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Christian Bible. ). Generally, Christians believe that the promised New Covenant was instituted at the Last Supper as part of the Eucharist, [1] [2] which, in the Gospel of John, includes the New Commandment. Based on the biblical passage which reads that, "For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
The Jubilee ( Hebrew: יובל yōḇel; Yiddish: yoyvl) is the year that follows the passage of seven “weeks of years” (seven cycles of sabbatical years, or 49 total years). This fiftieth year [1] deals largely with land, property, and property rights. According to regulations found in the Book of Leviticus, certain indentured servants ...
v. t. e. In Christian eschatology, the Great Tribulation ( Ancient Greek: θλῖψις μεγάλη, romanized : thlîpsis megálē) is a period mentioned by Jesus in the Olivet Discourse as a sign that would occur in the time of the end. [1] At Revelation 7 :14, [2] "the Great Tribulation" ( Ancient Greek: τῆς θλῑ́ψεως τῆς ...
Judaism. In the Hebrew Bible, God established the Mosaic covenant with the Israelites after he saved them from slavery in Egypt in the book of Exodus. Moses led the Israelites to the promised land known as Canaan after which Joshua led them to its possession. The Mosaic covenant played a role in defining the Kingdom of Israel .
The Hebrew Bible makes reference to a number of covenants (Hebrew: בְּרִיתוֹת) with God ().These include the Noahic Covenant set out in Genesis 9, which is decreed between God and all living creatures, as well as a number of more specific covenants with Abraham, the whole Israelite people, the Israelite priesthood, and the Davidic lineage of kings.
Covenant of the pieces. According to the Hebrew Bible, the covenant of the pieces or covenant between the parts ( Hebrew: ברית בין הבתרים, romanized : Brit Bein HaBetarim) is an important event in Jewish theology. [1] In this central narrative God revealed himself to Abraham and made a covenant with him (in the site known nowadays ...
Terminology. The Law of Moses or Torah of Moses (Hebrew: תֹּורַת מֹשֶׁה , Torat Moshe, Septuagint Ancient Greek: νόμος Μωυσῆ, nómos Mōusē, or in some translations the "Teachings of Moses") is a biblical term first found in the Book of Joshua 8:31–32, where Joshua writes the Hebrew words of "Torat Moshe תֹּורַת מֹשֶׁה " on an altar of stones at ...
Zedekiah. Zedekiah [a] ( / zɛdɪˈkaɪə /) was the twentieth and final King of Judah before the conquest of the kingdom by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon. His birth name was Mattaniah/Mattanyahu ( Hebrew: מַתַּנְיָהוּ, Mattanyāhū, "Gift of God "; Greek: Μαθθανίας; Latin: Matthanias ). After the siege of Jerusalem in 597 ...