REFLECTION – HEBREWS – CHAPTER 2 Chapter two of Hebrews begins: “Therefore we must pay the closer attention to what we have heard‚ lest we drift away from it.” And what is it that we must not drift away from ? In our study of Philippians we learned: “5 Have this mind among yourselves‚ which is yours in Christ Jesus‚ 6 who‚ though he was in the form of God‚ did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped‚ 7 but emptied himself‚ taking the form of a servant‚ being born in the
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Hebrews 10:26-31 The book of Hebrews is a confirmation of the validity of the Gospel message‚ and the legitimacy of Christ as the Son of God. This is done in a way that expresses the superiority of Christ over all beings‚ the preeminence of His teachings regarding the Mosaic Law‚ and defines what applications should be made pertaining to Mosaic Law in light of His teachings. The author then validates the trials Christians would face by assuring the glories of the kingdom to come. Hebrews was written
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Leviticus is the third book of the Hebrew Bible‚ also the third book in the Torah. The main points of the book are concerned with Levitical‚ or priestly worship. In the first section of the book there is a series of laws regarding sacrifices‚ burnt-offerings‚ meat‚ thank‚ sin and trespass-offerings‚ followed by the law of the priestly duties in connection with the offering of sacrifices. The Holiness Code of Leviticus was written mostly as a ritual manual for Israel’s priests. Christians today
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contact with humankind‚ they have different motives in doing so. How do the Sumerian gods communicate the flood to the people in The Epic of Gilgamesh? How does the Hebraic god communicate the flood to the people within The Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible? What does this difference in methodology in dealing with the people in light of the flood reveal about the nature of the gods and what does it suggest about the relationship between the divine and the mortal in each story? Both the Hebraic
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This Hebrew astrolabe is an ancient astronomical device which was used to interpret time by the positon of the sun and the stars in the sky. Apart from finding the time of the day or night‚ astrolabes were used for mathematical calculations and predicting horoscopes. The very first astrolabes were made in 150B.C in Greece. By 800 B.C the astrolabe was well developed in the Islamic world and was used for various purposes such as timekeeping‚ survey and determining prayer time. Also‚ it was used as
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The Hebrew and Greek societies are two very unique cultures. Both are similar‚ But yet different compared to each other. One way both of these cultures are similar is by being very religious. But in the same sense they are very different. The Greeks worship many gods whom they believe appeared in human form and yet were endowed with superhuman strength and ageless beauty. The Iliad and the Odyssey are early surviving examples of Greek literature‚ record men ’s interactions with various gods and
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Political and religious beliefs gave Hebrew and ancient Sumerian societies unique characteristics that set them apart from the rest of the world‚ making them individual civilizations in the Middle East. The differences of the Hebrews and ancient Sumerians range throughout history but are mostly affected by culture. One aspect of culture that has had a lasting role in the societies is religion. Religion played a vital role in the daily lives of these people; it also went hand in hand with political
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The Axial Age is a time period where many religions began and answered questions about how one should live his life. Pre-axial religions were focused on oneself and how to live in the present. They had local gods and as one moved around he worshiped the god of that area. These gods demanded sacrifices and other rituals. However‚ there was no emphasis on what happened after a person died. The pre-axial religions were more concerned with practical problems like winning wars and growing crops. The religions
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confusion in the Hebrew bible about the meaning of Sheol and who goes there due to the way it has been translated in the English Bibles. As well as the topic of the afterlife can be confusing it can also be a very sensitive topic to debate among people due to different beliefs and it being the fact that it is a major part of every religion. In the Merriam-Webster dictionary the Hebrew word Sheol is defined as “the abode of the dead in early Hebrew Thought”‚ throughout the Hebrew Bible the word Sheol
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Bible‚ but before we had the Bible there was the Hebrew Canon. The history of how the Hebrew Canon came to be‚ how it was developed overtime‚ and how the canonization of the Old Testament was different from the New testament are all important topics to explore when trying to understand and study today’s Bible. The Canon was a collection of sacred writings that were from God‚ written by man (Hebrew Bible). The Canon‚ also known as the Hebrew Bible‚ contains a total of 24 books and is divided
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