Miscellaneous

The feast of tabernacles was the last annual Jewish feast (Leviticus 23). It was also called the feast of ingathering because the people were to make booths for themselves in…

The Bible speaks of three different kinds of dreams: First-Ordinary dreams that people dream especially when they are hoping for something (Isa. 29:8; Ps. 126:1). Second-Inspired dreams or visions (waking…

The word Unicorn is in the Hebrew language rem, elsewhere re’em. Unicorns are recorded in the King James version of the Bible nine times, in five different books, by four…

Nicodemus is mentioned in the gospel of John. He was a devout wealthy Jew, a Pharisee, and a member of the national council – the Sanhedrin (John 7:50-51). But unlike…

Apollos was a 1st century Alexandrian Jewish Christian. He ministered as an evangelist and helped in the early development of the churches of Ephesus and Corinth. He was mentioned several…

Superstition is defined as a widely held but unfounded belief in supernatural causation leading to certain consequences. The Bible tells us that though incidents may appear to happen to people…

In the Old Testament, the first tithe was strictly for the support of the priests and Levites (Lev. 27:30-34; Num. 18:19-28). The second tithe provided either for the sacred feasts…

Paul wrote in Romans a comforting message to God’s unjustly persecuted people saying, “Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is…

AD is an acronym that means “Anno Domini.” This is a Latin phrase translated as, “In the Year of Our Lord.”  It is used to indicate which part of the…

Caiaphas was the appointed high priest by Valerius Gratus predecessor of Pontius Pilate (Josephus Antiquities xviii. 2. 2) about A.D. 18 or 19, and he continued in office till about…