Malakia 2:16
Että (Jumala) vihaa sitä hylkäämistä, sanoo Herra Israelin Jumala, kuin joku peittää vääryytensä niinkuin vaatteella, sanoo Herra Zebaot: sentähden karttakaat teidän henkeänne, ja älkäät katsoko heitä ylön.
I was coming back from an early morning breakfast appointment with a local Christian leader. Accelerating into traffic, I looked up and saw a billboard with 6 words, 2 sentences, 1 sign of an imploding culture in two foot high letters.
Life is Short. Get a Divorce.
Really? This is the best or first solution to marital disharmony? You are unhappy, get a divorce. I couldn’t get my phone out and…
Bible Translations
One text in the Bible that has caused much anguish and distress in the lives of many people is the statement in Malachi 2:16, “For I hate divorce, says the LORD, the God of Israel” (Malachi 2:16 NRSV). Many people use this statement to ostracize, exclude, and marginalize people in church. However, most people who read this statement are not aware that this English translation…
Ratified Indian Treaty 19A (first and last pages), April 11, 1793.
This treaty with the Six Nations (Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Tuscarora) included this wax Great Seal of the State of New York.
Record Group 11: General Records of the United States Government
Series: Indian Treaties
Image description: A circular seal, just over three inches in diameter, made of wax covered with paper. Depicted in the center is a sun with a face, rising over hills. Below the hills is “EXCELSIOR”. Around the border of the seal is “THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK”. There is a hole through the seal at the top.
Image description: Reverse of the circular seal. In the center are spiky rocks jutting out of the water. There are letters at the top of the border, but it’s difficult to see what they say. At the bottom of the seal is an ink “X”. There is a hole through the seal at the top.
Transcription:
1)
The People of the State of New York, by the Grace of God, Free and Independent: To all to
whom these presents shall come, Greeting Know ye that We having inspected the Records remaining in
our Secretary's Office do find there certain Indian Deeds recorded in Book of Indian Deeds commencing
in the year 1748 in the Words Characters and figures following, to wit, "To all to whom these presents
"shall come or may concern: Know ye that We Peter Ojistarare, Johan Jesry Towahangaraghkou, Rawhistoni,
"Paul Tewasgwadeghkow, John Skanondonagh of the wolf tribe, Peter Oneyanha, Joseph Kanaghsaterhon, Cornilius Okonyota, John Onontiyo, Nicholas Sagoyatokare of
"the Turtle Tribe; Lodowick Kaghsaweta, Paul Kanyatashayea and Peter Agwirontongwas of the Bear Tribe,
"Sachems and chief Warriors of the Oneyda and Tuscarara Nations, by and with the advice and consent and in
"the presence of the said Nations at a public Treaty held at Fort Herkimer in the county of the Montgomery with
"his Excellency George Clinton Esquire Governor of the State of New York and the other Commissioners of In-
"dian Affairs of the said State for the consideration of the sum of Eleven Thousand five hundred Dollars
"in Goods & Money to us in hand paid at and before [illegible] ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof
"We do hereby acknowledge Have Given, Granted, Bargained and Sold, and by these presents Do fully freely and
"Absolutely Grant Bargain and Sell unto the People of the State of New York all that certain Tract of Land situate
"in the said State and on the West Side of the Line commonly called the Line of Property established at a
"Treaty held at Fort Stanwix in 1768, and on the North Side of the Pensylvania Line, Beginning at the
"Mouth of the Unadilla or Tianaderha River where the same empties into the Surquchanna River, thence up
"the said Unadilla or Tianaderha River ten Miles measured on a straight line, thence due West to the Chenen-
"go River, thence Southerly down the said Chenengo River to where it empties into the said Sasquchanna River
"& to the said Line called the Line of Property, thence along the said Line to the place of Beginning so as to comprehend
"all the Lands belonging to us the said Oneyda and Tuscarora Nations lying South of the said Line to be run from
"the said Unadilla or Teanaderha River to the Chenengo River and North of the Division Line between this State
"and the State of Pensylvania, Together with all Ways, Waters, Water courses, Rivers, Riverlets, Creeks and Streams
(of)
[page 2]
16.)
"Onaakaronton his x mark LS Tehoghweakaronto his x mark LS Kaghnunrayen his x mark LS Agwirontong-
"waghs his x mark LS Anonghsighraghtha his x mark LS Oniatariyoo his x mark LS Kaneyaggh his x mark
"LS Geo: Clinton LS Pierre Van Cortlandt LS Ezra L Hommedieu LS Abm Ten Broeck LS Peter Gansevoort-
"Junr. LS Richd. Varick LS Witnesses Present Sam Kirkland Missry. Interpreter John Lansing Junr. Jos.
