"4 The identity of the two witnesses needs to be viewed from a literal view to understand what they represent. ... This passage is symbolic to represent the two witnesses similar to Moses and Elijah. ... Even though the witnesses are not literally Moses and Elijah the witnesses will be figures represented "like Moses" and "like Elijah.... Throughout Scripture the number two has played a key role in representing important factors. ... Finally, the dual nature of the witnesses provides a literary contrast with the two evil leaders in Revelation 13:11-12, one of whom also pr...

• Word Count: 2735
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"4 The identity of the two witnesses needs to be viewed from a literal view to understand what they represent. ... This passage is symbolic to represent the two witnesses similar to Moses and Elijah. ... Even though the witnesses are not literally Moses and Elijah the witnesses will be figures represented "like Moses" and "like Elijah.... Throughout Scripture the number two has played a key role in representing important factors. ... Finally, the dual nature of the witnesses provides a literary contrast with the two evil leaders in Revelation 13:11-12, one of whom also pr...

• Word Count: 2735
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

As with most institutions, a leader is necessary within the religious belief system to represent and spread the spoken Word of God, as well as to ensure that these doctrines continue to be fulfilled by its followers. ... With these sacrifices, God promised to "Never again damn the earth because of mankind, for the human heart is bent to evil from the start.... God then asked Noah to build the Ark by stating, " build the Ark under our eye and after our revelation: and plead not with me for the evil doers, for they are to be drowned....

• Word Count: 2532
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Two altars, one smaller than the other, have been found at archaeological sites in the Near East, and some scholars believe these represent Yahweh and his consort, Asherah. ... Then Deborah and Barak composed a song about the battle that was sung around Jewish circles for a millennia.Jezebel, one of the evil women of the Bible, and today her name is synonymous with evil, was actually a Phoenician princess from Sidon. ... Jezebel represented a woman with political and religious power not a seductress. ...

• Word Count: 2927
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

This passage notes that "The Lord planted a garden in the east, toward Eden" (Gen. 2:8) and "Out of the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Gen. 2:9)." God placed man in the garden with the command to tend and cultivate the garden with the admonition not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. ... The tree of life stands next to the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the center or midst of the garden. ... Both the tower...

• Word Count: 4115
• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In 1982, when Texas reinstated the death penalty, Harris County executed more murderers than any other city or state in the union and saw the greatest reduction in murder from 701 in 1981 down to 261 in 1996, a 63 percent reduction that represents a 270 percent differential (Sharp, 1997). ... So you shall purge the evil from Israel. ... The verse reads, "Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil." ...

• Word Count: 3361
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After the waters receded, Noah built an altar to offer a sacrifice to God, while He made a covenant with His faithful servant, "Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood.. ... According to Motyer, "The Tabernacle represents the completion and climax of God's redemption of His people. ...

• Word Count: 2876
• Approx Pages: 12