Topic: Other Old Testament figures

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Did not the queen of Sheba come to Solomon to test him—test him to find out for herself if the—if the name of the Lord was truly Solomon or not? (I don’t believe I get that. Just wait.) Did not the queen of Sheba come to Solomon to test him to find out for herself if the name of the Lord was truly Solomon or not? (I—I don’t maybe understand this one. Just…Excuse me just a minute. Let me read it again.) Did not the queen of Sheba come to Solomon to test him to find out for herself if the name of the Lord was truly Solomon or not?

Answer

No! She never tested to find out if—if God’s name was Solomon. Solomon was a king. She come, and she said, she—she said, “Truly God is with His king and with His people.” See? She come and was tested…She tested Solomon about his gift, because she had things in her heart that Solomon revealed to her,...

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What happened to Miriam after she and Aaron spoke against Moses?

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Now, we want to turn our attentions just a moment to the attitude of Miriam and Aaron. They thought that Moses had done wrong. They wanted to correct him. God was speaking to them, truly, but He said, “If there be one among you who’s a prophet, I’ll visit him in miracles or visions, and appear to hi...

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How could the witch of Endor call up Samuel, and can someone who has died in Christ be called back now?

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Now this…Brother, I tell you; sometimes we need to be skinned down and rubbed a little bit to see where we’re standing. Don’t you think so? Make right, right. Any person…If those saints…Now, I’m not condemning Catholic saints. But look. The reason that the witch of Endor could call the spirit of Sam...

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Who founded Babylon and what does the name mean?

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Back in Genesis we realize that different things happened back there. Look here. For instance Babylon appeared first in Genesis. Now, we have to watch Babylon. It appears over here in the Bible again about the middle of the Old Testament, and then comes all over into Revelation for the last days, Ba...

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What did the lepers at the gate decide to do when they said, Why sit we here until we die?

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Look, there was some lepers laid at the gate. They said, “Why set we here till we die?” If they set there, they died; if they went in the city, they died. And they only had one chance, that was go down to the enemy’s camp. And said, “If they’ll save us, we live; but if they kill us, we die.”

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Why did Aaron wear bells on the hem of his garment when he went into the holiest of holies?

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Aaron when he went into the holiest of holies once a year, he had to wear a certain kind of a garment, and he had to be anointed, and he had to take blood with him. Is that right? And on the hem of his garment he had a pomegranate and a bell—a pomegranate and a bell; and as he walked he had to make...

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What reasoning led the lepers to go down to the camp of the Syrians?

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And these lepers says…Well, the Syrians had them besieged and they was starving them to death. Now, they said, “Why set we here until we die? Now, we got to do something. Now, let’s see, there’s only two roads.” One of them led in the city. They had three things they could do. They could go into the...

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Could what the witch of En-dor did in calling up Samuel be done today?

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Now, this witch of En-dor, she called up the spirit of Samuel. And Saul talked to Samuel. Now, you might wonder how that could be done. It cannot be done today. No, sir. Because, the blood of bulls and goats was only a waiting for the time of fulfillment. When a man died in them days…Preachers, back...

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Why did Aaron's priestly garment have bells and pomegranates on its hem?

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Why, when Aaron, the great priest, when he went into the Holiest of holies, packing the blood, they had to dress him a certain way, and he had to walk a certain way. He had to be a witness for God. And he took the blood and he went forward. And on the hems of his garments, at the bottom, was a bell...

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What happened to the prophet in 1 Kings 13 who obeyed another prophet instead of God?

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You remember one time where there was a—a prophet in the land, and another one went down and prophesied, and God told him what to do. And He said, “Don’t eat or drink, nor it…” First Kings 13. And this prophet sent and told him, “The Lord said to come back here.” And he minded the prophet in the ste...

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Who was the first woman to use makeup, and what happened to her?

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But there King Ahab had went down and married this little queen, or little princess, and she was a idolater. He married out of the—out of the covenant. And when he did it, brought trouble into Israel. And she torn down. Boy, she was a spitfire, my, if there ever was one. Maybe a beautiful girl, beau...

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Why did a Pharaoh rise up who did not know Joseph?

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Now, notice. When the time came for Noah to go into the ark, the doors closed; but they would not close until that time came. It came time, one time, for the children of Israel to be delivered from—from the Egyptian bondage. And when the time of the promise drew nigh, there raised up a Pharaoh who d...

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What does the account of Jannes and Jambres withstanding Moses show about true and false signs?

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Moses, upon his signs…He went and performed them one time before Israel, and they went a forty year journey following him. Is that right? Yes, sir. Performed it one time…Healed his hand of leprosy, made stick—cane he had, walking stick become a serpent, and back to a stick. They believed. And when t...