Yesterday was Pentecost. Because of its importance, I want to add one more post. We’ve already looked at how it most likely took place at the temple and how Luke tied it into the giving of the Torah. But, both of these are Jewish connections. Is there any special significance for those of us Gentiles (non-Jews)? Reversing Babel In Genesis 11, we read how people try to build a tower to the heavens: The people rebel against God. Each person seeks his own way to the heavens as they desire to make a name for themselves. God comes down in […]
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Habakkuk: Who were the Chaldeans?
For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, who march through the breadth of the earth, to seize dwellings not their own. Habakkuk 1:6 God told Habakkuk something unbelievable was going to happen. He was going to answer the prophet’s petitions by dealing with the evils in Israel. They were going to be conquered by foreign invaders: the Chaldeans! Introducing the Chaldeans Who were the Chaldeans (Hebrew Chasdim; also translated “Babylonians” from their capital city of Babylon)? They are first mentioned outside the Bible in Assyrian sources around 878 BC living by the Persian Gulf […]