As Esau matured, married, and had children, he made critical alliances with other people in the regions. In (Genesis 36) NIV), Moses took the effort to include an entire chapter on the Edomite’s alone, and he carefully incorporate details about each child's genealogical line along with who ruled which area; we are told this on many occasions. (Deuteronomy 2:12 NIV) shows us how the Edomites drove the Horites out of Seir, took the land just as the Israelites had done in the land the Lord gave them (Aharoni, 1967). All this demonstrates to us how to close the ties were between the Edomite, the Hittites, the Hivites, and the Ishmaelites, as they were all related by marriage and blood (p. 186). Moving forward through the books (Jeremiah 25:30 NIV) gives us a look at the prophecy given to Jeremiah. “The Lord will roar from on high; he will thunder from his holy dwelling, and roar mightily against his land. He will …show more content…
Obadiah corroborates, for us that the Edomite’s continued to stand by and let foreigners enter the gates of Jerusalem and allow strangers to carry off with their wealth. God took great offense to these egregious actions; he vowed, he would cut them off from everything. God gives us one of his best examples of his compassion with Israel, but then shows us why we should fear him in the history of Edom. (Joel 1 & 2 NIV) gives a perfect scene where he has asked man to repent, and tells the elders to convey his messages to their children, and the generations to come. God shows us in Jeremiah’s prophecy that he will not only bring destruction on his people when in anger, but that he is also a compassionate loving father, who is slow to anger, and has abounding love when we obey him. After asking the elders to convey his message to their children, he could only hope they would listen and resend their hearts, so that he might turn and have pity on
The Ancient Greek contribution ranged by the 1900-133 BC, however its influence on the Western Literate Society lasts to this day. As the Greeks expanded their empire, they spread their ideas to other countries, while also borrowing from other cultures. During this period of time, the Greeks made many significant and long-lasting contribution to our modern culture in Philosophy, Art, Democracy, Drama, Math, and Science. These givings of important ideas, inventions, and structures have had an extraordinary influence on the surrounding environment, society, and in the future. The essential contribution of Greeks to the Western Civilization are Democracy, Art, and Philosophy.
Judah’s greatest shortcoming was their denial of God and the resulting action of them walking away from Him. They had done this by making offerings to other false gods and worshiping the work of their own hands (Jeremiah 1:16, English Standard Version). Even though they had sinned against God, he tried to remind them that they once loved him like a bride in their youth (Jeremiah 2:1-3, English Standard Version). The Lord would send Jeremiah to call Israel and Judah to repentance. Even after all, of their sinful ways, the Lord would say to them returned to me and I will not show anger towards you.
It is always important to look to the past in order to move towards the future. This was done in the formation of Western Society, and more specifically the formation of American society. The Greek culture served as a frame of reference for many aspects of Western life including government, architecture, math and the arts. Ancient Greek culture served as a very broad base for our society to be built upon.
How could a loving God command the killing of the Canaanites? In order to be able to answer this question there are certain causes that need to be considered and that are very important to take into consideration. Let’s look at the situation from God’s point of view in the matter of the destruction of the Canaanite race. Most of my evidence will be found within the Bible and historical record.
God’s provision and guidance will lead Israel home (vv.1-3, 7-11), and the first future has been announced. After the safe return, Israel will receive a joyful and peaceful future (vv. 4-6, 12-14) or the second future. I call these two stages of future the double hope. The prophet tended to convince Israel and Judah of the constant hesed of YHWH, the God of the past, presence, and future. To be restored, Israel needs to have strong hope or the double hope. The list of God’s “I will” emphasizes the divine message of hope in the book of Consolation: “I will restore... I will bring them back... I will break the yolk... I will save... I will gather... I will lead... I will turn mourning into joy... I will make a new covenant... I will be their God.” In Jeremiah’s visions, the divine hesed will guarantee the first future, and the same hesed will also ensure a second future, a truly eschatological hope for Israel and Judah.
In order to tell a truthful history, however brief, I must divulge both the good and the bad. And as a people, we have not always been believers or even peaceful with Yahweh’s people. For example, if you look in the book of 2 Chronicles 14:9-15 you will find there a man by the name of Zerah. During the reign of Asa of Judah, he organized a war against Israel with almost double the amount of men that Israel had, yet the Lord was on the side of Israel and Judah and Zerah and his army was completely defeated.
While Jeremiah is interpreted from many perspectives, some early Christian apologists proof-texted his words as an indication that the Jews had been cast aside by God because they had not remained faithful to Him and his Mosaic covenant. Jesus of Nazareth was the fulfillment of Jeremiah's prophesies, so some claimed, and the Jews would remain shunned and doom...
