Niet aan ons, o Jehovah, niet aan ons, maar aan Uw Naam zullen U en wij de eer geven. Als gemeenschap van aanbidders komen we vanavond samen op Erev Pesach, om onze hoop op U, Jehovah, onze God, te verkondigen. Waarom zouden de volken zeggen: Waar is nu hun God? Maar onze God […]
Not to us, O Jehovah, not to us, but to Your Name You and we will give glory. As a community of worshippers, we come together tonight on Erev Pesach, declaring our hope in You Jehovah, our God. Wherefore shall the nations say, Where now is their God? And our God is in […]
Tonight, Passover begins for us, and we are holding the most important service of the church year. During the evening service, we will talk about young sheep that were killed and whose blood was used as a sign that the inhabitants of that house were to be spared from death. First, there was that blood […]
Vanavond begint voor ons het Pascha en houden we de belangrijkste bijeenkomst van het kerkelijk jaar. Tijdens de avonddienst zullen we het hebben over jonge schapen die gedood werden en waarvan het bloed werd gebruikt om als teken te dienen dat de inwoners van dat huis gevrijwaard moesten worden van de dood. Eerst was er […]
Hasmonean architecture survives mostly in the remains of palaces, fortifications, and desert fortresses. Among the exceptional works of the Hasmonean dynasty was the series of desert fortresses that included Alexandrium, Dok, Cypros, Hyrcania, Machaerus, and apparently, also Masada. The main purpose of these fortresses was to create places of refuge for members of the Hasmonean […]
Discernment will safeguard you. —Prov. 2:11. 12 For wisdom is a protection+ just as money is a protection,+ but the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves the life of its owner.+ – Ecclesiastes 7:12 Thoughtfulness will protect you. If we take up knowledge of God, it will give insight and enrich us spiritually. One thing you […]
Inzicht zal je beschermen. — Spr. 2:11. 12 Want wijsheid is een bescherming,+ net als geld,+ maar het voordeel van kennis en wijsheid is dat ze de bezitter ervan in leven houden.+ – Prediker 7:12 Bedachtzaamheid zal je beschermen. Indien we kennis van God opnemen, zal dat inzicht schenken en ons geestelijk verrijken. Van één ding […]
Apostasy refers to the repudiation of a person or group’s central beliefs and practices. Beyond this basic definition, the term’s use for identifying who is “in” or “out” of a religious community frequently depends on the respective perceiver (Barclay 1998). Josephus, for instance, was accused by Jewish compatriots of turning traitor to Rome during the […]
Hij geneest mensen met een gebroken hart, hij verbindt hun wonden. — Ps. 147:3. Jehovah ziet alles wat zijn aanbidders doormaken. Hij merkt op wanneer je blij bent, maar ook wanneer je verdriet hebt (Ps. 37:18). Als hij ziet dat je hem zo goed mogelijk probeert te dienen ook al heb je het zwaar, maakt […]
He heals the brokenhearted; he binds up their wounds.—Ps. 147:3. What does Jehovah see when he looks at his servants on earth? He is aware of our joys and our sorrows. (Ps. 37:18) When he sees that we are serving him to the best of our ability despite coping with painful emotions, how pleased […]
“Antichrist,” a term initially found in several New Testament texts, describes an eschatological figure in which features of eschatological opposition against God and God’s elect are combined from Second Temple Jewish traditions. The word antichristos (ἀντίχριστος) in 1 John 2:18, 22; 4:3, and 2 John 7 apparently refers to an opponent (or opponents) of Jesus […]
Canaan/Palestine was known in antiquity as a resource for agricultural produce. Time and again the land was invaded and looted due to its agricultural richness such as grain, wine, oil, and woollen garments. When Nebuchadnezzar captured and destroyed Jerusalem in 587/586 bce and exiled the leadership and the nobility, he ensured that agricultural productivity would […]
The weekday petitionary prayers display typical features of communal penitential prayers that developed in distinctive ways after the exile, especially marked by a shift from complaint to humble confession of guilt. The core representatives are Ezra 9; Nehemiah 9, and Daniel 9, but scholars variously identify other examples as well, such as Psalm 106; Baruch […]
4QTest = Cave 4, Qumrān, Testimonia (i.e., a collection of proof-texts) found in the Cave 4 at Qumran in the West Bank, coming from various sites and date from the 3rd century bce to the 2nd century ce. Only one sheet long, 4Q175 is a collection of scriptural quotations seemingly connected to a messianic figure, […]
The Sibylline Oracles (Latin: Oracula Sibyllina; sometimes called the pseudo-Sibylline Oracles) are a collection of oracular prophecies in which Jewish or Christian doctrines were allegedly confirmed by a sibyl (legendary Greek prophetess) represented by tradition as a woman of prodigious old age uttering predictions in ecstatic frenzy, but she was always a figure of the […]
In a legend about the sibyl of Cumae in Italy, she accompanied Aeneas on his journey to the Underworld (Virgil’s Aeneid, Book VI). According to Dionysius of Halicarnassus, a famous collection of sibylline prophecies, the Sibylline Books (Latin: Libri Sibyllini) , was offered for sale to Tarquinius Superbus, the last of the seven kings of […]
In Dead Sea Scrolls there was a Scroll of the Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice, possibly of Essene authorship. The Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice, also referred to as the Angelic Liturgy, are a series of thirteen songs, one for each of the first thirteen Sabbaths of the year. The Songs were found in 10 […]
The Testament of Qahat is a text found among the Dead Sea Scrolls.The manuscript has been dated on palaeographic grounds to 125-10 bce, and the composition of this manuscript even earlier. It was written as a continuation to the Words of Levi, followed by the Visions of Amram. The work called Testament of Qahat […]
Lives of the Prophets (Liv. Pro.) is a collection of hagiographic short biographies of 23 prophets of the Hebrew Bible. It contains, as, the title of the work reads “The Names of the Prophets, Where They Are from, Where and How They Died, and Where They Lie Buried” (Schwemer 1995, 1996, 1997; Mittmann-Richert 2000: 156–71). […]
The purpose of the First Letter of Peter is exhortation directed to “the exiles of the Dispersion” in Asia Minor in order that they “stand fast” in God’s grace in the face of persecution. First Peter* draws directly and indirectly from a number of sources and traditions. The Hebrew Bible plays a prominent role in […]
Bijbelvorser = Bible Researcher 