Ask anyone; What does an Angel have above his head? A HALO! That’s the answer you will get. But where does that come from? Traditionally, the halo represents a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred person. The Halo is seen in many paintings of Biblical figures. Since halos are found nowhere in the Bible, what is their origin in Christianity? Three places in Scripture maybe it looked like a Halo:, Daniels vision Daniel 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. Transfiguration of the Lord Jesus. Matthew 17:2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. John’s vision of the Lord. Revelation 1:14His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
With it not being found in the Bible, the halo is both pagan and non-Christian in its origin. Many centuries before Christ, natives decorated their heads with a crown of feathers to represent their relationship with the sun god.
According to the biblical narrative the first set of tablets, inscribed by the finger of God, (Exodus 31:18) were smashed by Moses when he was enraged by the sight of the Children of Israel worshipping a golden calf (Exodus 32:19) and the second were later chiseled out by Moses and rewritten by God (Exodus 34:1). Exodus 34:28 says the second set were written by Moses. According to traditional teachings of Judaism in the Talmud, they were made of blue sapphire stone as a symbolic reminder of the sky, the heavens, and ultimately of God’s throne. Many Torah scholars, however, have opined that the biblical sapir was, in fact, lapis lazuli (see Exodus 24:10), lapis lazuli is a possible alternate rendering of “sapphire” the stone pavement under God’s feet when the intention to craft the tablets of the covenant is disclosed (Exodus 24:12). According to Exodus 25:10-22 the tablets were stored in the Ark of the Covenant. Exodus 31:18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. Exodus 32:19And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. Exodus 34:1And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. Exodus 34:28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. Exodus 24:10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. Exodus 25:10,21-22And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. Why were the 10 commandments carved in stone?
In recent centuries the tablets have been popularly described and depicted as round-topped rectangles but this has little basis in religious tradition. According to rabbinic tradition, they were rectangles, with sharp corners, and indeed they are so depicted in the 3rd century paintings at the Dura-Europos Synagogue and in Christian art throughout the 1st millennium, drawing on Jewish traditions of iconography. According to the Talmud, the length and width of each of the Tablets was six Tefachim, and each was three Tefachim thick – roughly 50 and 25 centimetres (20 and 10 in) respectively, though they tend to be shown larger in art. Also according to tradition, the words were not engraved on the surface, but rather were bored fully through the stone.
A person either believes the Bible is the word of God or they don’t. If you don’t at least consider the following. God is speaking to Abram an tells him: Genesis 17:1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. Then 9 times God reminds the world who HE is: Genesis 35:11 And God said unto him, I am GodAlmighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; Genesis 46:3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. Psalm 50:7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God. Isaiah 43:12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God. Isaiah 45:22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. Isaiah 46:9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Ezekiel 28:9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. Hosea 11:9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city. And then HE reminds the nation Israel, “I am the Lord” 161 times.
Genesis 8:1And God remembered Noah… In the midst of all trouble and travail, God remembers His own… Noah and family locked up inside the Ark for 7 months and 17 days… Genesis 19:29 God remembered Abraham… Genesis 30:22 God Remembered Rachel… 1 Samuel 16:19 God remembered Hanna… And the list goes on all through Scriptures… God Never forgets, (Except our sins Hebrews 8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. Hebrews 10:17And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Isaiah 43:25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.) In times of trouble, despair, disaster, GOD IS THERE, remembering you … Genesis 8:6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, (after 10 months vs 5) A Raven is sent out … why a Raven? Ravens are mentioned in Scripture 11 times. Leviticus 11:15, Deuteronomy 14:14, Unclean, not to be eaten. 1 Kings 17:4, obeyed God and brought food to Elijah Proverbs 30:17, They are scavengers Psalm 147:9, Job 38:41, Song of Solomon 5:11, Isaiah 34:11, Comparisons of color. Then Noah sent forth a Dove. Dove appears 31 times in Scripture, (Turtledove, same word, 10 times). Most of the time it’s used is reference to being a sacrifice for sins… Other times used as a word of endearment of peace and gentleness. (Song of Solomon 2:14,5:2) The four Gospels all equate the Dove to the image of the Holy Spirit which descended upon the Lord Jesus at His baptism. IT’S INTERESTING THAT THE DOVE IN GENESIS WAS SENT FORTH 3 TIMES. 8:8-9 returned, finding no rest 8:11 returned with an olive branch 8:12 didn’t return (found a resting place) WHY? Is there a spiritual truth hidden here? 1st The Raven… type of man’s effort. Willing to settle for lesser things. Scavenger, pick’s on bones of dead. The 1st Dove … Symbol of God, the Father (1 Dove 3 times … 1 God, 3 offices) No rest for her feet. (mountain tops were in view, no doubt debris, trees, dead bodies were floating). Doves are very gentle, sensitive creatures, just as the Dove find no resting place, neither did God find mankind fit for fellowship with Him. The 2nd Dove …. Symbol of God the Son Returned with an Olive Branch, the symbol of peace. The Son came to earth to bring peace … and had to shed His blood The 3rd Dove … Symbol of the Holy Spirit. Returned not again, found a resting place The Holy Spirit has found a resting place in the heart of all who have believed and are saved by the blood of Christ.
