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[divinum-pacis]

Who Spiritual Beings Are and What They're Like (Spiritual Beings Series Episode 1)

In the first pages of the Bible, we’re introduced to God and humans as the main characters. But there’s also a whole cast of spiritual beings who play an important role throughout the Bible, though they’re often in the background. In this video, we begin to explore these beings and how they fit into the unified storyline of the Bible.

[humblewonderer]

EPAPHRODITUS NO

oh thank goodness

image source: https://youtu.be/oE9qqW1-BkU?si=zLbDdMzCi15gefPB

[ethereal-originate]

Jesus Christ is born.

[eli-kittim]

The Sign of Jonah: Christ’s Death at Sea

By Eli Kittim

Jonah is the English form of the Hebrew name Yona, which is rendered as Ionas in the Greek. The Ionians were the ancient Greeks (see Josephus Antiquities I, 6). So Ionia means Greece, and an ancient citizen of Ion was called Ionas. So Jonah (Ionas), who is a type of Christ, is depicted as a Greek figure. Let us not forget that Jonah was going to Tarshish, which has been identified as Ancient Greece (see the undermentioned article).

What is more, it seems as if the sign of Jonah is a typological metaphor for Christ’s death and resurrection that is employed by the evangelists in order to demonstrate that Jesus is the Messiah. But, as I will show, it also represents an event in prophetic history, although this has not as yet taken place. In the gospel narrative, Matthew connects Jesus’ death to that of Jonah, after the latter’s body was cast into the sea. Matthew 12:39-40 (NASB) reads thusly:

“An evil and adulterous generation craves a

sign; and so no sign will be given to it except

the sign of Jonah the prophet; for just as

Jonah was in the stomach of the sea

monster for three days and three nights, so

will the Son of Man be in the heart of the

earth for three days and three nights.”

We find analogous parallels and motifs in the Psalms as well. For example, Psalm 69:1-2 reads:

“Save me, God, For the waters have

threatened my life. I have sunk in deep mud,

and there is no foothold; I have come into

deep waters, and a flood overflows me.”

Similarly, Psalm 18:16 says:

“He sent from on high, He took me;

He drew me out of many waters.”

Ephesians 4:9 says that Jesus “descended into the lower parts of the earth.” That is, he descended to the ocean floor. The average depth of the ocean floor is approximately 12,000 feet. So, Matthew is drawing comparative conclusions between Jonah’s and Jesus's death at sea. Let’s see what happened to Jonah. Jonah 1:15-17 says:

“So they picked up Jonah and hurled him

into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging.

… And the Lord designated a great fish to

swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the

stomach of the fish for three days and three

nights.”

The typological sign of the resurrection is suggested in Jonah 2:10:

“Then the Lord commanded the fish, and it

vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.”

This, then, is the sign of Jonah——which says in effect that God literally “drew … [him] out of many waters”——that Matthew applies to Jesus (cf. Isaiah 43:2)! This is reminiscent of another messianic type who was named “Moses” by Pharaoh's daughter “because … [she] drew him out of the water” (Exod. 2:10). It is also the sign of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. I will not focus on the phrase “three days and three nights” because it will divert us from the topic at hand. Suffice it to say that it need not refer to a literal three-day period. It seems to be a figure of speech that may signify the three-year great tribulation period.

At any rate, the so-called “sign of Jonah” is not simply a metaphor or a unique sign that would establish the deity of Christ, but it is also a factual event! And although I agree with C.S. Lewis who held that Jonah is ahistorical, nevertheless, I believe that the sign of Jonah, as a type, represents the literal, actual death of its antitype: the Messiah! We know that Jonah did not survive. The Book of Jonah 2:2-6 explicitly says that Jonah, after being hurled into the sea, cried out to God “from the depth of Sheol”:

“I called out of my distress to the Lord, And

He answered me. I called for help from the

depth of Sheol; You heard my voice. For You

threw me into the deep, Into the heart of the

seas, And the current flowed around me. All

Your breakers and waves passed over me.

So I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your

sight.’ … Water encompassed me to the

point of death. The deep flowed around me,

Seaweed was wrapped around my head. …

But You have brought up my life from the

pit, Lord my God.”