In 2 Chronicles 36:22-23 we read that the prophesy of Jeremiah is being fulfilled in that the LORD is “stirring up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia.” At this time, Cyrus the Great owned much of modern day Asia. No one can argue that the Persian Empire wasn’t vast and actively growing larger. When the Lord stirred up Cyrus’ spirit, Cyrus made a proclamation and also wrote on what is known as the “Cyrus Cylinder”, “All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah.”
During the Archaic Age of Ancient Greece, circa 776-500 B.C.E., the population growth in Ancient Greece called a need for more food supplies, and this demand was met by trade, establishing colonies, and by warfare to seize more land (Making Europe 71). According to Kidner, the Archaic Age “brought a revival of culture, the economy, and political significance to Greece” (71). As Greece began to overpopulate, methods for dealing with the overpopulation had to be found, once of these methods was to import food, which caused an expansion of Greek commerce and production of trade goods (Making Europe 71). Another solution to the overpopulation of Greece was to find new land somewhere else, and during the colonization that lasted from 750-550 B.C.E., Greeks colonized coastal cities because they wanted access to trade routes across the sea (Making Europe 71). The revival of Greek trade also brought Near Eastern culture into Greece, including new styles or art. According to Kidner, “Greek sculpture assumed a very Egyptian look, and Greek pottery depicted many eastern designs…and Greek potters and sculptors soon used designs from their own myths and legents”
The Greeks had great influence on Roman culture. The Roman gods were the Roman equivalent of Greek gods and even the mythology mirrored the Greeks. Early Roman culture allowed for minimal education, the father educated the sons, when the Romans met the Greeks, education evolved however. Education became about learning things such as literature, language, philosophy, and humanities. The Romans even taught the Greek language to their students since Rome didn’t have it’s own language. Adapting to Greek culture caused Rome to go from a rural society to an urban one. In the later stages of the republic public education became more formal, though it still only included boys. Upper class girls received an education from private tutors in their homes. The focus of Roman culture was the family, according to Suzanne Dixon so long as two citizens wanted to marry and the legal ability to do so, and had the approval of the paterfamilias, or head of the household, then they could marry. The goal of a marriage was to produce children and those children were ultimately the property of the father. Many things such as inheritance, rank, power, and alliances were based upon marriages and it was a cornerstone of Roman culture. Wifes were also treated better in Roman
The Bible takes a unique turn in the book of 1 Samuel, Israel requests the appointment of an earthly king. The prophet Samuel warned them against trading their Divine King for an earthy one. In Matthew 7:13 Jesus told us, “..For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction..,” cautioning believers not to long to be like everyone else.
Some argue that God allows the destruction of countries to occur out of hate towards mankind. This argument possesses some truth. However, God warrants the downfall of nations not because of His hate of people, but because of His intolerance towards their sinful actions. If God allowed nations to continue on in their iniquities without any kind of repercussions, then no one would fear Him. People would embrace sin and reject the Lord. God maintains His supremacy over man through punishment of the wicked. Nevertheless, God does not always destroy the unrighteous immediately and without warning. The Old Testament records a profuse amount of situations in which the Lord sends a messenger to admonish sinful nations and to alert them of the impending condemnation. Whether or not they accepted the warning and turned...
Jeremiah began his prophecy during the reign of Josiah. During this time there was much prosperity and political independence. He was very concerned with the social inj...
Obadiah records the conclusion to the age-old struggle between Edom and Israel. The conflict arose in the book of Genesis with Esau and Jacob, the patriarchs of both nations. God informed Rebekah of the contention in which these two would constantly be (Gen. 25:22-23). Edom rose to the status of an organized kingdom, and when Israel attempted to pass through his land, she was refused (Gen. 36:31; Num. 20:14-21). Once Israel achieved a more prominent status than Edom, she subjugated him, though he later achieved independence once more during the reign of the weak king Jehoram (2 Sam. 8:14; 2 Chr. 21:8-10).
We might say that when Greece was conquered by Rome, it was Greece who civilized Rome (Morey, 1901). The Rome's conquest exemplifies how Athens of Greece was determined to the expansion of territory prominently influenced Rome, the conquest tycoon of foreign territories. The military might of Rome was illuminated similarly to Sparta’s indigenous of war battles. In Etruscans, the architectural designs of building arches influenced the structures of Roman prominent buildings existed today. Finally, Rome influenced were seen in Rome’s new ideas of religion and philosophy, literature, and art, which were adopted from Greeks of Athens.