The recent CO visit and ramblings while talking with friends has got me thinking about how much (or how little) I know about the Bible. Bible figures, events, locations, items, and etc... are all mixed and blurred to me. I guess knowing the main theme is most important but if we don't know the backing of those themes (the facts) no matter what we say, it'd sound pretty lame. So I decided to start writing a few Bible facts that I think most other people wouldn't know and may be it will start up a spark to get others to write stuff that other people wouldn't know and then there will be a whole list of cool Bible facts that people don't know!
Well.. here we go...
Well.. here we go...
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| Gibeon |
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| Gideon |
1. Gibeon vs. Gideon
Gibeon is the tribe that lied to Joshua acting as though they were from a distant land so that they would be shown mercy by Jehovah and His people.
Gideon is the judge who was instructed by God to reduce his already small army to fight against 135,000 men. He performed that famous test of how the men drank water from the pond. He led 300 men to war against 135,000 men (no this is not Sparta).
Gibeon is the tribe that lied to Joshua acting as though they were from a distant land so that they would be shown mercy by Jehovah and His people.
Gideon is the judge who was instructed by God to reduce his already small army to fight against 135,000 men. He performed that famous test of how the men drank water from the pond. He led 300 men to war against 135,000 men (no this is not Sparta).
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| This isn't Sparta |
2. Luke's letters
The two books that Luke wrote (Luke & Acts) were actually letters. They were letters to a person named Theophilus. The book Luke being a letter to the 관심자 Theophilus and Acts being a letter to the same Theophilus who was probably now a brother. This shows that we have to follow up on our bros and sis even after they are baptized.
The two books that Luke wrote (Luke & Acts) were actually letters. They were letters to a person named Theophilus. The book Luke being a letter to the 관심자 Theophilus and Acts being a letter to the same Theophilus who was probably now a brother. This shows that we have to follow up on our bros and sis even after they are baptized.
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| Job's blessings |
3. Bible's most beautiful women
Yes, they were Job's daughters. They are the only offspring of Job that have their names in the Bible.
1st: Jemimah
2nd: Keziah
3rd: Keren-happuch
Yea... their names do not sound as pretty...
Yes, they were Job's daughters. They are the only offspring of Job that have their names in the Bible.
1st: Jemimah
2nd: Keziah
3rd: Keren-happuch
Yea... their names do not sound as pretty...
4. Lot's daughters were married
This i just found out yesterday. Lot's daughters were actually married!!!
They had to abandon their husbands when escaping the destruction of Sodom And Gommorrah.
This i just found out yesterday. Lot's daughters were actually married!!!
They had to abandon their husbands when escaping the destruction of Sodom And Gommorrah.
Thats all I have for now. I guess I will update again depending on the feedback and if I ever discover anything surprising...
Sigh.. I need to get out of work....... I want freedom.... FREEDOM!!!! 
did not know Lot's daughters were married.
ReplyDeleteit's surprising if you go back and read MBOBS, there are so many little factoids that you didn't notice when you read them as a 5-year old.
i'm still waiting for ANY sort of copper snake reference outside of that book. when have you EVER EVER EVERRRRRRRRRRRR seen one?!?!?
Are you talking about the symbol behind some ambulance trucks? I saw a lot of them in NY but none here in GA..
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ReplyDeleteWHOA. MIND. BLOWN.
ReplyDeletewere Job's daughters Black?
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