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APOCALYPSE, uncovering, revelation, transliterated  name for the Book of Revelation

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APOCRYPHA, hidden, name given for the uninspired books bound with the Old Testament in some translations.

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APOSTASY, what happens after people or churches follow false teachers
- -  Described: ...  De 13:13; Heb 3:12
- -  Caused by persecution: ...  Mt 24:9,10; Lu 8:13
- -  Caused by worldliness: ...  2Ti 4:10
- -  Guilt and punishment of: ...  Zep 1:4-6; Heb 10:25-31,39; 2Pe 2:17,20-22
- -  Cautions against: ...  Heb 3:12; 2Pe 3:17
- -  Shall abound in the latter days: ...  Mt 24:12; 2Th 2:3; 1Ti 4:1-3
- -  UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO: ...  De 32:15; 1Ch 28:9; Isa 1:28; 65:11-16; Jer 17:5,6; Ezek 3:20; 18:24,26; 33:12,13,18; Mt 13:20,21; 24:10,12; Mr 4:5-17; Lu 8:13; 11:24-26; John 15:6; Ac 7:39-43; 1Co 9:27;  2Ti 3:1-9; 4:3,4; Heb 6:4-8; 10:26-29; 2Pe 2:1,15,17,20-22; 3:17; Jude 1:4-6

- -  INSTANCES OF
......  Israelites: ...  Ex 32; Nu 14
......  Saul: ...  1Sa 15:26-29; 18:12; 28:15,18
......  Amaziah: ...  2Ch 25:14,27
......  Disciples: ...  John 6:66
......  Judas: ...  Mt 26:14-16; 27:3-5; Mr 14:10,11; Lu 22:3-6,47,48; Ac 1:16-18
......  Hymenaeus and Alexander: ...  1Ti 1:19,20
......  Phygellus and Hermogenes: ...  2Ti 1:15

PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH
- -  Described: ...  De 13:13; Heb 3:12
- -  Persecution tends to make: ...  Mt 24:9,10; Lu 8:13
- -  A worldly spirit tends to make: ...  2Ti 4:10
- -  Never belonged to Christ: ...  1Jo 2:19
- -  Saints do not become: ...  Ps 44:18,19; Heb 6:9; 10:39
- -  It is impossible to restore: ...  Heb 6:4-6
- -  Guilt and punishment of: ...  Zep 1:4-6; Heb 10:25-31,39; 2Pe 2:17,20-22
- -  Cautions against becoming: ...  Heb 3:12; 2Pe 3:17
- -  Shall abound in the latter days: ...  Mt 24:12; 2Th 2:3; 1Ti 4:1-3

- -  PEOPLE EXEMPLIFIED
......  Amaziah: ....   2Ch 25:14,27
......  Professed disciples: ....   John 6:66
......  Hymenaeus and Alexander: ....   1Ti 1:19,20
 

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APOSTLE(S),  one who has been sent (A transliterated Greek word) either by God or Jesus or by a someone one else

