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• Pilgrimage to the Holy Land

  A pilgrimage to the Holy Land is a journey made for religious purposes to places where biblical events occurred or to major sites in church history. In the Korean church, the term chiefly refers to group trips to biblical sites in Israel, Türkiye, Greece, and other countries.

• Palestine

  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.

• Madaba Map

  The Madaba Map is a sixth-century Byzantine mosaic map preserved in the floor of the Church of Saint George in Madaba, Jordan. It is known as the oldest map of the Holy Land to survive in its original form.

• Ezekiel 46

  A chapter in the Book of Ezekiel's vision of the new temple. It sets out the order of worship for the prince and the people on Sabbaths, new moons, and appointed feasts, along with the daily morning burnt offering, regulations governing the prince's grants of land, and the temple kitchens where the sacrifices are boiled.

• Acts 5:1–4

  In this passage Peter rebukes Ananias, a member of the early church, for secretly keeping back part of the price of his land while presenting the rest as a gift. Because Peter equates lying to the Holy Spirit with lying to God, the passage is often cited as evidence for the deity of the Holy Spirit. It is also frequently quoted in sermons on giving and honesty.

• Leviticus 25:8–12

  A provision of the Law commanding that the fiftieth year, which follows seven sabbatical years (forty-nine years), be kept holy as the "Jubilee." It calls for a trumpet to be sounded on the Day of Atonement to proclaim liberty and for each person to return to his land and family. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of the ministry of Jesus and of social justice.

• Ezekiel 45

  Ezekiel 45, part of the vision of the new temple, sets out the allotment of a holy district in the land, the prince's duty to practice justice and maintain honest weights and measures, the people's offerings and the prince's responsibility for the sacrifices, and the purification of the sanctuary and the festival offerings.

• Leviticus 19:33–34

  A command in Leviticus not to mistreat the stranger (resident alien) dwelling in the land of Israel, but to regard him as one born in the land and to love him as oneself. Because it extends the commandment of neighbor-love to the stranger, the passage is frequently cited in discussions of immigration and refugees.

• Peace of Westphalia

  The Peace of Westphalia is the collective name for a series of peace treaties concluded in 1648 at Münster and Osnabrück in the region of Westphalia. It ended the Thirty Years' War and gave legal recognition within the Holy Roman Empire to Calvinism (the Reformed tradition) alongside Catholicism and Lutheranism.

• Ezekiel 48

  Ezekiel 48 is the final chapter of the Book of Ezekiel. It divides the restored land among the twelve tribes of Israel in long east-west strips, places the sanctuary and the city in their midst, and closes with the promise that the city will be named "Jehovah-shammah" ("The LORD is there").

• Ezekiel 36:26

  Ezekiel 36:26 records God's promise to give a new spirit, to take away the stony heart, and to give a heart of flesh. It is a principal Old Testament text on regeneration and the inward transforming work of the Holy Spirit, and it is frequently cited in discussions among denominations about how God's work and the human response relate to each other in conversion.

• German Peasants' War

  The German Peasants' War was a large-scale uprising from 1524 to 1525 in the German-speaking regions of the Holy Roman Empire, in which peasants and the urban poor rose up against the burdens imposed by their lords and the church. Although it was closely bound up with the ideas of the Reformation, it was suppressed by the allied armies of the princes.

• Joel 2:28-29

  God's promise that afterward he will pour out his Spirit upon all flesh, so that sons and daughters will prophesy, old men will dream dreams, and young men will see visions, and that he will pour out his Spirit even upon servants and handmaids. Quoted by Peter in his Pentecost sermon, the passage is a central text in interdenominational debates over the work of the Holy Spirit, spiritual gifts, and women's ministry.

• Ezekiel 36:25–27

  A promise delivered by Ezekiel, a prophet of the Babylonian exile, in which God declares that he will cleanse Israel with water, give the people a new heart and a new spirit, and put his own Spirit within them so that they will keep his statutes. It is frequently cited as a key Old Testament text on regeneration and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.

• Leviticus 11

  Leviticus 11 contains the dietary laws that distinguish creatures that may be eaten (clean) from those that may not (unclean), together with regulations on the uncleanness incurred by touching their carcasses. It closes with the words "ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy."

• Leviticus 20

  Leviticus 20 prescribes penalties for Molech worship, turning to mediums and wizards, cursing one's parents, and forbidden sexual relations, and it commands Israel to be a holy people set apart to God.

• Fine Linen

  Fine linen (Korean semapo, 細麻布) is a cloth finely woven from thin threads spun from flax. In the Bible it appears as the garment of priests, the clothing of honored persons, and the cloth used to wrap the dead for burial. In the Book of Revelation it represents the righteous conduct of the saints.

• Proselytes to Judaism

  A proselyte to Judaism was a person born a Gentile who came to believe in the God of Israel and formally entered Judaism. The term appears four times in the New Testament, in Matthew and Acts.

• Holy Week

  Holy Week is the week immediately preceding Easter, a period commemorating Jesus Christ's entry into Jerusalem, his suffering, and his death on the cross. In Korea, Protestants commonly call it "Passion Week" (gonanjugan), while Catholics and Anglicans generally use the term "Holy Week" (seongjugan).

• Holy Spirit

  The Holy Spirit is the Spirit whom Christianity confesses, together with the Father and the Son, as one person of the triune God. In older Korean usage, the Holy Spirit is also called Seongsin.