LTRBE Seminar | Section 13A: Terminology (Part 2)
Section 13A: Bible Terminology (Part 2)
CIRCUMCISION
Cutting off the fold of skin (foreskin) of all Jewish males.
"And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you." (Genesis 17:11)
SCRIBE
A clerk, especially a public servant, secretary, recorder, whose office and influence differed in different time periods. A religious teacher.
"Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words." (Jeremiah 36:32)
PRIEST
Male descendant of Aaron of the tribe of Levi, who performed the necessary duties within the tabernacle as laid out in the Levitical Law. In a wider sense, a priest is one who performs the role of a teacher, judge and mediator.
"But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD." (Leviticus 1:9)
SACRIFICE
To slaughter, kill; metaphorically anything offered to God
"I beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service." (Romans 12:1)
TABERNACLE
Dwelling place, tent, portable temple of worship
"Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them." (Exodus 26:1)
"And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God." (Revelation 21:3)
TEMPLE
Sanctuary, place of worship
"So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD." (I Samuel 1:9)
SIN
To miss the mark. Disobedience of God's commandments
"Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth the law: for sin is the transgression of the law." (1 John 3:4)
APOSTLE
Messenger, one sent
"Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the Truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity." (1 Timothy 2:7)
DISCIPLE
A learner, pupil, student
"The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master." (Luke 6:40)
REPENT
To be sorry, to turn away from (sin)
"therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin." (Ezekiel 18:30)
RIGHTEOUSNESS
To be spiritually correct, faultless, without blame
"Awake to righteousness and sin not" (1 Cor. 15:34)
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