"Brant, David Hill, John Tayler, Malachi Treat, Abm Hardenbergh, Peter Otsiequette, Aghwistonisk his x mark,
"Oneyanka his x mark, Coll. Honyery his [mark] mark, Oneida Chiefs. Onangaiekhon his x mark, Fhoghnawayen
"x Senekas. - Be it Remembered that on the Twenty fifth day of November in the year one thousand seven hundred and
"ninety one before me John Sloss Hobart one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York came Samuel Kirkland,
"Clerk, Missionary and Interpreter to the Six Nations of Indians, who made oath that he was present and did see the Twenty
"-Eight Sachems, Chiefs and Warriors of the Onondaga Nation of Indians whose names are written opposite to their respec-
"tive Seals severally seal and deliver the within written Ratification as their Voluntary act and deed for the purposes and uses therein mentioned,
"he having previously thereto faithfully and truly interpreted the Contents of the same from the English into the Indian Language unto the said
"Sachems, Chiefs and Warriors in such a manner that it was fully understood by them and that he also saw the Commissioners on the part of the
"State of New York in the said Ratification Mentioned severally seal and deliver the same as their Voluntary act and deed for the purposes and
"uses therein mentioned, and that John Lansing Junr. and the Eleven other persons whose names are signed as Witnesses were present and did see
"the said parties Seal and deliver the said Ratification; and I having Examined the same and found no material alteration therein do al-
"low it to be recorded Jno. Sloss Hobart. The preceding Instrument refers to the Treaty recorded in pages 150 & which is dated the 12th.
"of September 1788, and is a true copy of the Original, Examined and compared therewith this 5th. day of April 1793 (the words "alias Land Car-
"rier" in page 170 being interlined) By me Robert Harpur D Secry."
~~~~~~~~
All which WE have caused to be Exemplified by these Presents: In Testimony whereof
We have caused these our Letters to be made patent and the Great Seal of our said State to be hereunto affixed Witness
our Trusty and well beloved George Clinton Esquire Governor of our said State General and Commander in chief
of all the Militia and Admiral of the Navy of the same, at our City of New York; this Eleventh day of April in the year of
our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Ninety-Three, and in the Seventeenth year of our Independence.~
Choosing an attitude towards life every day means expecting good things to happen to you. Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18).
04/19 Bible verses
Your eyes will see this and you will say, "The LORD be magnified beyond the border of Israel!" (Malachi 1: 5)
Your eyes shall see it, and you shall say, Let the LORD be magnified beyond the borders of Israel (Malachi 1:5).
04/19Good words
1. Life is like a butterfly. Without the courage to break out of the cocoon, there will be no beauty in flying!
2. Life is like cross-stitch. It looks beautiful on the surface, but who can notice the tangled threads on the back!
1 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. 3 Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.
4 Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.”
5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”
6 When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified. 7 But Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.” 8 When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.
9 As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, “Don’t tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”
10 The disciples asked him, “Why then do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?”
11 Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things. 12 But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.” 13 Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist.
Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Boy
14 When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. 15 “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. 16 I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.”
17 “You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.” 18 Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed at that moment.
19 Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
20-21 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
Jesus Predicts His Death a Second Time
22 When they came together in Galilee, he said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. 23 They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised to life.” And the disciples were filled with grief.
The Temple Tax
24 After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?”
25 “Yes, he does,” he replied.
When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. “What do you think, Simon?” he asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes—from their own children or from others?”
Aholiday party hosted by local Michigan politicians turned into a pro-Palestinian protest that reportedly led to a violent shoving match resulting in one Democratic activist being hospitalized.
The incident occurred December 16 during a private holiday party hosted by the 13th Congressional District Democratic Party at the Common Pub in Detroit. Things quickly became raucous when about 20 to 30 pro-Palestinian protesters, part of the Palestinian Youth Movement and Party for Socialism and Liberation, entered the bar and confronted Representative Shri Thanedar over his support for Israel.
The metropolitan Detroit area has become a hotbed since Hamas launched a surprise attack in Israel on October 7, leading to protests and tension-filled situations between local Jews and Palestinians.
Thomas Becker, a spokesperson for Thanedar, told Newsweek via email that some 200 people were in attendance. No security was present, and the only people there before the situation escalated were party goers and venue staff. He had no further comment.
