This week marks the halfway point through the alphabet. After this post, I’ll give you a week off Jesus Slang so you can consolidate your vocabulary learning. K: Kingdom Christianity is not a democracy. It’s a monarchy with a King, namely God. So if you flick open The Bible, you’ll read phrases like Kingdom of …
Welcome back for round four. This week's post has a very Old Testament flavour to it. I: Israel In The Bible the Jews are also called Israel. This is because of a guy called Jacob. Jacob was the father of Joseph (the Andrew Lloyd Webber one) …and eleven other sons too. Jacob was also the …
Across the last two weeks we’ve covered the A to E of Jesus slang, which I feel was a bit of a tourist’s guide to symbolism across the ancient world. This week’s post has a different focus. F: Fruit On top of the geographical, the Bible has a fair amount of agrarian symbolism, some of …
After covering boats, boxes and Babylon last week, our geographical location shifts this week at first. C: Canaan Canaan is the complete opposite of Babylon. Canaan is where the Jews got kicked out of because they didn’t pay attention to God’s warning about bad stuff happening. The Jews weren’t always in Canaan though. After leaving …