It’s important to note that the terms “pit” and “Sheol,” in the Hebrew Bible, are references to the realm of the dead (see e.g. Job 7:9; Ps. 49:14-15; 89:48). The resurrection is depicted in Jonah’s own words: “You have brought up my life from the pit, Lord my God.”

So it appears as if the sign of Jonah is also the sign of Christ’s death. Just as Tim Mackie (co-founder of the Bibleproject) explains in one of his sessions that there is a literary redundancy of the word “hurled” in the Jonah text, especially regarding its main character Jonah who is literally “hurled” into the water, I believe that Christ is similarly “hurled” into the water and eaten by a shark. Hence the symbolism of being born in a manger or a feeding trough. This, of course, is closely related to the last supper (i.e. the sacrament of the Eucharist), the idea that Jesus is literally consumed. There are also overtones of Noah's flood in this parallel (cf. Matthew 24:37), as well as of Osiris, who also drowned and whose coffin (like the Ark) floated in the sea (cf. the story of Perseus who was also cast into the sea in a wooden chest).

Another key point is that, according to the Hebrew text, Jonah's fish is not a whale but rather some kind of “great fish". Through special revelation, this appears to be a shark. And the term “swallow”——in the clause, “the Lord designated a great fish to swallow Jonah”——is a euphemism for a great fish feasting on Jonah and consequently fatally injuring him. This, of course, ties in with the idea that we die and are reborn by going under water (Immersion baptism), a symbolic ritual that is unique to Christianity! Hence why Immersion baptism is not only tied to Jonah but is also symbolic of Christ’s death, being re-enacted in the New Testament through the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist!

This study of Jonah takes us back to the origin of the Christian fish symbol, the so-called “ichthys” (ἰχθύς), which is now known as the Jesus fish. And despite the acrostic use of this word: Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, Θεοῦ Υἱός, Σωτήρ (i.e. Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour)—— nevertheless, the fish symbolism has a variety of other theological overtones in the New Testament, such as the Feeding of the 5,000 with 2 fishes and 5 loaves, as well as the Feeding of the 4,000 with seven loaves of bread and a few small fish, not to mention that Jesus calls his disciples "fishers of men." That is precisely why Immersion baptism in the early church signified a parallel between fish and converts (i.e. born again Christians). The early Christian theologian Tertullian explained it thusly:

“we, little fishes, after the image of our

Ichthys, Jesus Christ, are born in the water."

[sweetswesf]

Hi PPLS!

I have a new attitude. I needed to see someone else get what I want for an extra boost. An extra fire under my butt. I'm more hopeful. However long it takes me, I'm going to keep trying. I'll get there eventually. I'll get better. So long as I do not give up. I'm not hopeless. I'm not worried about the timeline. I just have to keep trying my hardest and I'll get there eventually. I'm not worried about anyone else's pockets or opportunities. They're not mine. I listened to the video below yesterday and it also has me looking at things in a different perspective. I won't spoil it too much, but it talks about how tithing is not required in Christianity: generosity IS though and tithing is ONLY the start of that...

It also reminded me to stop running the race. Calm down & stop worrying. Talking to myself. Hopefully it inspires you too.

I did think about moving in with my grandparents but told myself to not worry about that just yet. I still have many months of runway and I need to just focus. I could turn things around for myself quicker than I think. Not saying that speed is the goal, but emphasis on the fact that I should expect the best. He will bless me if I'm faithful enough to believe He can do it for me. In the meantime, I'll try my best to be patient and just focus on getting better.

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Homemade bible cover. Don’t mind the terrible stitching Ehlers Danlos flared up.

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Isten szentsége átformálja Ézsaiást #BibliaProjekt #Biblia #szent #Isten...

[divinum-pacis]

The Satan and Demons: Understand Evil Spiritual Beings in the Bible (Spiritual Beings Series Episode 6)

The storyline of the Bible presents a populated spiritual world, full of creatures who are in rebellion against their Creator, just like humans. For lots of fascinating reasons, our modern conceptions of the Satan and demons are based on serious misunderstandings of the Bible. So let’s go back to the book of Genesis and start over as we learn about the powers of spiritual evil in the story of the Bible.

[newgeneration77]

Este versículo es la revelación de como toda la Biblia habla de Jesús.

Para la mayoría de los cristianos en español este versículo solo nombra algunas secciones de la Biblia, ya que la hemos seccionado los libros del antiguo testamento en: libros de la ley, históricos, poéticos, profetas mayores y profetas menores, pero la Biblia que Jesús leyó era la Biblia hebrea, la cual tiene tres secciones: Torá (ley), Nevi'im (profetas) y Ketuvim (escritos).