Wayne County Commissioner Jonathan Kinloch, who represents District 2, posted a 45-second video clip from the event on X, formerly Twitter. Pushing, shoving and yelling can be seen and heard in the footage, all taking place over gospel music in the background.
Kinloch said the pro-Palestinian supporters "caused chaos and mayhem," badly injuring local Black activist Bobbie Avington-Smith, a Democrat. She suffered two black eyes and was admitted to a local hospital for medical attention, according to Bridge Detroit.
Newsweek reached out to Kinloch via phone and email for comment.
Detroit Police Department spokesman Jordan Hall told Newsweek on Wednesday that the incident is still under investigation and that no arrests have been made.
"It was something we never expected," 91-year-old party attendee Bernice Smith told local ABC affiliate WXYZ.
One attendee told Deadline Detroit that protesters chanted, "Shri, you can't hide, we charge you with genocide," in reference to the thousands of Palestinian deaths in Gaza in relation to the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.
A video posted on Instagram by the account "detroit2palestine" shows former Detroit Police Commissioner Bernice Smith using her cane to defend herself against protesters.
Smith's son, Sterling Jackson, told Bridge Detroit's Malachi Barrett that he was the first person to jump into the fray because he feared for his mother's well-being.
"I started it because I couldn't believe they are doing this and nobody was doing anything," Jackson said.
On Monday, a joint press conference was held by Thanedar, Kinloch and other Democrats representing the 13th district who referred to the protesters as rioters.
"They didn't have a right to be there, first and foremost," Kinloch said, according to video from the press conference posted on X by Barrett. "It's not about whether or not they were being violent, whether or not they were being disruptive. They were not supposed to be there.
"The owner asked them to leave, I asked them to leave. They refused to leave so they were removed from a place where they had no business and no legal right to be in."
Kinloch added that there was no security because it was a holiday party aimed to be a celebration and nobody expected any protests or violence, adding that they put the safety and security of senior attendees at risk.
Any concerns about Thanedar's position on the war in Gaza could have been accomplished via other avenues, Kinloch added.
"This is not going to give you support for your cause," Thanedar said on Monday. "I welcome them to come to my office. I welcome them to invite me to town halls where I could come and we can have a dialogue."
Wayne State University, located near the pub, and Detroit police responded to the scene.
Last year, the city of Dearborn drew national attention when its residents elected Abdullah Hammoud as its first Muslim and Arab American mayor. Hammoud has been outspoken in support of the Palestinian cause the past two months, leading a city of about 110,000 residents composed more than half of citizens of Middle Eastern or North African (MENA) ancestry and mostly Arab.
Michigan, one of a handful of states expected to decide the 2024 presidential election, is home to about 90,000 Jewish residents and more than 300,000 residents of Middle Eastern descent.
A recent Newsweek poll of eligible Michigan voters found that about 46 percent of respondents disapprove of President Joe Biden's handling of the conflict.
In contrast, while Republican front-runner Donald Trump has led Biden in recent polls in Michigan, a statewide poll conducted in November found that Trump's various legal battles could determine his fate in next year's election should he be the GOP nominee.
Newsweek reached out to the Michigan Democratic Party via email for comment.
I gotta know what others agecanon the characters after the timeskip, because yk 15 yrs n stuff! At least for your version would you have kept the timeskip, shorten, or take it out completely? ( I’m keeping it personally) I JUST WANNA know what you would age some of the new characters introduced and old! :3
hrm the 15 year timeskip. I think it's a bit too much to remove it because it really does a lot (but also absolutely nothing at the same time ? mcd perplexes me) I think they picked that length to get to see the kids as teenagers/young adults, and tbh there is just something about Levin and Malachi being pretty independent by the time Aphmau gets back (personal headcanon is 16 for Levin, 19 for Malachi) so I like to base all my timeskip thoughts relative to Levin’s age
soooo if Levin is born at the start of season 1, I don’t want it to just be one year of Aphmau knowing all these people before the dimension skip happens. i want it to be at least 2 (and thus 14 year timeskip?)
regardless. there is a silly thing I do about mcd where I don't really have a "rewrite" so I have a "reimagination" instead. where I just have canon mcd but put all my headcanons and reinterpretations into it. if I were to rewrite it I would probably end up shortening the timeskip but since I'm just reimagining it... I don't want to :3
anyways agecanons with the 15 year skip
Dante, Nicole, KC are going from 19-20-> 34-35
already mentioned Levin and Malachi. the other kids I forget them but Alexis and Kyle are 3 -> 18, and Yip is like 5 -> 20
Donna and Logan are 33 -> 48. still making babies.
