In a previous post, I talked about the fact that on Day 6 of His Creation, God Created Animals and People. If I stopped with that passage in the Bible, it would appear that God’s beautiful world was destined for glory. But the creation of people proved to be God’s Agony and Ecstasy. Life in…
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Advent Day 8 – Today Is Peace Sunday – In Today’s Tumultuous World, Light A Candle for Peace
Today is Peace Sunday, and my Church experience today was the most peaceful of Sundays in my most recent memories. My peaceful day began when I walked into Bible Study and met a Rabbi who had come to speak to our church. Her visit was part of an outreach program designed to unite people of…
Advent Day 6 – The Sixth Day of God’s Creation – God Created Animals and Adam
On Day 6 of His Creation, God Animated His Perfect Garden of Eden. God Created the Animals 24 Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind”; and it was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth…
Advent Day 5 – The Fifth Day of God’s Creation of the World – God Created the Birds and the Fish
20 Then God said, “Let the waters abound with an abundance of living [e]creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the [f]firmament of the heavens.” 21 So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And…
Advent Day 4 – The Fourth Day of God’s Creation – God Created the Sun, Moon, and Stars – Morning Has Broken
Today is the Fourth Day of Advent, and We Will Talk about Day 4 of God’s Creation of the World. Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years; 15 and let them be for…
Advent Day 3 The Third Day of God’s Creation of the World – Genesis – We Are All Earthlings
Today is the Third Day of Advent, and We Will Talk about Day 3 of God’s Creation of the World. On Day 3 God Created the Seas and the Earth 9 Then God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth,…
Advent Day 2 – In the Beginning the World Was Dark – Create a Jesse Tree – Celebrate God’s Creation
On Day 1 of His Creaton of the World, God Created Light. 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness [a]was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Genesis 1:1-2. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and…
Ancient Roman Festival Saturnalia and Its Influence on Modern Christmas
Christmas Was Originally a Pagan Holiday. “The Scriptures are wholly silent as to the date of Christ’s birth. The 25th of December, the winter solstice, was not fixed as Christmas until a long time after the New Testament period. But despite serious objections, historical and otherwise, that date triumphed.’ The Julian Calendar was used during…
Who Was Caesar Augustus and Why Did A Roman Play a Large Part in the Birth of Jesus, Who Was Born in Another Land
Image Credit: Wikipedia Caesar Augustus was the first emperor of the Ancient Roman Empire, a vast region that included the Bible Lands across the Mediterranean Sea. Rome is located in the yellow boot-like shape in the above map. Julius Caesar was Caesar Augustus’s uncle, and he conquered most of the lands in the above map….
Nazareth and Galilee – Bible History and Geography
Jesus was born in Bethlehem, but Joseph and Mary had only gone to that town–the City of David–because David was Joseph’s ancestor. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus were residents of Nazareth, which is a town in Galilee. In this post, I want to tell you some of the things that are said in the Bible about…