Expressions
“My soul magnifies Jehovah, and my spirit cannot keep from being overjoyed at God my Savior, because he has looked upon the low position of his slave girl....”
MARY
Without this, it is impossible to please God well (Heb 11:6)
FAITH
“‘For I well know the thoughts that I am thinking toward you,’ declares Jehovah, ‘thoughts of peace, and not of calamity, to give you a future and a HOPE.”
JEREMIAH 29:11
Goliath emerged from their camp
PHILISTINES
Following the Flood, Noah’s ark settled on these mountains.
MOUNT ARARAT
“....But as for me and my household, we will serve Jehovah.””
JOSHUA
Hearing our children go on walking in the truth, brings this superior feeling (3 Jo 4)
JOY
“And I have HOPE toward God, which hope these men also look forward to, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.”
ACTS 24:15
The Israelites were commanded not to detest them for they are their brothers. However, this nation as a whole followed a course of opposition to Israel.
EDOMITES
It became a holy mountain when David brought the sacred Ark to the tent that he had pitched there, and remained as God’s holy mountain with the inclusion of the temple site.
MOUNT ZION
“Alas, O Sovereign Lord Jehovah! I do not know how to speak, for I am just a boy.”
JEREMIAH
We preach the word in favorable times and difficult times, always with this quality and art of teaching. (2 Tim 4:2)
PATIENCE
“Rejoice in the HOPE. Endure under tribulation. Persevere in prayer.”
ROMANS 12:12
They proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them to avoid being overthrown by Jehovah
NINEVITES
Moses caught sight of the golden calf and the festivities and immediately threw down the two stone tablets, shattering them at the foot of this mountain.
MOUNT SINAI
“What is your petition? It will be granted you! And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it will be done!”
KING AHASUERUS
Sin should not master over us, we are not under the law but under this undeserved quality that was shown to us by God (Ro 6:14)
KINDNESS
“For all the things that were written beforehand were written for our instruction, so that through our endurance and through the comfort from the Scriptures we might have HOPE.”
ROMANS 15:4
With few exceptions, such as Ruth and King David’s mighty man Ithmah, these people manifested great enmity toward Israel
MOABITES
It was here that Elijah had King Ahab assemble the people to witness the test between Baal, represented by the 450 prophets of Baal, and the true God Jehovah, represented by Elijah.
MOUNT CARMEL
“See, the Lamb of God!”
JOHN THE BAPTIZER
Those who have spiritual qualifications need to try to readjust a man taking a false step in this spirit (Gal 6:1)
MILDNESS
“But sanctify the Christ as Lord in your hearts, always ready to make a defense before everyone who demands of you a reason for the HOPE you have, but doing so with a mild temper and deep respect.”
1PETER 3:15
They were “the first one of the nations” to launch an unprovoked attack on the Israelites after the Exodus, at Rephidim near Mount Sinai. As a consequence, Jehovah decreed their ultimate extinction.
AMALEKITES
This mountain became the northern limit of the Promised Land, and may have been the scene for the transfiguration of Jesus Christ.
MOUNT HERMON