The City upon the Hill John Winthrop founded the colony of Massachusetts Bay in 1630‚ where he was the first Governor of the colony‚ a position he held for twenty years. In April‚ 1630‚ aboard the ship Arbella‚ he led a large party from England for the new world to establish a pure Christian based colony. "They hoped to establish communities of pure Christians who collectively swore a covenant with God that would they work for his ends‚ knowing that in return‚ He would watch over them".
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Exegesis of the Prophet Jeremiah [Name of the writer] [Name of the institution] Instructions Module 4 Assignment Details; Exegete The Profit Jeremiah in an essay of 1‚250 words in which you do the following: 1) Establish the historical context of the text‚ and describe the extent to which Jeremiahs prophecy is oriented toward events contemporary with the historical context. 2) Determine and describe the poetic devices of the text. 3) Establish whether the prophecy is conditional or unconditional
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military victories and of its transition from a desert wasteland to a prosperous nation. 1. Israel will prevail over its enemies Bible passage: Isaiah 41:12-14 Written: perhaps between 701-681 BC Fulfilled: late 1900s In Isaiah 41:12-14‚ the prophet said God would help Israel during times of conflict with enemies (if the people have faith in God). Isaiah said this during a time when the northern kingdom of Israel had already been conquered by the Assyrian Empire. And the southern kingdom‚ Judah
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My religious background began in the Church of God in Christ also known as C.O.G.I.C. whereas the Old Testament was the primary teachings that shaped my life’s values and forms. Upon publicly stating that I believed in Jesus Christ and that He died for my sins‚ I was baptized and thereafter considered “saved and sanctified.” The basis of my knowledge the New Testament derived mainly on the importance of my belief that Jesus Christ is the Son of God; he died for our sins and is our risen Savior.
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JESUS CHRIST: GOD’S REVELATION TO THE WORLD CHAPTER 5 KINGS AND PROPHETS AWAITING THE MESSIAH Conquest of the Promised Land Joshua The Lord fought for Israel‚ and without his help‚ the Israelites would never have settled in the “land flowing with milk and honey.” Joshua led the Israelites into the Promised Land. Judges In ancient Israel‚ judges were those who acted as temporary military leaders‚ as well as arbiters of disputes within and between tribes. Judges were also expected to remind the
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True and False Prophecy How do you and I tell the difference between a true prophet and a false prophet? Through out the bible we are warned to watch out for false prophets. There are many traits in which a true prophet has that distinguish them from false prophets. Moses says in Deut 18:15-22‚ “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him. For this is what you yourselves requested of the Lord your God when you were assembled
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I am deeply concerned with any attempt to disregard a majority of the biblical text text‚ especially when that desire is rooted in a misunderstanding of the nature of that text. The statement that the god of the Hebrew Bible is not a god of mercy or grace is equally disturbing. While one could say that there are stories in which God comes off as less-than-gracious‚ that understanding is shortsighted. To blanketly ascribe that sole characteristic to the god of the Hebrew Bible is to ignore both the
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five books of the Bible: Genesis‚ Exodus‚ Leviticus‚ Numbers and Deuteronomy. The second part is called the Prophets (Nevi im)‚ which is further divided into three parts‚ consists of the early prophets: Joshua‚ Judges‚ 1st and 2nd Samuel‚ and 1st and 2nd Kings; the later prophets: Isaiah‚ Jeremiah‚ and Ezekiel; and the twelve books of the “minor” prophets: Hosea‚ Joel‚ Amos‚ Obadiah‚ Jonah‚ Micah‚ Nahum‚ Habakkuk‚ Zephaniah‚ Haggai‚ Zechariah‚ and Malachi. The third part is called the Writings (Ketuvim)
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As an Indigenous woman‚ Oodgeroo experienced first-hand the Assimilation policy and discrimination and thus‚ she shows her concern for the loss of freedom and culture of other Indigenous Australians through her poem “The Last of His Tribe”. This is evident in the first stanza when “change is the law. The new must oust the old.” Noonuccal’s use of modality for ‘must’ commands that the new‚ referring to the white Australians ‘must’ get rid of the old‚ referring to the Aboriginals. The emotive language
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sixty-six books of the Protestant canon to the eighty-one books of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church canon. The Hebrew Bible‚ or Tanakh‚ contains twenty-four books divided into three parts: the five books of the Torah ("teaching" or "law")‚ the Nevi’im("prophets")‚ and the Ketuvim ("writings"). The first part of Christian Bibles is the Old Testament‚ which contains‚ at minimum‚ the twenty-four books of the Hebrew Bible divided into thirty-nine books and ordered differently than the Hebrew Bible. The Catholic
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