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Symbolism of Numbers in the Bible for Beginners

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Symbolism of Numbers in the Bible for Beginners Photo by Nick Hillier on Unsplash Whenever I open the bible and read for meditation i always realize from Genisis to Revolation there is always something going on more than a words which can"t see but just feels it, Do you feels in that same way? Like when you hear the same number pop up again and again in different stories… and you wonder, “Why this number? Why here? Why now?” I used to shrug it off. Maybe coincidence. Maybe just how the stories were told. But the deeper I read and study with carefully, imperfectly and sometimes confused, sometimes amazed but the more I realized the Bible uses numbers kind of like it uses poetry or parables. They aren’t always not willing to change symbolism, but often they color the meaning, shape the mood, hint at something deeper beneath the narrative. You think you are a beginnires and overwhelm with lot's of curiosity to understand (trust me, I can feel somehow), this little curious wa...

Hidden Meanings in Lesser-Known Bible Verses

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Hidden Meanings in Lesser-Known Bible Verses A slow walk through forgotten lines, ancient words, and the soft whisper beneath them. Photo by Ashin K Suresh on Unsplash Sometimes the well-worn verses are like busy streets—everyone rushed over them so many times the stones feel polished smooth. But the quiet corners of Scripture? The little verses stuck between big dramatic moments? Those… those feel like forgotten gardens. If you lean in close, sometimes you smell something—like old cedar wood, or olive leaves crushed in a hand. Something alive. This ain’t a polished commentary. It’s more like me talking to you across a wooden table with a cracked mug between us, sharing whatever I’ve found, whatever found me . The Small Places in Scripture Feel the Most Alive Some verses feel like wide roads—easy. Others feel like alleyways so thin you turn sideways to pass through. And it’s in those cramped verses where I feel the breath of the text brushing against me. Like when I look at Hebrew ...

1 Peter Chapter 4 — A Slow Walk Through Fire, Hope, and Strange Glory

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1 Peter Chapter 4 — A Slow Walk Through Fire, Hope, and Strange Glory Photo by  iam_os  on  Unsplash Here we will be studying a litle bit understanding of  1 Peter 4 , I feel like the pages smell like smoke. Not the smoke of a burnt house or some destruction, but… you know, that strange warm scent from a wood-fire oven, where the logs crackle and whisper? A sense of something refining. Something painful but glorious. Something that leaves a lingering  and smell on your clothes, and maybe even on your soul. This chapter is kinda like stepping close to a holy fire that God allows, not to destroy but to purify. A fire that stings yet blesses. A fire that wakes you up. And Peter, ah Peter, old fisherman with sea-salt in his beard and memories of denying Jesus still haunting sometimes… he writes like a man who has learned to face flames and walk through them with hope. So yeah, let’s wander through the chapter. Verse 1 — “Arm yourselves…” Greek: hoplisasthe (ὁ...

1 Peter Chapter 3 – A Detailed, Study Bible Commentary

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1 Peter Chapter 3 – A Detailed, Study Bible Commentary Photo by  iam_os  on  Unsplash When i open the bible to read 1 Peter chapter 3, I feel this very strange mixed of calm heaviness like whenever you smell old paper opening the Bible that’s been read too many times and you can almost taste the dust on the page. It’s one of those chapters that feels quiet gentle and sharp at the same time. Soft like wool on the skin, but with a little thorn hiding in it. And honestly, that’s fitting, because Peter wrote to people walking through fire yet told them to answer with peace. Kinda wild. Let's also connect with Hebrew and Greek words to get better understanding of the text in deeper way, sometime they play like a role of our lungs exhale and inhale the fresh air under a tree in a hot summer with full satisfying mode.  “Wives, likewise, be subject to your own husbands...” Greek key word: hypotassō (ὑποτάσσω) — “to arrange under, to willingly place oneself beneath.” ...