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Bible Term Haggai, Book Of
After Judah’s initial return from Babylonian captivity (536 B.C.), God’s people had begun the work of rebuilding the temple. Then, due to opposition from certain enemies, the Hebrews became discour...
Bible Term Hebrews, Book Of
Certain first-century Jews sought to persuade Christians (perhaps in the region of Jerusalem) to abandon the faith, return to Judaism, and wait for the real Messiah. The design of this letter, by a...
Bible Term Heresy, Sect
“Heresy” takes its rise from the Greek, hairesis (nine times in the N.T.). Originally, the term meant simply “to choose” (Lev. 22:18, 21 — LXX). Then it came to signify a choice, i.e., an opinion ...
Bible Term Hosea, Book Of
Hosea lived in that era just prior to the Assyrian invasion of the kingdom of Israel (722/21 B.C.). His mission was to admonish Israel for her idolatry (Baal worship), and to urge her to repentance...
Bible Term Humanity (Of Christ)
The Scriptures emphatically teach that the Second Person of the Godhead, the Word (Jn. 1:1), actually became a flesh and blood human being (Jn. 1:14; Heb. 2:14). One partakes of the spirit of antic...
Bible Term Ethics
Ethics concerns the system or code by which attitudes or actions are determined to be right or wrong. Only two sources can serve as the basis for ethical conduct: ethical conduct is either regulate...
Bible Term Intercession
The idea of “intercession” is expressed in both Testaments of the Bible. The Greek verb entunchano suggests the concept of making an appeal to someone with reference to another person. It can mean ...
Bible Term Isaiah, Book Of
Isaiah was a prophet who lived in Judah in the eighth century before Christ. He foretold coming judgments from God to be visited upon Israel, Judah, and several heathen nations, because of their si...
Bible Term Jeremiah, Book Of
The southern kingdom of Judah had sunk deep into apostasy. The prophet Jeremiah was raised up to offer them God’s final invitation for repentance. When that failed, the prophet was commissioned to ...
Bible Term Joel, Book Of
Joel, a prophet of the southern kingdom of Judah, labors to warn the Hebrew people of the coming “day of the Lord,” a time of judgment upon a rebellious people. The punishment is described under a ...
Bible Term John, Book Of
The first three Gospel accounts (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) are called SYNOPTICS (see), because they view the life of Christ from roughly the same vantagepoint. John’s account is different. His recor...
Bible Term John First, Book Of
John’s first epistle is an defense against the “gnostic” doctrine that alleged that Jesus Christ was not a real, flesh-and-blood human being. This sect claimed a special “knowledge” received direct...
Bible Term John Second, Book Of
John’s second epistle is a word of commendation for a certain “elect lady” and her children. Further, it provides strong warnings regarding those who go beyond the teaching of Christ, and cautions ...
Bible Term John Third, Book Of
This book is an appeal to a godly Christian whose name was Gaius, to the end that this brother might assist certain workers who were laboring on behalf of the Lord. Additionally, it conveys a stron...
Bible Term Josephus, Flavius
A Jewish historian who lived around A.D. 37-103. He was initially a resistor against the Roman invasion of Judaea (A.D. 70), but he surrendered eventually. He went to Rome where he was commissioned...
Bible Term Joshua, Book Of
This book contains the record of Israel’s conquest of the land of Canaan. The leader of the campaign was Joshua, who substantially took the land in three military invasions — first, the central re...
Bible Term Judges, Book Of
The book of Judges narrates the administrations of fifteen national leaders (judges, deliverers) during that era when the land of Canaan was being settled by the Hebrew people. It covers a period o...
Bible Term Kings 1, Book Of
This historical book covers a period of about 126 years — from the death of David, Israel’s great king, to the death of Jehoshaphat, one of Judah’s rulers. It embraces the reign of Solomon, the tr...
Bible Term Kings 2, Book Of
This document is a historical narrative of a period of about 270 years, from the time of Jehoshaphat’s death, to the fall of Jerusalem, when Judah’s final group was taken into Babylonian captivity ...
Bible Term Lamb Of God
The imagery of a “lamb” is taken from the O.T. to convey certain thoughts about Christ. John the Baptizer introduced Jesus as the “lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world” (Jn. 1:29). The P...