- -  CALLED BY
......  God: ....   1Co 1:1; 12:28; Ga 1:1,15,16
......  Christ: ....   Mt 10:1; Mr 3:13; Ac 20:24; Ro 1:5
......  The Holy Spirit: ....   Ac 20:24; Ro 1:5
- -  Appellation of Jesus: ...  Heb 3:1
- -  Authority of......  See COMMISSION OF, above and: ...  Mt 16:19; 18:18; 19:28
- -  Christ pre-eminently called "The Apostle": ...  Heb 3:1
- -  Christ always present with: ...  Mt 28:20
- -  Commission of: ...  Mt 10; 28:19,20; Mr 3:14,15; 6:7-11; 16:15; Lu 9:1-5; 22:28-30; John 20:23; 21:15-19; Ac 1; 2; 10:42
- -  Duties of......  See COMMISSION OF, above, and: ...  Lu 24:48; John 15:27; Ac 1:8,21,22; 2:32; 3:15; 4:33; 5:32; 10:39-41; 13:31; 2Pe 1:16,18; 1Jo 1:1-3
- -  Empowered to work miracles: ...  Mt 10:1,8; Mr 16:20; Lu 9:1; Ac 2:43
- -  Equal authority given to each of: ...  Mt 16:19; 18:18; 2Co 11:5
- -  Fail to comprehend the nature and mission of Jesus, and the nature of the spiritual kingdom he came to establish: ...  Mt 8:25-27; 15:23; 16:8-12,21,22; 19:25; Mr 4:13; 6:51,52; 8:17,18; 9:9,10,31,32; 10:13,14; Lu 9:44,45; 18:34; 24:19,21; John 4:32,33; 10:6; 11:12,13; 12:16; 13:6-8; 14:5-9,22; 16:6,17,18,32; 20:9; 21:12; Ac 1:6
- -  Forsake Jesus: ...  Mr 14:50
- -  Guided by the Spirit into all truth: ...  John 14:26; 15:26; 16:13
- -  Humility urged upon: ...  Mt 20:26,27; Mr 9:33-37; Lu 22:24-30
- -  Inspiration of: ...  Mt 10:27; 16:17-19; Lu 24:45; Ac 1:2; 13:9
- -  Instructed by the Spirit to answer adversaries: ...  Mt 10:19,20; Lu 12:11,12
- -  Miraculous power given to: ...  Mt 10:1; Mr 3:15; 6:7; 16:17; Lu 9:1,2; 10:9,17; Ac 2:4,43; 5:12-16; 1Co 14:18; 2Co 12:12
- -  Moral state of, before Pentecost: ...  Mt 17:17; 18:3; 20:22; Lu 9:54,55
- -  Mutual love urged upon: ...  John 15:17
- -  Names of: ...  Mt 10:2-4; Mr 3:16-19; Lu 6:13-16; Ac 1:13,26
- -  Ordained by Christ: ...  Mr 3:14; John 15:16
- -  Persecutions and sufferings of: ...  Mt 10:16,18; Lu 21:16; John 15:20; 16:2
- -  Received their title from Christ: ...  Lu 6:13
- -  Saw Christ in the flesh: ...  Lu 1:2; Ac 1:22; 1Co 9:1; 1Jo 1:1
- -  Selected from obscure stations: ...  Mt 4:18
- -  Selection of: ...  Mt 4:18-22; 9:9,10; 10:2-4; Mr 3:13-19; Lu 6:13-16; John 1:43
- -  Self-denial urged upon: ...  Mt 10:37-39
- -  Sent to preach the gospel to all nations: ...  Mt 28:19,20; Mr 16:15; 2Ti 1:11
- -  Sent first to the house of Israel: ...  Mt 10:5,6; Lu 24:47; Ac 13:46
- -  Slow to receive Jesus, as Messiah: ...  Mt 14:33
- -  Specially devoted to the office of the ministry: ...  Ac 6:4; 20:27
- -  The Holy Spirit given to: ...  John 20:22; Ac 2:1-4; 9:17
- -  Title distinguishing the twelve disciples, whom Jesus selected to be intimately associated with himself: ...  Lu 6:13
- -  Unlearned: ...  Mt 11:25; Ac 4:13
- -  Warned against a timid profession of Christ: ...  Mt 10:27-33
- -  Were unlearned men: ...  Ac 4:13
- -  Were not of the world: ...  John 15:19; 17:16
- -  Were hated by the world: ...  Mt 10:22; 24:9; John 15:18
- -  Witnesses of the resurrection and ascension of Christ: ...  Lu 24:33-41,51; Ac 1:2-9; 10:40,41; 1Co 15:8

- -  See BARNABAS
- -  See MATTHIAS
- -  See MINISTERS
- -  See PAUL

- -  FALSE: ...  2Co 11:13; Re 2:2
......  See TEACHERS, FALSE
 

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APOTHECARY
- -  A compounder of drugs: ...  Ex 30:25,35; 37:29; 2Ch 16:14; Ne 3:8
- -  Ointment of: ...  Ec 10:1
 

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APPEAL
- -  Paul makes, to Caesar: ...  Ac 25:10,11,21-27; 26:32; 28:19
- -  See CHANGE, OF VENUE
- -  See COURTS, SUPERIOR
- -  See COURTS, INFERIOR
 

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APPETITE
- -  Kept in subjection: ...  Da 1:8-16; 1Co 9:27
- -  See TEMPERANCE

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APPLE
- -  A fruit: ...  Pr 25:11; So 2:3,5; 7:8; 8:5; Joe 1:12
 

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ARBITRATION
- -  INSTANCES OF......  The two harlots in the presence of King Solomon: ...  1Ki 3:16-28
......  Urged by Paul, as a mode of action for Christians: ...  1Co 6:1-8
......  See COURT
 

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ARCHANGEL
- -  General scriptures concerning: ...  Jude 1:9
- -  See ANGEL

