Our Daily Devotional

SIEVE It is mentioned in the Old and New Testaments. It is an instrument that is used to clean grain, separating it from foreign matter before grinding it. Its mention (generally in a metaphorical sense)

CRETE Crete is a large island almost halfway between Syria and Malta, and southeast of Greece. It is identified with the Caphtor of the OT, where the Philistines came from (Jer. 47:4; Am. 9:7). (See

CRESCENT Disciple with Paul in Rome. He left Paul and went to Galatia (2 Tim. 4:10).

CREATOR “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” This was followed by his creation of everything that has breath, and finally man, who is exhorted to remember the Creator of him in

CREATION It is in contrast to the first creation placed under Adam, which received blessing from God, and which should have maintained its adherence to Him. «Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a

CREATION The verb create is almost always a translation of the Hebrew verb in the OT. “bara.” The Bible begins with the simple and sublime statement that “in the beginning God created the heavens and

HARVEST In Israel the harvest was associated with festivals, which should have always kept the goodness of God before them. The barley harvest took place at the festival of firstfruits; The wheat harvest at the

KOS Island off the coast of Caria, between Miletus and Rhodes (Acts 21:1), famous for its wines, ointment, and purple.

ROE DEER The Hebrew word means “beauty.” Small antelope from Syria, Egypt and Arabia, very light, with flattened horns, considered ceremonially clean (2 Sam. 2:18; Deut. 12:15, 22). It is sometimes translated “deer” or “fawn”

MAIL Sending letters with fast means is of great antiquity. Job said, “My days have been lighter than a courier” (Jb. 9:25). When Hezekiah proclaimed a Passover for all Israel, he sent letters of invitation