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In our Sunday school, we are studying the names of God as given to us in Hebrew and Greek. I came across this eye-popping list of over 100 names for Christ in the KJV Thompson Chain Reference Bible (entry #3622).
After Solomon built the temple, he held a dedicatory prayer meeting which we read about in 1 Kings 8. Prior to its destruction, visitors noted its stunning beauty and sought to replicate it back home.
Our Lord's visit for a home-cooked meal left a lasting impact on even the smallest of towns. Bethany still suffers from religious tensions of her nearest neighbor, the Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. The spades of the archaeologists disclose an odd course of growth over the years.
Archaeologists looking for ancient biblical cities rely on the discovery of walls, gates and pottery. The identification of Sodom and Gomorrah is more elusive, since God overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. Peter says He turned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes.
Patriarchal acts of faith in the promises of God at times left interesting records. Such is the case in the life of Joseph, who made the children of Israel swear, saying God will surely visit you and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
