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Codex Gigas. The Codex Gigas ("Giant Book"; Czech: Obří kniha) is the largest extant medieval illuminated manuscript in the world, at a length of 92 cm (36 in). [1] It is a Romanesque Latin Bible, with other texts, some secular, added in the second half of the book. Very large illuminated bibles were typical of Romanesque monastic book ...
11 hours ago · Jacob was the son of Matthan [13] and the father of St. Joseph in the Genealogy of Jesus according to St. Matthew.According to Sextus Julius Africanus, Heli and Jacob were step-brothers, and Heli died without having children, and his widow married his brother Jacob and bore him a child according to the law of Levirate Marriage his brother was legally the father of St. Joseph as well. [14]
Revelation 9:10-17:2. New International Version. 10 They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. 11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer). 12 The first woe is past; two other woes are ...
Luke 9-12. King James Version. 9 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. 2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. 3 And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither ...
- A Spiritual Rebel in The Garden
- Who Is The Snake?
- The Satan
- Demons
- Jesus Overcomes Evil and Death Itself
- Credits
Jon: So we’ve been learning about spiritual beings in the Bible, and I still have a lot of questions about the bad ones. Tim: Well, great! Let’s talk about the Satan and demons in the story of the Bible. So let’s start in the beginning. In Genesis 1closeGenesis 1Loading...Keep Reading , God creates a beautiful, ordered reality out of darkness and d...
Jon: Okay, but wait. We’re getting all this from a slithering snake? Tim: Well, there are clues in the story that it’s more than just a snake. Remember, Eden is a high place where the Earth and its creatures overlap with Heaven and its creatures. Jon: So the snake could be a spiritual being? Tim: Well, Genesis 3closeGenesis 3Loading...Keep Reading ...
Tim: Well, the biblical authors offer subtle clues where this being is at work behind the scenes, animating division and hatred between humans. They also use a variety of images to describe this being. It’s a snake, or a sea dragon, or a dark desert creature, or the king of death and the grave. He’s also given many titles like, “tempter,” or “the e...
Jon: That’s intense. Now what about the other spiritual rebels in the Bible called demons. What are they all about? Tim: Okay. So remember the concept of God’s heavenly staff team, the divine council, or the sons of God? In the Hebrew Scriptures, we’re told that some of these rebelled too. Jon: When did that happen? Tim: Multiple times actually. Af...
Tim: Yes, but in the Bible, they also work on the personal level, animating and exploiting humanity’s greed and selfishness, as well as the weakness of our mortal bodies. In the Bible, spiritual evil is at work in anything that drags God’s good creation back into chaos, darkness, and death. Jon: So this is why when Jesus arrives on the scene, he sa...
Jon: You just watched a video in our Spiritual Beings series. This one was on the Satan and demons. Tim: Next up is our last episode about how Jesus opens the way for a new humanity to rule with God over Heaven and Earth.
Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Boy - When they returned to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd surrounding them, and some teachers of religious law were arguing with them. When the crowd saw Jesus, they were overwhelmed with awe, and they ran to greet him. “What is all this arguing about?” Jesus asked. One of the men in the crowd spoke up and said, “Teacher, I brought my son so ...
Mar 16, 2024 · The History Of The Giant Manuscript. According to the National Library of Sweden, the Codex Gigas was likely written between 1204 and 1230 C.E. The first owner on record was the Podlažice Monastery in Bohemia, but it’s unknown if that’s where the manuscript was originally created. Around 1295, as detailed in a note in the front of the ...
