Spiritual Gems
Though not a gem, this common material is most notably used for building; its uses also include passing down judgements (white pronouncing innocence, black pronouncing condemnation), storage vessels, and even record keeping, among other things.
What is stone/rock?
DAILY DOUBLE
Who is Naomi/Ma'ra?
A faithful man from a young age, he chose to leave his home and serve as possibly the youngest member of Paul's missionary tours, despite his unbelieving Greek father.
Who is Timothy?
The tabernacle and the temple were both referred to as this, emphasizing their holiness and main purpose. We still use this phrase today to refer to Bethel; in fact, it is what the word 'Bethel' means.
What is "the house of God"?
On Mount Moriah in modern-day Jerusalem, a visitor can see the glittering gold Muslim shrine known as the "Dome of the Rock" sitting atop the site of this holy place in ancient in ancient Israel.
What is the Temple?
A transluscent yellow-green volcanic rock, this stone was used by Exekiel to describe the wheels in two different visions to descrube the glowing radiuance of their appearance.
What is chrysolite?
Due to the difficult delivery, this man was named Ben-o-ni - meaning "son of my mourning" - but his father called him this, meaning "son of my right hand."
Who is Benjamin?
This child, named by his adoptive mother even while his actual mother was still alive, had a name that meant "Drawn Out" because of the way his adoptive mother found him.
Who is Moses?
The temple, funded by King David and built by Kind Solomon, cost about $48,337,047,000 at current values; one of the big costs was timber from this land, imported by King Hiram in exchange for wheat, barley, oil, and wine.
What is Lebanon?
This winding river stretches between two key places within the promised land: the Sea of Galilee, and the Salt Sea, or Dead Sea; the river created fertile land, provided a natural barrier from enemies, and served as the location of many important events, including Jesus' baptism.
What is the Jordan River?
The first reference to "precious stones" in the Bible is at Genesis 2:11, 12, where the land of Havilah is described as containing "gold... bdellium gum, and" this hard variety of agate with white and colored layers.
What is onyx?
This was Joshua's given name; Moses gave him the name Joshua some time before Moses appointed him as one of the twelve sent to spy out the land of Canaan.
Who is Hoshea?
This young shepherd boy, the youngest among his seven brothers, was viewed as too young to be the appointed king of Israel, but to Jehovah was "a man agreeable to [his] heart."
Who is David?
One of the Hebrew words rendered "Tabernacle" means this place where people can gather; the temple acutally had one of them within it.
What is a sanctuary?
This mountain in ancient Israel was strategically located, dominating major trade and military routes, and thus became the site of several decisive historical battles and a focus of international interest in Bible times; those characteristics made it a perfect figurative place for God's final war of Armegeddon.
What is the Mountain of Megiddo?
In our modern world, this opaque variety of quartz is relatively inexpensive and most are not gemstone-quality; however, in Bible times, it was "a most precious stone," and the Greek word may have actually referred to the diamond.
What is jasper?
In the book of Job, the creature "Leviathan" most likely refers to the crocodile, but at Psalm 104:26, it refers to this massive sea creature.
What is a whale?
King at just eight years old, during his reign he repaired the temple, cleansed the land of his father's idolatry, and reinstated the Mosaic Law in the land.
Who is Josiah?
Although the tabernacle only had this happen to it once, it had to be done to the temple in Jerusalem three different times, under the reigns of King Solomon of the Israelites, King Cyrus of the Persians, and King Herod of Judea.
What is be contructed/built?
Jesus preached in Galilee, Samaria, and Judea, Galilee being the farthest north and Judea the furthest south of the three; this small region was located just below Judea, next to the Dead Sea.
What is Idumea?
This stone, the first stone in the third row of the high priest's "breastpiece of judgement," has been suggested to be amber, hyacinth, opal, and tourmaline, but it remains in the New World Translation as the original Hebrew word for the stone.
What is leshem stone?
This Christian displayed such an outstanding ability to encourage and comfort others that the apostles called him Barnabas - meaning "Son of Comfort" - and the name fit him so well that the Bible never again refers to him by his given name.
Who is Joseph?
This man, the first of his mother's two children, was only 17 when he was forces to leave his family; Jehovah blessed his efforts to stay faithful by using him to keep his family alive and preserve the line that would lead to the Messiah.
Who is Joseph?
To build the temple, King Solomon brought in an expert in many materials, including gold; On the other hand, Moses assigned Bezalel and this man to craft gold and other materials into tabernacle items, and Jehovah's spirit gave them the ability to accomplish this assignment without any experience doing such work.
Who is Oholiab?
This region, northwest of Galilee, was known for being a land of sailors and fishermen and included key trading cities such as Tyre and Sidon; they were sinful cities, yet Jesus said that they would be more likely to accept him ad the Messiah than cities of Judah that he actually went to.
What is Phoenicia?