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Several Old Testament prophets referred to Jerusalem as being a spiritual harlot and a mother of such harlotry (Isaiah 1:21; Jeremiah 2:20; 3:1–11; Ezekiel 16:1–43; 23, as well as Epistle to the Galatians 4:25). Some of these Old Testament prophecies, as well as the warnings in the New Testament concerning Jerusalem, are in fact very close ...
These are biblical figures unambiguously identified in contemporary sources according to scholarly consensus.Biblical figures that are identified in artifacts of questionable authenticity, for example the Jehoash Inscription and the bullae of Baruch ben Neriah, or who are mentioned in ancient but non-contemporary documents, such as David and Balaam, [n 1] are excluded from this list.
This prophecy was also asserted by Micah of Moreseth. Hosea 3:4–5 The Old Testament prophet Hosea indicated that in the end times Israel would return to their land and seek the Lord their God. Matthew 24:14 This prophecy predicts that the gospel will be preached globally before the end occurs.
Likewise, the Magi's social status is never stated: although some biblical translations describe them as astrologers, they were increasingly identified as kings by at least the third century, [2] which conformed with Christian interpretations of Old Testament prophecies that the messiah would be worshipped by kings. [7] [8]
Jezebel (Revelation) (Revelation 2:20) (not to be confused with the Jezebel of the Old Testament) The false prophet of the Book of Revelation (16:13, 19:20, 20:10) The false prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18:13–40) Noadiah (Nehemiah 6:14) Shemaiah the Nehelamite (Jeremiah 29:24) Simon Magus (Acts 8:9–24) Zedekiah, son of Maaseiah (Jeremiah 29:21)
Stökl, Jonathan. "Deborah, Huldah, and Innibana: Constructions of Female Prophecy in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible." Journal of Ancient Judaism 6, no. 3 (2015): 320-334. Williamson, Hugh GM. "Prophetesses in the Hebrew Bible." In Prophecy and Prophets in Ancient Israel: Proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament Seminar, pp. 65-80 ...
The system of Medieval allegory began in the Early Church as a method for synthesizing the seeming discontinuities between the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and the New Testament. The Church studied both testaments and saw each as equally inspired by God , yet the Old Testament contained discontinuities for Christians such as the Jewish kosher ...
Coming to the Bible with a historicist scheme of interpretation, Bible scholars began to study the time prophecies. Of special interest to many was the 1260 prophetic day time prophecy of Daniel 7:25. Many concluded that the end of the 1260-day prophecy initiated the "time of the end".