Molly and Dale are 41 and 44 -> 56 and 59. not making babies.
shadow knight logic time.. Vylad is not immortal and everyone in the nether ages according to the overworld. he went 19 -> 34
however Zenix is immortal, and has technically not aged since 19, but shadow knight aging to me is like. how they age physically is based on how they want to be and they age mentally but also kind of not because it’s not real life anyways whatever. he looks late 20s and mentally is like 200+ and Vylad is also 200+ oh sweet heavens don’t think about it too much
Lucinda has lived for 26 years by the end of season 1. she’s physically still around that age after the timeskip
Travis has lived for 30 years and he’s mid 20s in the same way
In Part 1 we saw that the praying men and women in the Hebrides were given a revelation by the Holy Spirit that God was a covenant keeping God who responded to the intercession of his covenant people.
Here is what happened next;
At 3am God swept into the cottage
The first night of the meetings in the church at Barvas, nothing much happened, but one of
the praying deacons said to Duncan Campbell, "Don't be discouraged, it is coming. I already
can hear heaven's chariot wheels. We will have another night of prayer and then we will see
what God is going to do."
About thirty went to a nearby cottage and continued to pray into the night.
At about 3am God swept into the cottage and about a dozen were laid prostrate on
the floor, unable to move. Something had happened! Revival had come!
As they left the cottage, they found the lights burning in every house as men and women were seeking God.
They found three men laying by the roadside under conviction of sin, crying out for God to
have mercy on them.
Converted before arriving at church
The events of the second night will never be forgotten by those who were there!
Buses came from the four corners of the island. Seven men were being driven to the meeting in a butcher’s truck, when suddenly the Spirit fell on them in great conviction - they were all
converted before they reached the church.
As the preacher preached tremendous conviction swept down upon the people and tears fell down the faces of those present. So deep was the distress of some that their voices could be heard outside.
Under the burden of Intercession
The meeting finally ended, and people began to move outside. A young man began to pray
under a tremendous burden of intercession, He prayed for three quarters of an hour and as he prayed people gathered outside the church until there were twice as many outside as there had been inside. When he stopped praying, an elder gave out Psalm 132 and as the great congregation began to sing, the people streamed back into the church again and the meeting continued until 4am.
The moment people took their seats the Spirit of God in great conviction began to
sweep through the church and hardened sinners wept and confessed their sins.
At the police station
As the meeting was finally closing, a messenger hurried to the preacher, "Come with me!
There is a crowd of people outside the police station; they are weeping and in awful distress.
We do not know what is wrong with them, but they are calling for someone to come and pray
with them."
Describing the scene outside the police station the minister later declared, "Oh I saw a sight I
never thought possible. Something I shall never forget. Under a starlit sky, men, and women
were kneeling everywhere, by the roadside, outside the cottages, even behind the peat stacks,crying for God to have mercy on them!"
Six hundred people had been making their way to the church, when suddenly the spirit of God had fallen upon them in great conviction, causing them to fall to their knees in repentance.
Crying out against dead religion and standing on the promises of God.
Amen
Revival Prayer
In Part 3 we find out what else happened when revival came to the Hebrides and the implications for the church in Ireland and elsewhere.
100 of my favorite Hip Hop Albums of 2022
Might be excessive but there was simply just a ton of music this year that I enjoyed and found myself going back to, and I believe each of them is worth checking out. Each of the album titles here also links to either a bandcamp page or stream where you can listen to the project. Hopefully you’ll at least find one new album that you enjoy here, and as always feel free to reply with what you enjoyed and connected with the most this year. I’d love to know, and any other recommendations are definitely appreciated.
This was an incredible year for new releases, not just for hip hop but for music in general which is why i’ll be posting another top 100 list for all of the non hip hop stuff I enjoyed from this year, hopefully in the next few days. Peace.
