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And I will judge him with pestilence, and with blood, and with violent rain, and vast hailstones: I will rain fire and brimstone upon him, and upon his army, and upon the many nations that are with him.
Ezekiel 38:22
#157 Repairing the Wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3, 4)
Napsal(a) Jonathan S. Rose
Title: Repairing the Wall
Topic: Second Coming
Summary: One of the curious predictions about the Second Coming is that "the wall of Jerusalem" will be rebuilt. What does this mean, and how might we participate in it?
Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.
References:
Nehemiah 2:11-12; 4:1; 7; 8:14
Proverbs 24:30-32; 25:28
Exodus 14:22, 29
Isaiah 30:13-14, 26; 58:11-12
Jeremiah 15:19-21; 39:8; 52:12
Ezekiel 26:9-12; 38:19-22
Revelation 21:12, 14, 17, 25, 17
Amos 9:11
Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 10/16/2013. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com
Know
Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases -- when it is connected to ideas or objects -- its spiritual meaning and natural meaning are essentially the same. When the Bible talks about people knowing each other and especially when it talks about the Lord knowing people, the meaning has more to do with the states of love within people than it does with any factual knowledge. This makes sense if you think about it. When we really "know" somebody, what we mean is that we know what kind of person they are, what their motivations are, what they love, what they hate, what makes them tick. Those things are far more important than knowing their parents' names, where they were born or what year they graduated from school. Most often then, especially applied to people, "knowing" has to do with the perceptions we have about other people's loves and the conjunction that can exist between those with similar loves, not just a collection of facts.
