Eli [ÔöÇ├å’lÔöÇ┬¢]…–jehovah is high or my god. The high priest and judge of Israel of the family of Ithamar (1 Sam. 1-414:3). The Man Who Lacked Parental Authority There are few Bible men in whose character we cannot find some great and glaring fault. There is usually a dead fly in the ointment, a rent […]
Edom [ÔöÇ├å’dom] red earth. The elder son of Isaac, and so named in memory of the red color of the lentil pottage for which he sold his birthright to his twin brother Jacob (Gen. 25:3036:1, 8, 19). See ESAU. Name is also used to describe those descended from Esau, the Edomites (Gen. 36:9).
Festus [FÔöÇ├▓s’tus]……joyful, festal, prosperous.…Porcius Festus was a Roman governor of Judea in the reign of Nero (Acts 24:272526:24, 32). The Man Who Called Paul Mad Felix, seeking to court the favor of the Jews, left Paul in prison, thinking that the Jews would compensate him for such a favor. This act was an investment in […]
Goliath [GÔö╝├¼lÔöÇ┬¢’ath]-THE EXILE or SOOTHSAYER. The famous giant of Gath, who defied the armies of Israel 1 Sam. 17:4, 23; 21:9; 22:10; 2 Sam. 21:19. The Man a Pebble Killed The story of David and Goliath has thrilled our hearts from childhood days. How spectacular it must have been to see a stripling like David […]
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 […]