Chart w/ titles included
2022 Hip Hop Spotify Playlist
1. Billy Woods & Preservation - Aethiopes
2. Avantdale Bowling Club - TREES
3. Cities Aviv - Working Title For The Album Secret Waters
4. MIKE - Beware of the Monkey
5. ELUCID - I Told Bessie
6. AKAI SOLO - Spirit Roaming
7. Teddy Faley - Teddy Brown Brown
8. Defcee & BoatHouse - For All Debts Public and Private [IMPORT EDITION]
9. Ka - Woeful Studies / Languish Arts
10. J.I.D - The Forever Story
11. Open Mike Eagle - Component System with the Auto Reverse
12. billy woods x Messiah Musik - Church
13. Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes
14. ShrapKnel - Metal Lung
15. SolarFive & Iceberg Theory - Momento Mori
16. Moor Mother - Jazz Codes
17. Serengeti & Child Actor - Ajai 2
18. Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals - King Cobra
19. Joshua Virtue - RAMA
20. Zilla Rocca & andrew - Don't Wait For Me to Leave
21. Fly Anakin - Frank
22. Cities Aviv - MAN PLAYS THE HORN
23. KILLVONGARD - I Think I've Lost It.
24. R.A.P. Ferreira - 5 to the Eye with Stars
25. Illogic - The Transition
26. Quelle Chris - DEATHFAME
27. Bloodmoney Perez - Curses
28. Fatboi Sharif & Noface - Preaching In Havana
29. Ockham's Blazer - Ockham's Blazer
30. Little Simz - NO THANK YOU
31. Theravada - Strange Voice
32. amani & robalu - I'll Be Right Black
33. Jam Baxter – Fetch The Poison
34. OKnice - Have You Tried Being Happy?
35. Davis & Foule Monk - Plum Whisky
36. Noveliss - Vagabond
37. SHIRT & Jack Splash - I Turned Myself Into Myself
38. Moses Rockwell - Until You Run out of Cake
39. Ja'king the Divine - 手术: BLACK SUN TZU
40. Archibald SLIM - Worldly Ways
41. NNAMDÏ - Please Have A Seat
42. YUNGMORPHEUS & Theravada - Up Against the Wall; a Degree of Lunacy
43. Roc Marciano & The Alchemist - The Elephant Man's Bones
44. Nas - King's Disease III
45. Lord Kayso - MOOR CHORES
46. Ace Cannons & MIGHTYHEALTHY - Mightycannons
47. Rich Jones & Iceberg Theory - Smoke Detector
48. Lukah - Raw Extractions
49. Nicholas Craven & Boldy James - Fair Exchange No Robbery
50. Ghais Guevara - There Will Be No Super-Slave
51. Lupe Fiasco - DRILL MUSIC IN ZION
52. Milc & Televangel - Neutral Milc Motel
53. ILL Conscious x Mute Won - Acres of Diamonds
54. L'Orange & Solemn Brigham - Marlowe 3
55. $ilkMoney - I Don't Give a Fuck About This Rap Shit
56. Teller Bank$ & Ed Glorious - The I & I
57. Wiki & Subjxct 5 - Cold Cuts
58. Love, Ulysses - 61,265,147
59. Vic Spencer & August Fanon - Psychological Cheat Sheet 3
60. Stik Figa x August Fanon - Heresy
61. Raz Fresco & Nicholas Craven - Boulangerie
62. QThree - U Be Ight
63. Wrecking Crew - Sedale Threat
64. eLZhi & Georgia Anne Muldrow - Zhigeist
65. Apollo Brown & Philmore Greene - Cost of Living
66. miles cooke - i used to feel things
67. Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire - I Love Y.O.U cuz Y.O.U Ugly Vol.1
68. demahjiae - Angels Wear Black
69. AJ Suede & Televangel - Metatron's Cube
70. Sacco & Vanzetti - It's Not Paranoia If They're Really Out To Get You
71. Mavi - Laughing so Hard, it Hurts
72. Rhys Langston - Grapefruit Radio
73. Steel Tipped Dove & Aloe Vera - Days Pass Strange
74. PENPALS - Dimensions of Dialogue
75. Malachi. Whitman - Happy Place
76. Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future (Extended)
