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Matthew 1:22–23
[Bible Verses]An editorial comment in which the author of Matthew interprets Jesus' conception by the Holy Spirit as the fulfillment of Isaiah 7:14. The passage is cited every Christmas as the basis for the name "Emmanuel" ("God with us") and for the doctrine of the virgin birth, and its rendering "virgin" remains a subject of debate.
Seven Churches of Asia
[Bible]The seven churches of Asia are the seven churches in the Roman province of Asia to which Christ sent letters in Revelation 2–3. They are the churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.
Genesis 22:12-14
[Bible Verses]The scene in which God stops Abraham as he is about to offer Isaac and has him offer a ram in his son's place; the passage gives rise to the name "Jehovah-jireh" ("the LORD will provide"). It is frequently cited and preached as a text about the testing of faith and as a foreshadowing of substitutionary atonement.
Jehovah-jireh
[Bible]Jehovah-jireh is the name Abraham gave to the place on the mountain where he was about to offer Isaac, as recorded in Genesis 22:14. It means "the LORD sees" or "the LORD will provide."
Burning Bush
[Bible]The burning bush is the event in Exodus 3 in which God appeared to Moses at Mount Horeb in a flame of fire within a bush that was not consumed, called him, and commissioned him to lead Israel out of Egypt.
Manger
[Bible]A manger is a trough that holds feed for livestock. In the Gospel of Luke, it is where the newborn Jesus was laid. In the Christmas story, it serves as a symbol of Jesus' coming in lowliness.
City of David
[Bible]A phrase used in Luke 2 for Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, designating the hometown where David was born and raised. In the Old Testament, the same original-language expression (rendered *Dawit seong* in the Korean Revised Version) refers instead to the stronghold of Zion in Jerusalem.
Stadion
[Bible]The stadion is a Greek unit of distance found in the New Testament; one stadion measured roughly 185 meters. In Revelation it is used to give the dimensions of the New Jerusalem.
Book of Jubilees
[Bible]The Book of Jubilees is an ancient Jewish work that retells the narrative from Genesis through the opening portion of Exodus, dividing history into units of forty-nine years called "jubilees." It is a pseudepigraphal book not included in Protestant or Catholic Bibles.
Darius the Mede
[People]Darius the Mede is a king in the Book of Daniel who receives the kingdom after the fall of Babylon. He had Daniel cast into the lions' den, and after seeing Daniel delivered, he issued a decree honoring God.
Araunah
[People]Araunah was a Jebusite who lived in Jerusalem in the time of David. David bought his threshing floor and built an altar there, and the books of Chronicles record that Solomon's Temple was later built on that site.
Swaddling Clothes
[Bible]Swaddling clothes (Korean *gangbo*, 襁褓) are the cloths used to wrap a newborn infant. In the Bible they are best known from Luke 2, where Mary wraps the newborn Jesus in swaddling clothes and lays him in a manger.
Measuring Line
[Bible]A measuring line is a cord used to measure length and area. In the Bible it appears chiefly in visions that anticipate the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the temple, and it also serves to express the standard of divine judgment.
Rhoda
[People]Rhoda was a young girl in Jerusalem who appears in Acts 12. When Peter, newly released from prison, knocked at the gate of the house of Mary the mother of Mark, Rhoda recognized his voice and told those gathered inside.
Mary, Mother of Mark
[People]Mary, the mother of Mark, was a member of the Jerusalem church mentioned in Acts 12. She owned the house to which Peter went after his release from prison, where many people had gathered to pray.
Exodus 3
[Bible]Exodus 3 is the chapter in which God appears to Moses in the burning bush at Mount Horeb and calls him. God commissions him to bring Israel out of Egypt and reveals His name as "I AM THAT I AM" and "the LORD."
Exodus 33
[Bible]Exodus 33 is the chapter in which, after the golden calf incident, God declares that He will not go with the people. Moses intercedes at the tent of meeting and receives the promise "My presence shall go with thee." He then asks to see God's glory and is permitted to see His back.
Vineyard Movement
[History]The Vineyard Movement is a charismatic church movement that originated in the Jesus Movement in the United States during the 1970s. Under the leadership of John Wimber in the 1980s, it spread worldwide. Because it emphasizes both evangelical faith and the experience of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, it is also called the "Third Wave."
Zechariah 3
[Bible]Zechariah 3 records one of Zechariah's visions, in which Joshua the high priest, accused by Satan, has his filthy garments removed and receives clean garments and a mitre. The chapter then presents promises concerning "my servant the BRANCH" and a stone with seven eyes.
Zechariah 4
[Bible]Zechariah 4 records the vision of the golden lampstand and the two olive trees, one of Zechariah's night visions. In it, Zerubbabel, who was entrusted with rebuilding the temple, receives the word: "Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts."