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Ordination of Women
[Controversies]The ordination of women is a debate over whether women may be ordained as pastors and elders. Among Korean churches, the Methodists, the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea (PROK), the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap), the Full Gospel churches, and the Anglican Church, among others, permit it, while the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Hapdong), the Kosin Presbyterian Church in Korea, and the Hapshin Presbyterian Church in Korea, among others, do not.
Exodus 34:6
[Bible Verses]The words the LORD proclaimed on Mount Sinai as he passed before Moses, declaring his name and character and naming in turn his mercy, grace, slowness to anger, steadfast love (hesed), and faithfulness. Because this classic confession of God's character recurs throughout the Old Testament, it is frequently cited in discussions of the divine attributes and of forgiveness.
New Covenant
[Bible]The new covenant is the covenant that God promised in Jeremiah 31:31-34 to make with Israel. The New Testament teaches that this promise was established through the death of Jesus Christ.
Noahic Covenant
[Bible]The Noahic covenant is the covenant God made after the Flood with Noah, his descendants, and every living creature. In it God promised never again to destroy the earth by a flood and appointed the rainbow as its sign (Genesis 9). It is also called the "rainbow covenant."
Fiery Serpents
[Bible]The fiery serpents were venomous snakes that bit the Israelites, killing many, after the people murmured against God in the wilderness, as recorded in Numbers 21. The episode forms the background to the account of the bronze serpent that Moses made.
Brook Cherith
[Bible]The Brook Cherith is a stream near the Jordan River where, according to 1 Kings 17, the prophet Elijah hid at God's command during a drought and was sustained by food that ravens brought to him.
Pishon
[Bible]The Pishon is the first of the four rivers formed when the river that watered the Garden of Eden divided, as described in Genesis 2. Scripture records that it flows around the land of Havilah, where gold, bdellium, and onyx are found.
Chebar River
[Bible]The Chebar River was a waterway in "the land of the Chaldeans" where the prophet Ezekiel, living among the Judean exiles during the Babylonian exile, saw visions of God. Many scholars identify it as a canal in Babylonia.
Wilderness of Judah
[Bible]The Wilderness of Judah is an arid region stretching from the eastern slopes of the Judean hill country down to the Dead Sea. Scripture presents it as the place where David hid from Saul and where John the Baptist proclaimed repentance.
Firmament
[Bible]The firmament is the expanse that God made on the second day of creation in Genesis 1 to divide the waters above from the waters below; God called it "Heaven." The English term renders the Hebrew word raqia.
Stem of Jesse
[Bible]The "stem of Jesse" is an image from Isaiah 11:1 in which a shoot springs from the stump of Jesse, the father of David. The expression prophesies an ideal king who will arise from the house of David. Christians generally read it as a messianic prophecy concerning Jesus Christ.
Valley of Salt
[Bible]The Valley of Salt was a valley in the south of Judah, on the border with Edom. In the Bible it appears as the battlefield where Israel won major victories over Edom in the time of David and in the reign of Amaziah king of Judah.
Song of Simeon
[Bible]The Song of Simeon is the short hymn of praise that Simeon sang in the Temple while holding the infant Jesus, recorded in Luke 2:29-32. It is also called the Nunc Dimittis, from its opening words in Latin.
Gihon River
[Bible]The Gihon River is the second of the four rivers described in Genesis 2 as flowing out of Eden and parting into four heads. Scripture records that it "compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia" (Cush). Interpreters hold several views on which present-day river it corresponds to.
Münster Rebellion
[History]The Münster Rebellion took place in 1534–1535 in Münster, a city in the northwestern Holy Roman Empire. Anabaptists who believed the end of the world was near seized control of the city and proclaimed it the "New Jerusalem," until the rebellion was suppressed after a siege by the bishop's forces.
1 Corinthians 15:58
[Bible Verses]The verse with which Paul concludes 1 Corinthians 15, his chapter on the resurrection. On the basis of the resurrection hope, it urges believers to stand firm and give themselves fully to the work of the Lord. Because it declares that labor in the Lord is not in vain, it is frequently cited to encourage those who serve and hold office in the church.
Bronze Serpent
[Bible]The bronze serpent was a serpent of bronze that Moses made at God's command and set on a pole so that Israelites bitten by fiery serpents in the wilderness might live. The account appears in Numbers 21, and in John 3 it becomes an image pointing to the cross of Jesus.
Wedding at Cana
[Bible]The Wedding at Cana is an event recorded in John 2:1-11 in which Jesus turned water into wine at a wedding feast in Cana of Galilee. The Gospel of John calls it Jesus' "first sign."
Deuteronomy 5:6–10
[Bible Verses]The opening of the Ten Commandments, in which God declares that He is the one who brought Israel out of bondage in Egypt and commands the people to have no other gods and not to make or serve idols. Denominations differ in how they number the commandments, how they view the use of images, and how they understand the phrase "unto the third and fourth generation."
City of David
[Bible]The City of David is the name King David gave to the stronghold of Zion after capturing it from the Jebusites. It designates the oldest quarter of Jerusalem, on the city's southeastern hill. In the New Testament, the Gospel of Luke uses the same expression for Bethlehem, David's hometown.