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• Deathbed Service

  [Christian Life]

  A deathbed service is a brief service of worship held by family members and ministers at the side of a believer who is about to die or has just died. In Korean Protestant churches, it is regarded as the first rite of the funeral process.

• Term of Office for Elders

  [Christian Life]

  The term of office for elders is the period during which an elder holds and exercises office in the church. Korean Presbyterian churches often regard the eldership as a lifelong office, with elders serving until a mandatory retirement age. Some churches also hold periodic votes of confidence in which the congregation decides whether an elder should continue in active service.

• Sharon

  [Bible]

  Sharon is a plain along the Mediterranean coast of Israel, extending south of Mount Carmel. In Scripture it serves as a symbol of fertility and beauty.

• Palestine

  [Bible]

  Palestine is a geographical name for the land extending from the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea to the region of the Jordan River. Derived from the name of the land of the Philistines, it is used in biblical geography as a general term for the land of Canaan and Israel.

• Gomorrah

  [Bible]

  Gomorrah was a city in the plain of the Jordan mentioned in the Old Testament book of Genesis. It was destroyed by God's judgment together with Sodom, and in Scripture its name serves as a symbol of sin and judgment.

• Psalm 123

  [Bible]

  Psalm 123 is one of the Songs of Ascents. It is a brief four-verse prayer in which the psalmist looks to God as a servant looks to the hand of his master, pleading for mercy amid contempt and scorn.

• Psalm 110

  [Bible]

  Psalm 110 is a seven-verse royal psalm bearing the superscription "A Psalm of David." In it the LORD seats "my Lord" at His right hand and establishes him as a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. It is one of the psalms most frequently quoted in the New Testament.

• Coats of Skins

  [Bible]

  The coats of skins are the garments that God made to clothe Adam and Eve after they ate the forbidden fruit (Genesis 3:21). They stand in contrast to the aprons of fig leaves and have been interpreted both as a sign of God's care and as a foreshadowing of atonement.

• Psalm 126

  [Bible]

  Psalm 126 is a six-verse psalm and one of the Songs of Ascents. It looks back on the restoration of Zion as a joy like a dream, prays for restoration once more, and closes with the promise that those who sow in tears will reap in joy.

• Behemoth

  [Bible]

  Behemoth is the enormous beast that God shows to Job in Job 40. Its name derives from the plural of the Hebrew word for "beast." It is commonly identified as the hippopotamus, although some interpreters regard it as a symbolic being or as a dinosaur.

• Perseverance

  [Bible]

  Perseverance (also patience or endurance) is a biblical concept describing the disposition to keep faith and endure to the end amid suffering and trials. The New Testament frequently stresses it as a virtue of believers, and it is connected with God's own "longsuffering."

• The Poor

  [Bible]

  In the Bible, "the poor" refers to people who struggle to make a living and need protection. The Old Testament makes caring for them a duty of the covenant people, and the New Testament presents the proclamation of the gospel to them as a sign of the kingdom of God.

• Formation of the Canon

  [Bible]

  The formation of the canon (canonization) is the historical process by which it became settled which of the many writings in circulation were received as Scripture, the norm for faith and life.

• New Testament Quotations of the Old Testament

  [Bible]

  The practice by which New Testament writers reproduce or borrow the words of the Old Testament to explain Jesus Christ and the church, and the passages in which they do so. These quotations are treated as a key resource for understanding the relationship between the Old and New Testaments.

• Relationship Between the Old and New Testaments

  [Bible]

  The relationship between the Old and New Testaments concerns how the two parts of the Christian Bible are connected to and distinguished from each other. It is commonly described as a relationship of promise and fulfillment, and denominations differ in whether they place greater emphasis on continuity or on distinction.

• Zephaniah 3:17

  [Bible Verses]

  Zephaniah 3:17 declares that God, present in the midst of restored Jerusalem, rejoices and sings over His people. It is frequently cited as a word of comfort that reveals God's joy and love.

• Isaiah 6

  [Bible]

  Isaiah 6 recounts Isaiah's call: in the year King Uzziah died, Isaiah sees the Lord seated on a throne in the temple, attended by seraphim. He is cleansed and then sent forth as a prophet.

• Judges 6:12

  [Bible Verses]

  In this verse the angel of the LORD appears to Gideon, who is hiding from the Midianites, addresses him as "thou mighty man of valour," and declares that the LORD is with him. It is frequently cited as a text on divine calling and God's presence.

• Psalm 100:4–5

  [Bible Verses]

  A passage that calls worshipers to enter the temple gates and courts with thanksgiving and praise and to exalt God (v. 4), and that gives the reason: God's goodness, steadfast love, and faithfulness (v. 5). It is frequently used in Thanksgiving sermons and as a call to worship.

• Nahum 1:7

  [Bible Verses]

  Nahum 1:7 is a verse in which the prophet Nahum, while foretelling the fall of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, confesses that the LORD is good and a stronghold in the day of trouble. It is often quoted as a word of comfort set within a prophecy of judgment.