Elisha His name means: “My God Saves” His work: Elisha was Elijah’s successor. A prophet and miracle worker active in the northern kingdom from 850-800 BC, his ministry involved rebuking Israel’s unfaithful kings, inaugurating a new royal line, and helping to sustain the faith of all those in Israel who believed in God. His character: […]
Eliezer Eliezer [ÔöÇ├ÂliÔöÇ├┤zÔö£Ôòùr]-GOD IS MY HELP. The second son of Moses and Zipporah to whom his father gave this name as a memento of his gratitude to God (Exod. 18:4; 1 Chron. 23:15, 17; 26:25). A son of Becher and grandson of Benjamin (1 Chron. 7:8). A priest who assisted in the return of the […]
Elihu [ÔöÇ├ÂlÔöÇ┬¢’hÔö╝┬¢]…he is god himself. The father of Jeroham and great-grandfather of Samuel the prophet, who also has the name of Eliel (1 Sam. 1:11 Chron. 6:34). A man of Manasseh who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chron. 12:20). A Kohathite of the family of Korah, and a Tabernacle porter in David's time (1 Chron. […]
Gog [GÔö╝├àg] –a roof or a mountain. A Reubenite, and grandson of Joel (1 Chron. 5:4). A prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and not the mystic character of Revelation 20:8-15. Who is this dominant figure Ezekiel pictures as leading a great host of Northern nations against Israel? Ezekiel 38:2, 3, 14, 16, 1839:1, 11 […]
Gideon His name means: “Hewer, Slasher, Hacker” His work: A farmer called to bring Israel back to the Lord (a task in which he partially succeeded) and to deliver God’s people from their Midianite oppressors. His character: A fearful man, living in a time when Israel had plenty to fear, Gideon questioned the Lord, demanding […]
“Who was Flavius Josephus?”……Answer: Since their release in the first century A.D., the writings of Flavius Josephus have become a primary source of Judeo-Christian history. According to The Life of Flavius Josephus, Josephus 'was born to Matthias in the first year of the reign of Caius Caesar' (1:5), being 37 A.D. At 'fourteen years of […]
Gershom [GÔö£Ôòùr'shÔö╝├àm]-A STRANGER THERE. The first-born son of Moses and Zipporah. He was born in Midian Exod. 2:22…Later she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom,(Gershom sounds like a Hebrew term that means "a foreigner there.") for he explained, "I have been a foreigner in a foreign land." Exod. 18:3 (Moses' first […]