Bible Cities
Three times, the record of Jonah quotes Jehovah as referring to this great city.
Nineveh
Well known as a worthless and senseless man
Nabal
A prostitute of Jericho who became a worshiper of Jehovah.
When Jericho’s wall fell down, her house, “on a side of the wall,” was not destroyed.
Rahab
And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”
Rev 21:4
Armageddon draws ever near, so until that great day is here....
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David’s city
Bethlehem
His record was one of the worst regarding true worship. Allowed Baal worship to infect Israel on an unprecedented scale due to his marriage to Jezebel.
King Ahab
The apostle Paul was inspired to say this about Abel: “Through it he, although he died, yet speaks.”
Jesus later associated him with “the founding of the world.”
Abel
And this good news of the Kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come
Mat 24:14
In these days...dark and lawless days
Shines a light we can see...
Light in a Darkened World
One of the first cities to be built after the Flood. Here God “confused the language of all the earth.”
Babel
Demonstrated disloyalty to Jehovah by rebelling against his arrangement. Jehovah destroyed the rebels along with anyone who supported them. (Nu 16:26, 27, 31-33)
Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
He received a communication from Jehovah God!
“Go out from your land and from your relatives and come on into the land I shall show you.”
Abram and Sarai
Also, he took a loaf, gave thanks, broke it, and gave it to them, saying: “This means my body, which is to be given in your behalf. Keep doing this in remembrance of me.”
Luke 22:19
This is a song, a happy song of vict’ry;
It magnifies the One who is supreme.
The words give hope and prompt all to be loyal.
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Only Lot and his daughters survived.
Sodom and Gamora
Son of Isaac and Rebekah who sold his birth rite for a bowl of stew.
Esau
Attached herself to her mother-in-law.
Ruth
He will render judgment among the nations. And set matters straight respecting many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares. And their spears into pruning shears. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, nor will they learn war anymore.
Isa 2:4
The living God, Jehovah, you have proved to be;
Your mighty works abound in earth and sky and sea.
No rival god can equal what you have done—there is none.
Our foes will be consumed.
Jehovah Provides Escape
City where Jesus chose his 12 apostles.
Capernaum, a city of Galilee
She was paid thousands of silver pieces if you find out why Samson was so strong.
Delilah
She was born an orphan, raised by her uncle, and stood up for her people.
Esther
But his delight is in the law of Jehovah, And he reads His law in an undertone day and night.
Ps 1:2
So, what are we to do with a gift so rare
But to love the One who gave it and show him we care.
No matter what we do, We never can earn it.
This gift is still a gift...
The Miracle of Life