Vahe H Apelian
I came across the attached in the internet. I took upon myself to check the passage of the bible that is listed supporting the mention of that country in the bible. t is up to the reader to draw conclusion whether the listed biblical passage pertains and refers to the country mentioned as some of the countries mentioned did not exist in the first centuries. Vahe H Apelian
Armenia (Genesis 8:4)
“Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.”
Bahrain (Galatians 4:25)
““For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.”
Bosnia and Hercegovina. (2 Timothy 4:10)
“For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.”
Bulgaria (Colossians 3:11)
“Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.”
Cyprus (Acts 15:39)
“And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;”
Djibouti (2 Chronicles 9:11)
“And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.”
Egypt (Exodus 4:19)
“And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.”
Eritrea (2 Chronicles 9:1)
““And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.”
Ethiopia (2 Chronicles 9:1)
““And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.”
France (1 Maccabee 8:2)
“He was also told of their battles and the brave deeds that they performed against the Gauls, conquering them and forcing them to pay tribute".
Greece (Acts 20:21)
“Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.”
India (Esther 1:1)
“Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)”
Iran (Daniel 8::20)
“The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.”
Iraq (Jeremiah 25:11-12)
“And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.”
And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.”
Israel (Numbers 34: 1-15)
“Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)” (Numbers 34: 2)
Italy (Acts 18:2)
“And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.”
Jordan (Deuteronomy 23:3)
“An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever:”
Note: “The Jordan is mentioned in the Old Testament about one hundred and eighty times, and in the New Testament fifteen times. The chief events in gospel history connected with it are (1) John the Baptist's ministry, when "there went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and were baptized of him in Jordan" ( Matthew 3:6 ).”
Kuwait (Galatians 4:25)
“For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.”
Lebanon (II Chronicles 2:8)
“Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,”
TO BE CONTINUEE
No comments:
Post a Comment