77. Lungs/LoneSword, Phiik & Cise Greeny - Where Are The Bugs!?
78. Pink Siifu & Real Bad Man - Real Bad Flights
79. Andrew - The Rain Knows What It's Doing
80. Mattic & Parental - Down In The Rabbit Hole
81. Boldy James & Futurewave - Mr. Ten08
82. Ransom & V Don - Chaos Is My Ladder
83. Torito & Small Professor - Soiled
84. Jermiside & The Expert - The Overview Effect
85. big kahuna og & graymatter - METAL GEAR SOLID
86. Duncecap & Hajino - Go Climb A Tree
87. Earl Sweatshirt - Sick!
88. Deca - Smoking Gun
89. Freddie Gibbs - Soul Sold Separately
90. Mickey Diamond & Big Ghost Ltd - Gucci Ghost
91. Rome Streetz - KISS THE RING
92. Redveil - learn 2 swim
93. Daniel Son - The Bush Doctor
94. Dälek - Precipice
95. Jesse the Tree - Pigeon Man
96. Jason Griff - Fireside Chats 2
97. Benny the Butcher - Tana Talk 4
98. Killah Priest - Mother
99. Lord jaH-Monte Ogbon & Sadhugold - The Black Möbius
100. Kipp Stone - Room 109
Here is a detailed list of the 66 books of the Bible, divided by the Old and New Testaments, along with their divisions and categories:
**Old Testament:**
**Pentateuch (5 books):**
1. Genesis
2. Exodus
3. Leviticus
4. Numbers
5. Deuteronomy
**Historical Books (12 books):**
6. Joshua
7. Judges
8. Ruth
9. 1 Samuel
10. 2 Samuel
11. 1 Kings
12. 2 Kings
13. 1 Chronicles
14. 2 Chronicles
15. Ezra
16. Nehemiah
17. Esther
**Poetry/Wisdom Books (5 books):**
18. Job
19. Psalms
20. Proverbs
21. Ecclesiastes
22. Song of Solomon
**Major Prophets (5 books):**
23. Isaiah
24. Jeremiah
25. Lamentations
26. Ezekiel
27. Daniel
**Minor Prophets (12 books):**
28. Hosea
29. Joel
30. Amos
31. Obadiah
32. Jonah
33. Micah
34. Nahum
35. Habakkuk
36. Zephaniah
37. Haggai
38. Zechariah
39. Malachi
**New Testament:**
**Gospels (4 books):**
40. Matthew
41. Mark
42. Luke
43. John
**History (1 book):**
44. Acts
**Pauline Epistles (13 books):**
45. Romans
46. 1 Corinthians
47. 2 Corinthians
48. Galatians
49. Ephesians
50. Philippians
51. Colossians
52. 1 Thessalonians
53. 2 Thessalonians
54. 1 Timothy
55. 2 Timothy
56. Titus
57. Philemon
**General Epistles (8 books):**
58. Hebrews
59. James
60. 1 Peter
61. 2 Peter
62. 1 John
63. 2 John
64. 3 John
65. Jude
**Apocalyptic (1 book):**
66. Revelation
This list represents the traditional order and grouping of the books of the Bible in most Christian denominations.
These are the 66 books that make up the Bible.
Title: The Significance of Each Book of the Bible
Introduction:
The Bible is a collection of 66 books that together form the inspired Word of God. Each book has its own unique message, themes, and significance that contribute to the overall story of God's redemption and love for humanity. Let's explore the importance of each book of the Bible.
Lesson Points:
1. The Old Testament:
- Genesis: The book of beginnings, detailing creation, the fall, and the establishment of God's covenant with His people.
- Exodus: The story of the Israelites' liberation from Egypt and the giving of the Law at Mount Sinai.
- Psalms: A collection of songs and prayers that express a range of human emotions and provide a guide for worship.
- Proverbs: Wisdom literature that offers practical advice for living a righteous and wise life.
- Isaiah: Prophecies about the coming Messiah and God's plan of salvation.
2. The New Testament:
- Matthew: Emphasizes Jesus as the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies and the establishment of the kingdom of God.
- Acts: Chronicles the early spread of the Gospel and the growth of the early church.
- Romans: Explains the doctrine of justification by faith and the implications of salvation through Christ.
- Corinthians: Addresses issues within the church and provides practical guidance for Christian living.
- Revelation: Offers apocalyptic visions of the end times, the victory of Christ, and the establishment of the new heaven and earth.
3. Themes and Messages:
- Each book of the Bible contributes to the overarching themes of God's love, redemption, forgiveness, and salvation for all humanity.
- Together, these books provide a complete narrative of God's work in the world and His plan for His people.
Application:
- Take time to explore and study each book of the Bible, seeking to understand its unique message and significance.
- Reflect on how the themes and stories in the Bible can impact your own life and faith journey.
- Consider how the teachings and examples in the Bible can shape your beliefs and actions as a follower of Christ.
Conclusion:
The books of the Bible are not just separate entities but are interconnected parts of the larger story of God's redemption and love for humanity. Each book has its own importance and contributes to the overall message of God's plan for salvation. May we approach the study of the Bible with reverence and openness to the wisdom and guidance it offers for our lives.