La información de este post fue tomada del siguiente video:

[holy-mountaiin]

Day 1 - The Beginning

DAY ONE

SCRIPTURES:

Psalm 148

Genesis 1-2

Ephesians 1

Below you will find each audible version over beats, visuals and "helpful tools." At the very bottom you will see a "read & rant episode"

PSALM 148 (NASB)

PSALM 148 (AUDIBLE) ON STREETLIGHTS:

PSALM 148 (VISUAL) ON THE BIBLE PROJECT:

 GENESIS 1 (NASB)

GENESIS 1 (AUDIBLE) ON STREETLIGHTS:

GENESIS 1 (VISUAL) ON THE BIBLE PROJECT:

GENESIS 2 (NASB)

 GENESIS 2 (AUDIBLE) ON STREETLIGHTS:

GENESIS 2 (PODCAST) ON THE BIBLE PROJECT

 EPHESIANS 1 (NASB)

 EPHESIANS 1 (AUDIBLE) ON STREETLIGHTS:

HELPFUL TOOLS

GODS IMAGE - YOUNG C (SONG)

Free Genesis course

Collective Identity (bible project podcast)

Ephesians 1 - by Allen Parr

Ephesians (overview) by Spoken Gospel

Ephesians 1 by Spoken Gospel

Receive Jesus’ Gift - Streetlights

We Spiritual - Streetlights

Read & Rant

[it-s-maria-dolores-world]

Writing Styles Of The Bible

Inspiring Saturday ❤️ And Why They’re Important to Understand * WHAT MUST WE DO TO BE SAVED? Read also John 3 First all must HEAR the gospel. Romans 13:1 ESV Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Acts 17:29-31 ESV Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine…

[veritaslifecenter]

1 Peter is written to Christians scattered and disenfranchised from centers of Roman political-cultural-economic-social power.

In the midst of being culturally marginalized -  perceived even as ‘strangers’, outcasts, trouble-makers - 1 Peter 'explodes' with an alternative story: it re-envisions the people of God for a life with God that is caught-up with Kingdom purpose, power, and presence.

1 Peter mobilizes Messiah Jesus’ 'exiles' scattered throughout Asia Minor (1 Peter 1:1; 2:11). Even if technically ‘citizens’ of their respective cities, their discipleship to Jesus is alien to the establishment of Imperial Rome as they live among a power- hungry, sexually ravenous culture of suspicion toward anyone whose ‘peoplehood’ is not fundamentally Roman.

Peter Davids summarizes the social-political plight of Christians in 1 Peter:

They may be technically citizens of their various cities, but the way their fellow citizens treat them and the reality of their new life in Christ make them feel like temporary residents, noncitizens ... [as a result of their new life in Christ] First and foremost, they stopped worshipping the various gods of their empire, city, trade guild, or family, and instead worshiped only “the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1:3). This change in behavior meant that they were now viewed as unpatriotic (worship of the genius of the emperor was equivalent to flag worship in modern America), disloyal to their city (since they would not take part in civic ceremonies involving worship), unprofessional in their trade (since guild meetings usually took place in pagan temples), and haters of their families (family gatherings and ceremonies also took place in temples, and household worship was thought to hold the family together). After all, no one was asking these Christians to believe in the gods (many of their neighbors did not really believe in them), but only to offer token worship as a sign of their familial or civic allegiance. People who were so obstinate as to refuse this simple duty surely had to be ‘haters of humankind,’ as many in the Roman Empire considered them.

[Source: Peter Davids, Zondervan Illustrated Bible Background Commentary, vol. 4, Clinton E. Arnold, general editor [Zondervan: 2002], 124, 122-123)].

So, how does pastor and apostle Peter rally the purposes of a people of the Lord, who are civically disestablished? What word of encouragement and exhortation does he give them as they face various hostilities and harassments (1 Peter 2:12, 3:16, 4:16)? His approach is noteworthy and should studied for its wisdom.

[whatareyoureallyafraidof]

[aussie-the-hedgehog]

UGH this is precious and I love it. Quoted from the Bible Project!

Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four

text paraphrased from this podcast at [1:16:00–1:16:10]