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 […]
“What should we learn from the tribe of Gad?”……Answer: Israel's 12 tribes, of which Gad was one, were named for Jacob's children (or grandchildren, in the cases of Ephraim and Manasseh). "Israel" was God's name for Jacob (Genesis 32:22-30); therefore, the phrase "children of Israel" is a way of referring to Jacob's descendants. Jacob's son […]
Eliam [ÔöÇ├ÂlÔöÇ┬¢’am] –god is one of the family or god's founder of the people. The father of Bath-sheba, wife of David (2 Sam. 11:3).Called also Ammiel.
“What should we learn from the life of Deborah?”……Deborah was one of the judges of Israel during a time of oppression. She is called a prophetess and the wife of Lappidoth. The Lord spoke through her as she held court under a tree called "the Palm of Deborah" in Ephraim. The Lord also used her […]
Daniel Daniel [DÔöÇ├ón’iel]-GOD IS MY JUDGE. The second son of David, also called Chileol (1 Chron. 3:1). A son or descendant of Ithamar who, after the return from exile, sealed the covenant (Ezra 8:2; Neh. 10:6). The celebrated Jewish prophet, fourth of the so-called Major Prophets, of royal or noble descent. Daniel was taken to […]