Our Daily Devotional MYSTERIES (RELIGIONS OF) “Mysterion” (probably derived from “muein”, “close one’s mouth”) designated those secrets that, imparted only to those initiated into a cult, had to be kept secret. This is regardless of whether it was
EZION-GEBER One of the camps of the children of Israel, near the head of the Gulf of Akaba. There Solomon had a fleet of ships, and there Jehoshaphat’s ships were broken (Num. 33:35, 36; Deut.
EZEKIEL (Book) In our Spanish Bibles, Ezekiel appears between the book of Lamentations and Daniel. In the Hebrew canon, these two books were among the Hagiographers, with Ezekiel being right after Jeremiah. Almost all of
EZEKIEL “God will strengthen.” (a) Descendant of Aaron. His family became the twentieth class of priests (1 Chron. 24:16). (b) Son of Buzi; priest and one of the four great prophets. He was taken into
HEZEKIAH “Jehovah strengthens” Son of Ahaz, king of Judah (719-691 BC). He was associated with his father in government from 728 BC. He was a devoted servant of Jehovah; He began his reign by repairing
FOREIGN Any person who, not being an Israelite, belonged “to the nations” (gentile, which comes from the Latin “gentilis”, from “gens”, nation), being subject to other authorities and another religion than that of Israel. They
ECSTASY State in which sensory and intellectual functions are suspended, while the soul, unconcerned with the body, contemplates the supernatural. Rapture: of Peter (Acts 11:5); of Paul (Acts 22:17).
ATONEMENT (Day of) It was kept annually, for the humiliation of the people and atonement for their sins. That day the high priest offered sacrifices as a purification of the sanctuary, for the priests and
ATONEMENT (I) This term appears in the NT, in the KJV, only in the book of Hebrews (Heb. 1:17; 10:6, 8). In the first passage it should be translated “propitiation,” as the RVR77 correctly does.
EXPANSION (Heb. «rãqîa»). The Hebrew term means an inconsistent extension (Gen. 1:6), and corresponds well with the term space (cp. the term “open expanse of the heavens” in Gen. 1:20, KJV). The translation “firmament,” which