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Kiriath-jearim
[Bible]Kiriath-jearim was a town on the border between Judah and Benjamin. It is known as the place where the Ark of the Covenant, after its return from Philistia, remained in the house of Abinadab until David brought it to Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 7
[Bible]Ezekiel 7 is a prophecy of judgment proclaiming that "the end" has come upon the land of Israel. It declares that sword, pestilence, and famine will strike, that silver and gold will not save the people, and that even their leaders will be rendered powerless.
Matthew 16
[Bible]Matthew 16 is the chapter in which Jesus rebuffs the Pharisees and Sadducees who seek a sign, Peter confesses Jesus as the Christ at Caesarea Philippi, and Jesus first foretells his own suffering and resurrection.
Revelation 3
[Bible]Revelation 3 contains the last three of the letters to the seven churches of Asia Minor: the messages addressed to the churches in Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.
Ezra 2
[Bible]Ezra 2 is the list of those who first returned from the Babylonian exile to Jerusalem and Judah. It records the number of returnees by family, town, and office, gives the overall total, and notes the offerings given for rebuilding the temple.
Isaiah 49
[Bible]Isaiah 49 contains the second "Servant Song," in which the Servant of the LORD declares that he has been called to be a light to the Gentiles. It also offers comfort to Zion, who laments that she has been forsaken, as God promises that he will never forget her.
Revelation 7
[Bible]Revelation 7 stands between the opening of the sixth and seventh seals. It contains two scenes: the sealing of God's servants on their foreheads (the 144,000 from the tribes of Israel), and a great multitude clothed in white, which no one can number, praising God before the throne.
Ishvi
[People]Ishvi was a son of Asher, the son of Jacob. He is recorded among those who went down into Egypt with Jacob's family, and he became the ancestor of the Ishvite clan within the tribe of Asher.
Jabesh-gilead
[Bible]Jabesh-gilead was an Israelite town in the region of Gilead east of the Jordan River. Saul delivered the town from the Ammonites, and after Saul's death its people recovered and buried his body.
Holiness
[Bible]Holiness is a central biblical concept denoting that which belongs to God and is set apart for Him. It refers first to the nature of God and extends to the people, places, times, and objects dedicated to Him, as well as to the life of His people.
Havilah
[Bible]Havilah is both a place name and a personal name in the Old Testament. It first appears as the gold-bearing land encompassed by the Pison, one of the rivers of the Garden of Eden, and the same name also occurs in the genealogy of Noah's descendants.
Izhar
[People]Izhar was a grandson of Levi and a son of Kohath. He was the uncle of Moses and Aaron and appears in biblical genealogies as the father of Korah, who rose up against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
Futurism
[Doctrine & Theology]Futurism is an interpretive approach holding that most of the end-time prophecies of Scripture, including those of the Book of Revelation, remain unfulfilled and will be fulfilled just before the second coming of Christ.
Jeong Yak-jong
[People]Jeong Yak-jong (1760–1801) was a Catholic lay leader in late Joseon Korea. He wrote the Jugyo yoji (Essentials of the Lord's Teaching), regarded as the first catechism written in Hangul, served as the first president of the Myeongdohoe, and was martyred during the Sinyu Persecution of 1801.
Kim Jae-jun
[People]Kim Jae-jun (金在俊, 1901–1987) was a Korean Presbyterian minister and progressive theologian whose pen name was Changgong (長空). He played a central role in founding Chosun Theological Seminary (now Hanshin University) and in forming the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea, and he also took part in the democratization movement.
Raising of Lazarus
[Bible]The raising of Lazarus is an event recorded in John 11, in which Jesus, at Bethany, raised Lazarus from the tomb after he had been dead four days. It is commonly regarded as the last and greatest of the signs in the Gospel of John.
Former Prophets
[Bible]The Former Prophets are the first four books of the Prophets, the second division of the Hebrew Bible: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings. In the Christian Old Testament, the same books are classified as historical books.
Division of Abijah
[Bible]The division of Abijah was the eighth of the twenty-four priestly divisions established in the time of David for rotating temple service. In the Gospel of Luke, Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, is introduced as a priest belonging to this division.
Revelation 2
[Bible]Revelation 2 contains four of the letters addressed to the seven churches of Asia Minor: those to the churches in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, and Thyatira. Each letter commends or rebukes the church for its works and gives a promise to the one who overcomes.
Suffering Servant
[Bible]The Suffering Servant is the "servant of the Lord" in the "Servant Songs" of Isaiah, who suffers and bears the transgressions of others. The New Testament reads this servant in connection with Jesus Christ.