For a list of some of the Animals Noah had on the Ark see Animals
Just who or what is Mother Nature? Why do we keep crediting or blaming Mother Nature? Mother Nature is defined as:a personification of nature that focuses on the life-giving and nurturing aspects of nature by embodying it, in the form of the mother. This replaces God! God is in total control of ALL that happens here on earth. He created it all. Genesis 1-3. Who caused the flood of Noah? Genesis 6:7 Who sent plagues upon Pharaoh during Abram’s time? Genesis 12:17 Who sent the plagues upon Egypt to free Israel? Exodus 9:14 Who parted the Red Sea? Exodus 14:21-22 Who Plagued Israel when they made the golden calf? Exodus 32:35 Who protected and provided for Israel during the 40 years on their way to the Promise land? Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. The Lord God used plagues upon Israel to remind them of who He is and His punishment and protection when they disobey. Deuteronomy 28:59. Who sent a great fish to swallow a disobedient Jonah? Jonah 1:17 Who sent the strong wind, earthquake, and fire in Elijah’s time? 1 Kings 19:11-12 And again, in Isaiah 29:6, Amos 1:1 Who freed Peter from Jail? Acts 12:11 There are many, many more examples of God intervening with man. And yet even Believes want to credit “Mother Nature”. Nay, God is in control of everything in Heaven and Earth. Psalm 115:15, 121:2, 124:8, 134:3, 146:6, Matthew 11:25, Revelation 14:7
From Adam to Noah, some 1600 plus years, there is no distinction between the peoples. After the Flood, Noah’s decedents were instructed to spread out and repopulate the earth Genesis 9:1. As they multiplied, Nations were formed, Genesis 10:5, but they were all of one speech and one language, Genesis 11:1. They turned their backs on God and they build a city and tower to make a name for themselves: Genesis 11:1-4. So, God scattered them and confounded their language Genesis 11:7-8. Still no Jews. Then God chose one man, Abram a Hebrew, Genesis 12:1-3, and gave him many promises. After many years Abram was renamed Abraham, Genesis 17:5, and Sarai became Sarah Genesis 17:15. Again years passed and they had a son, IsaacGenesis 21:3. Still no Jew. Isaac took Rebekah to wife Genesis 24:67. They had twin boys, Esau and JacobGenesis 25:26. Esau married, had sons who became the nation Edom Genesis 36:1. (Not Jews). Jacob married and fathered 12 sons Genesis 35:22. Jacob is renamed (by God) Israel Genesis 32:28. The twelve sons of Jacob (Israel) go into Egypt and under the leadership of Joseph prosper and multiply becoming a nation. 400 years later they are slaves of Egypt. God sends Moses to take them out and lead them to the promise land Genesis 12:7. But just when did they become Jews? NOTE: The English term Jew originates in the Biblical Hebrew word Yehudi, meaning “from the Kingdom of Judah”. The first mention of JEW is in 2 Kings 16:6. It would appear, as they occupied the promise land and grew as a nation, the descendants of Abram, a Hebrew, started to call themselves JEWS. The promises God gave to Abram were passed unto Isaac and then to Jacob and his 12 sons who became the nation of Israel, JEWS. Now, anyone descending from any of the twelve tribes (sons of Israel) are called Jews. The rest of the people of the world are Gentiles. One can follow to Jews all thru history by reading the Bible. From Genesis to Acts, chapter 12, when God shuts the door to Salvation to the Nation of Israel, and opens the door of salvation to the Gentiles, who are spread all over the earth Genesis 11:7-8. This includes Europe, Asia, and the Americas. But as the gentiles traveled, they took with them their false gods and false religious practices. Remember theTower of BabelGenesis 11:1-4? These towers, pyramids are still being discovered in many parts of the earth. Why did God exclude the Gentiles until He called Saul (Paul) to go to them with the Gospel? The answer is found in Romans 1:18-32. But now, the door of salvation is open to every individual, Jew and Gentile. Romans 1:13-17.
