Exploring the Unexplained: A Practical Guide to the Peculiar People, Places, and Things in the Bible (Ultimate A to Z Resource) - Softcover

Butler, Trent

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1401675212 ISBN 13: 9781401675219

Verlag: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2012

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Have you ever wondered about those giants in Genesis or that reference to Enoch in Jude? Exploring the Unexplained: A Practical Guide to the Peculiar People, Places, and Things in the Bible answers all your questions about unusal, hard-to-explain, and difficult-to-understand stories in the Bible. Learn more about people like Enoch, Moses, and the Nephilim. As with other books in Thomas Nelson's A to Z series, Exploring the Unexplained helps you gain a deeper understanding of the Bible in an easy-to-read format.

Features include:

• Scripture index
• Topical index
• Easy-to-understand explanations of some of the Bible's most confusing stories
• A convenient tool for individual and group study

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Trent C. Butler is a freelance author and editor. He served ten years on the faculty of the International Baptist Theological Seminary in Rüschilkon, Switzerland, and for twenty-two years as editor and editorial director for Holman Bible Publishers and LifeWay. He wrote the Word Biblical Commentary volume on Joshua, the Layman’s Bible Book Commentary on Isaiah, the Holman Old Testament Commentaries on Isaiah and Hosea through Micah, and the Holman New Testament Commentary on Luke. He served on the editorial Board of the Holman Christian Standard Bible, and edited the Holman Bible Dictionary. Dr. Butler has a Ph.D. in biblical studies and linguistics from Vanderbilt University, has done further study at Heidelberg and Zurich, and has participated in the excavation of Beersheba. 

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Exploring the Unexplained

A Practical Guide to the Peculiar People, Places, and Things in the BibleBy Trent Butler

Thomas Nelson

Copyright © 2012 Thomas Nelson
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ISBN: 978-1-4016-7521-9

Contents

Introduction................................................7Peculiar Uses for a Peculiar Dictionary.....................9A...........................................................11B...........................................................37C...........................................................54D...........................................................73E...........................................................87F...........................................................107G...........................................................112H...........................................................124I...........................................................140J...........................................................146K...........................................................161L...........................................................164M...........................................................174N...........................................................190O...........................................................203P...........................................................207Q...........................................................219R...........................................................220S...........................................................225T...........................................................246UV..........................................................262W–Z...................................................265Index.......................................................271

Chapter One

A

Aaron Person Lev. 10:1–7

Aaron was the priest who could not mourn his sons, who spoke for Moses, and who formed a golden calf. The brother of Moses and Miriam and the first high priest, he joined Moses in the sin of unbelief that kept them from entering the Holy Land (Num. 20:7–13).

Issue: How can a godly person do marvelous things for God, and yet still commit flagrant sins?

Aaron's Rod Thing Ex. 7–8; 17; Num. 16; 20:7–11

Aaron's rod was a shepherd's staff that became a snake, produced water, and blossomed. God used Aaron's rod or staff to perform miracles in Egypt and in the wilderness.

Issue: What earthly objects can God use for His purposes? What power do magic wands and wizards' rods have?

Abaddon Place Job 26:6; 28:22; 31:12; Ps. 88:11; Prov. 15:11; 27:20; Rev. 9:11

Abaddon literally means "Destruction." It is the home of the dead and personified as the angel of the bottomless pit. It is used in parallel with Sheol and Death. Abaddon is known and controlled by God.

Issue: What is your destiny after death?

Abana Place 2 Kings 5:12

Abana was a beautiful Syrian river flowing through Damascus where Naaman wanted to be cleansed. God sent him instead to the muddy Jordan. See also Pharpar.

Issue: Why does God often choose a particular place to work even when it seems inferior to another place?

Abba Person Mark 14:36; Rom. 8:15; Gal. 4:6

Abba is the Aramaic word for "father" that Jesus used when talking to God. It shows the intimacy of the relationship between Father and Son. Believers can know that intimacy and use that term in speaking with God.

Issue: How intimate and trusting are you with God in your prayer life? Do you keep certain things buried in your heart that you do not share with your Heavenly Father?

Abdon Person Judg. 12:13–15

Abdon was a wealthy judge of Israel who had forty sons, thirty nephews, and seventy donkeys. He judged Israel for eight years.

Issue: Is wealth a requirement for leadership?

Abednego Person Dan. 1:7; 2:48–3:30

Abednego is the Babylonian name for the Hebrew youth Azariah, who was thrown into and survived the deadly flames of the king's fiery furnace. He worshipped God even though it meant disobeying the king. He became one of the political leaders of the Babylonian Empire because he obeyed God.

Issue: Are you willing to trust God when people threaten to kill you?

Abel's Sacrifice Thing Gen. 4; Heb. 11:4

God accepted the fattest of Abel's flock as a sacrifice while rejecting his brother Cain's plant or fruit offering. God's displeasure is with Cain and his attitude, not with the nature of the sacrifice. Cain did not do what was right.

Issue: How do you know if God is pleased with you and your service for Him?

Abiathar Person 1 Sam. 22–23

Abiathar was the high priest who escaped King Saul with an ephod, their means of communicating with God. Israel's first king had Doeg the Edomite kill the priests and take each one's ephod. Abiathar preserved an ephod and turned it over to David, Saul's chief opponent. Once David's high priest and chief counselor, Abiathar supported Adonijah to succeed David, so Solomon deposed him to live in Anathoth.

Issue: Abiathar served Saul, then David, then Adonijah. When should you change your allegiance from one party to another? What do past loyalties gain you in the present circumstances?

Abigail Person 1 Sam. 23:9; 25; 30

Abigail was the wife of the foolish Nabal. When he refused sustenance for David and his fleeing troops, she quickly provided an excess of food. After Nabal's death, she married David, who later rescued her from the Amalekites.

Issue: When is a woman justified in associating with and assisting a male friend when her husband refuses to help as he should?

Abihu Person Ex. 6:23; 24:9–10; 28:1; Lev. 10

Aaron's second son, Abihu saw God during Israel's covenant ceremony on Mount Sinai and was ordained with his brothers as priests. Seeking to imitate the power and authority Moses and Aaron had demonstrated in bringing God's glory to appear before the people, they offered strange, unauthorized fire to God and were killed for it.

Issue: Can you worship God in the ways He has described and approved of, or will you invent your own strange ways that God does not accept? How do you determine what types of worship God accepts? Do you, at times, try to gain authority and praise through the ways you lead worship?

Abimelech Person Judg. 9

Abimelech killed sixty-nine of his half-brothers to become the leader of Israel. His name means "My father is king" but his father Gideon refused the offer of kingship. Abimelech hired a lawless mob for an army rather than summoning an Israelite army and was denounced by his own half brother. Abimelech was defeated when a woman dropped a millstone on his head. He had his armor-bearer run him through rather than suffering an ignoble death by a woman.

Issue: Do you operate and seek power from within or without the traditional power structure? How far are you willing to go to get power for yourself when you are not in line to occupy positions of power?

Abinadab Person 1 Sam. 7; 2 Sam. 6

The ark of the covenant stayed at Abinadab's house twenty years. His son was named priest for the ark and helped to take it to Jerusalem. Apparently, Abinadab was a well-respected priest and community leader of the Gibeonites and their major worship place at Kiriath-jearim. Such a...

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• Verlag: Thomas Nelson Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1401675212
• ISBN 13: 9781401675219
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288
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