised Version renders this name as "Yeohowa" (Jehovah).

• Old Covenant

  [Bible]

  The Old Covenant is the name given to the covenant God made with Israel through Moses at Mount Sinai, in contrast to the New Covenant established through Jesus Christ. The name "Old Testament" derives from it.

• Seed of Abraham

  [Bible]

  The seed of Abraham is a biblical term for the descendants God promised to Abraham. In the Old Testament it refers to the people of Israel, descended through Isaac and Jacob. In the New Testament its meaning broadens to include Christ and those who believe in Christ.

• Miracle

  [Bible]

  A miracle is an event brought about by God that cannot be explained by the ordinary course of nature. The Bible describes such events with words such as sign, wonder, marvel, and power (mighty work).

• Jehovah Rapha

  [Bible]

  Jehovah Rapha, meaning "the LORD who heals," is a title of God drawn from Exodus 15:26: "for I am the LORD that healeth thee."

• Revelation

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Revelation is a term in Christian theology for God's act of disclosing and making known his own being and will, which human beings cannot know by their own efforts.

• Reprobation

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Reprobation is the Reformed doctrine of predestination holding that God decreed from eternity not to choose certain people for salvation but to leave them in their sin. It is the counterpart of election.

• LORD of Hosts

  [Bible]

  The LORD of Hosts is an Old Testament title for God that renders the Hebrew Yahweh Tseba'ot. Meaning "LORD of armies (hosts)," it expresses God's sovereignty over Israel and over all the hosts of heaven.

• Peniel

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  Peniel, meaning "face of God," is the name Jacob gave to a place east of the Jordan River after wrestling through the night at the ford of the Jabbok, saying, "I have seen God face to face."

• Two Kingdoms Doctrine

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The two kingdoms doctrine is a Protestant teaching that God governs the world in two ways: through a spiritual government, in which he rules faith by his Word, and through a temporal government, in which the state and the law preserve social order.

• Fallen Angel

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  A fallen angel is a spiritual being created by God as a good angel that rebelled against God and fell from its original place. Christian tradition generally identifies Satan and demons as fallen angels.

• Infralapsarianism

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Infralapsarianism is the view within Reformed teaching on predestination that God chose to save some from among humanity considered as already fallen.

• Genesis 21

  [Bible]

  Genesis 21 recounts the birth of Isaac in fulfillment of God's promise, the sending away of Hagar and her son and their rescue in the wilderness, and Abraham's covenant with Abimelech at Beersheba.

• Exodus 13

  [Bible]

  Exodus 13 sets out the ordinance for consecrating the firstborn to God and the ordinance of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. It then describes Israel setting out into the wilderness, carrying the bones of Joseph and led by the pillar of cloud and the pillar of fire.

• 1 Samuel 5

  [Bible]

  1 Samuel 5 recounts how the ark of God (the Ark of the Covenant), captured by the Philistines, was carried to Ashdod, Gath, and Ekron. During this time the image of Dagon fell before the ark, and each city was struck with a plague of tumors.

• 2 Samuel 6

  [Bible]

  This chapter recounts how David brings the ark of God (the Ark of the Covenant) to the City of David. The procession halts when Uzzah dies, and the ark rests at the house of Obed-edom before being brought up with rejoicing. Michal despises David for dancing.

• 2 Samuel 7

  [Bible]

  2 Samuel 7 is the chapter in which David seeks to build a temple, and God, speaking through the prophet Nathan, instead promises to establish David's house, kingdom, and throne forever. David responds with a prayer of thanksgiving.

• 1 Kings 13

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  1 Kings 13 tells of a "man of God" from Judah who prophesies the destruction of the altar at Bethel. He is then deceived by an old prophet of Bethel into disobeying God's command and is killed by a lion.

• Job 14

  [Bible]

  Job 14 is the chapter in which Job laments to God the brevity and trouble of human life. Contrasting a tree, which sprouts again after it is cut down, with a human being, who dies and does not rise again, he raises the question of hope beyond death.

• Job 40

  [Bible]

  Job 40 contains Job's brief reply to God's first speech and the beginning of God's second speech, again delivered out of the whirlwind. God asks Job whether he can govern the world and directs him to consider the great beast Behemoth.