The sons of God in the Old Testament: Genesis 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. Genesis 6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. Just who were these Sons of God? What saith the Scripture? Job 1:6Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. Job 2:1Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. Sons of God and Satan appear before God. Satan, Lucifer was an Angel. Sons of God are Angles. Job mentions them again, shouting for joy. Job 38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Peter and Jude speak of “angels that sinned”, that “left their own habitation”. 2 Peter 2:4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; Jude 1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Could these angels have been the sons of God spoken of in Genesis? The sons of God in the New Testament: John told the Jews were told that if the accepted the Lord Jesus as their Messah they would become: John 1:12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: He restates this in his epistles to the Jews: 1 John 3:1-2Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. Paul, tells believing Gentiles: Romans 8:14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Romans 8:19For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. Philippians 2:15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
demon: an evil spirit. a source or agent of evil, harm, distress, or ruin. The word, DEMON is not found in the KJV Bible. devils: used to refer to the group of demons. evil spirit: a spirit tending to cause harm. unclean spirit: spirit being who is unclean and immoral in nature and activities.
Many would be surprised to learn that there’s no verse in the Bible that explains where demons came from. Christians typically assume that demons are fallen angels, cast from heaven with Satan (Lucifer, the Devil) right before the temptation of Adam and Eve. But guess what? There’s no such story in the Bible. Where do they come from? … In ancient Jewish texts like the Dead Sea Scrolls, demons are the disembodied spirits of dead Nephilim giants who perished at the time of the great flood. The fact is, God, in the Scripture refers to devils and unclean spirit. The Old Testament has 4 references to devils: God tells the Israelis, no more: Leviticus 17:7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations. Deuteronomy 32:17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. King Jeroboam: 2 Chronicles 11:15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. Israel forgot the God that delivered them from Egypt: Psalm 106:37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, The Gospels mentions devils 34 times, they were very active as the Lord walked the earth: ….. 11 times in Matthew: Matthew 4:24, 7:22, 8:16,28,31,33, 9:34, 10:8, 12:24,27-28 10 times in Mark: Mark 1:32,34,39, 3:15,22, 5:12, 6:13, 9:38, 16:9,17 16 times in Luke: Luke 4:41, 8:2,27,30,33,35-36,38, 9:1,49, 10:17, 11:15,18-20, 13:32 It’s interesting that John does not mention devils Paul, the apostle to the gentiles, refers to devils 5 times and warns gentile believers: 1 Corinthians 10:20-21But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils. A warning, activity from the devils will increase in the latter times: 1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; James issues a fact: James 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. During the Tribulation devils are again very active. Revelation 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: Revelation 16:14For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Revelation 18:2And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Humans considered as a group or in indefinite numbers. Often treated as a plural of person,especially in compounds.
The mass of ordinary persons; the populace. Used with the.
A body of persons living in the same country under one national government; a nationality.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
It’s interesting “Human” is not in the Scriptures, neither is “Race” (as people). Note … Many are called by the names of the Land (Nation, Kingdom, City) in which they lived. I.E Babylonians Daniel 1:1, Medes Daniel 9:1, Greek(s) Mark 7:25, Roman(s) John 11:4
In the Scripture some of us people are referred to as:
People 1,920x Genesis 11:6 Folk 6x Genesis 33:15 Person 107x Genesis 14:21 Tribe 297x Genesis 49:16 Heathen 145x Leviticus 25:44 Mankind 6X Leviticus 18:22 Gentile 244x Genesis 10:5 Saint(s) 98x Deuteronomy 33:2 Jew(s) 275x 2 Kings 16:6 Christian(s) 3x Acts 11:26 Body of Christ 4x Romans 7:4
From Adam to Noah: People, Folk, Person, Tribe
From Noah to Tower of Babble: People
From Tower of Babble to the Law: People
From the Law to Resurrection: People, Folk, Person, Tribe, Mankind, Jews, Saints, Heathen
From Resurrection to Today: Folk, Tribe, Mankind, Person, Gentile, Jew, Saint, Christian, Body of Christ
Fathers Day, in the United States, holiday (third Sunday in June) to honour fathers. Sonora Smart Dodd, whose father, a Civil War veteran, raised her and her five siblings after their mother died in childbirth. The first Fathers Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, the month of the birthday of Dodd’s father. In 1924 U.S. Pres. Calvin Coolidge gave his support to the observance, and in 1966 Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson issued a proclamation that recognized the day. It became a national holiday in 1972, when Pres. Richard Nixon signed legislation designating the third Sunday of June as Fathers Day.
There are over 850 references to Father in the Scripture and over 810 to Fathers. Many are to God the Father. Needless to say, all of them will not be looked at now. However, Genesis has 3 important ones worth knowing: A man should establish his own family. Genesis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. They lived in Tents and herded cattle. Genesis 4:20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. They established music. Genesis 4:21And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. Paul reaffirms Genesis 2:24. Ephesians 5:31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. And then gives this advice: Ephesians 6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Colossians 3:21Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Most of all, be a father, not a friend. Friendly, but your children need the authority of a father.
