Religious Customs
RELIGIOUS. James 1:26-27, threeskos, threeskeia; distinct from
eulabees ("reverent"; from the Old Testament standpoint;
"cautious fear toward God"), "devout" (Luke 2:25); theosebees,
"godly"; eusebees, "pious." "If any man seem a diligent
observer of the offices of religion (threeskos) ... pure and
undefiled religion (not the sum total or inne...
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FALSE
De 32:31-33
See IDOLATRY
See INTOLERANCE
See TEACHERS, FALSE
-FAMILY
See FAMILY
-NATIONAL
Supported by taxes
Ex 30:11-16; 38:26
Priests supported by the State
1Ki 18:19; 2Ch 11:13-15
Subverted by Jeroboam
1Ki 12:26-33; 2Ch 11:13-15
Established by Jeroboam
1Ki 12:26-33
-NATURAL
Job 12:7-16; 35:10-12; 37:1-24; Ps 8:1-9; 19:1-6;...
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re-lij'-un: "Religion" and "religious" in Elizabethan English
were used frequently to denote the outward expression of
worship. This is the force of threskeia, translated "religion"
in Acts 26:5; Jas 1:26,27 (with adjective threskos,
"religious"), while the same noun in Col 2:18 is rendered
"worshipping" ("cult" would give the exact meaning). ...
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JEWISH RITES AND OFFERINGS AT BIRTH OF A CHILD
Jewish boys were circumcised eight days after birth. The one who Circumcised the child spoke the following words: "Blessed be the LORD our GOD, who has sanctified us by His precepts, and given us circumcision." Then the father of the boy would go on with these words: "Who has sanctified us by His prec...
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After childbirth, the Jewish mother passed through a period of purification of seven days for a boy and fourteen days for a girl, and then she still remained at home thirty-three days for a boy, and sixty-six days for a girl. Then she was to go up to the Temple to make her childbirth offerings. If she was rich she would bring a lamb to be offered, ...
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THE FATHER AS PRIEST IN PATRIARCHAL TIMES
IN THE DAYS of the early patriarchs, the father was the priest for the whole family, and this honor and responsibility of exercising the priesthood usually was bestowed upon the first-born son upon the death of the father. This practice continued until the law of Moses transferred this right to the tribe o...
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The altar. The religion in the homes of those early days largely centered about an altar upon which animal sacrifices were offered up to GOD. Thus when Abraham came into the land and had pitched his tent in the vicinity of Bethel, the Scriptural record says of him, "And there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord" ...
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The teraphim. In the land of Babylonia, from which Abraham had originally come, there was family worship of household gods, and the home had its altar along with clay figurines of these gods, which were called "teraphim." These family gods served as guardian angels of the home. At the death of a father, these household gods, or teraphim, would ofte...
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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION UNDER THE LAW
The law of Moses was very definite in its requirement that parents must train their children in the knowledge of GOD and His laws. Concerning these divine precepts it said:
"Teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons" (Deuteronomy 4:9). Concerning the carrying out of this commandment, one writer has said: "Religious...
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FAMILY PILGRIMAGES TO THE SANCTUARY
A very important part of Hebrew family life was the pilgrimage made to the place of the sanctuary. "Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel" (Exodus 34:23). The whole family could go, but the male members were required to go on this pilgrimage. The feasts of t...
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