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ARCHERY
- -  Practiced by Ishmael: ...  Ge 21:20
- -  Practiced by Esau: ...  Ge 27:3
- -  Practiced by Jonathan: ...  1Sa 20:20,36,37
- -  Practiced by the sons of Ulam: ...  1Ch 8:40
- -  Practiced by the Philistines: ...  1Sa 31:1-3; 1Ch 10:3
- -  Practiced by the Persians: ...  Isa 13:17,18
- -  Practiced by the people of Kedar: ...  Isa 21:17
- -  Practiced by the Syrians: ...  1Ki 22:31-34
- -  Practiced by the Israelites: ...  2Sa 1:18; 1Ch 5:18; 12:2; 2Ch 14:8; 26:14; Ne 4:13; Zech. 9:13
- -  Practiced by the Lydians: ...  Jer 46:9
- -  In war: ...  Ge 49:23; Judges 5:11; 1Sa 31:3; Isa 22:3; Jer 4:29; 51:3; Zech. 10:4
- -  See ARROW
- -  See ARMIES
- -  See BOW
- -  See WAR

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ARCHITECTURE
- -  General scriptures concerning: ...  Heb 3:3,4
- -  FIGURATIVE: ...  Eph 2:21,22
......  See ART
......  See HOUSE
......  See TABERNACLE
......  See TEMPLE
 

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ARK OF THE COVENANT
- -  Aaron's rod: ...  Nu 17:10; Heb 9:4
- -  Anointed with sacred oil: ...  Ex 30:26
- -  At Kirjath-jearim twenty years: ...  1Sa 7:1,2
- -  Brought into the city of David: ...  2Sa 6:12-15; 1Ch 15:25-28
- -  Brought by Solomon into the temple with great solemnity: ...  1Ki 8:1-6; 2Ch 5:2-9
- -  Called Ark of the Testimony: ...  Ex 30:6
- -  CALLED THE
......  Ark of God: ....   1Sa 3:3
......  Ark of God's strength: ....   2Ch 6:41; Ps 132:8
......  Ark of the covenant of the Lord: ....   Nu 10:33
......  Ark of the testimony: ....   Ex 30:6; Nu 7:89

- -  Captured by the Philistines: ...  1Sa 4:10,11; Ps 78:61
- -  Carried by Kohathites: ...  Nu 3:30,31; 4:4,15; De 10:8; 1Ch 15:2,15
- -  CARRIED
......  By priests of Levites alone: ....   De 10:8; Jos 3:14; 2Sa 15:24; 1Ch 15:2
......  Before the Israelites in their journeys: ....   Nu 10:33; Jos 3:6
......  Sometimes to the camp in war: ....   1Sa 4:4,5

- -  Ceremonies connected with, on the day of atonement: ...  Le 16:13-15
- -  Construction of: ...  Ex 37:1-5; De 10:3
- -  Contents of- -  The law: ...  Ex 25:16,21; 40:20; De 10:5; 31:26; 1Ki 8:9; 2Ch 5:10
- -  Copy of the law laid in the side of: ...  De 31:26
- -  Covered with the veil by the priests before removal: ...  Nu 4:5,6
- -  David made a tent for: ...  2Sa 6:17; 1Ch 15:1
- -  Dimensions, &c of: ...  Ex 25:10; 37:1
- -  Directions for making: ...  Ex 25:10-15; 35:12
- -  Entirely covered with gold: ...  Ex 25:11; 37:2
- -  Esteemed the glory of Israel: ...  1Sa 4:21,22
- -  Furnished with rings and staves: ...  Ex 25:12-15; 37:3-5
- -  General Scriptures concerning: ...  Nu 10:33; De 31:26; Jos 4:7; 1Sa 4:3; 2Sa 15:24; 1Ch 15:25; 17:1; Jer 3:16; Heb 9:4
- -  Holy: ...  2Ch 8:11; 35:3
- -  Holy: ...  2Ch 35:3
- -  How prepared for conveyance: ...  Nu 4:5,6
- -  In John's vision: ...  Re 11:19
- -  Mercy-seat laid upon: ...  Ex 25:21; 26:34
- -  MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH
......  Jordan divided: ....   Jos 4:7
......  Fall of the walls of Jericho: ....   Jos 6:6-20
......  Fall of Dagon: ....   1Sa 5:1-4
......  Philistines plagued: ....   1Sa 5:6-12
......  Manner of its restoration: ....   1Sa 6:1-18
- -  OF GOD: ...  1Sa 3:3; 4:11,17,22; 6:3; 14:18; 2Sa 6:7; 7:2; 15:25; 1Ch 13:12; 15:1,2,15,24; 16:1
- -  OF GOD'S STRENGTH: ...  2Ch 6:41
- -  OF THE LORD: ...  Jos 4:11; 1Sa 4:6; 6:1; 2Sa 6:9; 15:12; 16:4
- -  On special occasions carried by priests: Crossing Jordan: ...  Jos 3:6,14
- -  Oracle of God: ...  Nu 10:33; 14:44; Jos 7:6-15; Judges 20:27,28; 1Sa 4:3,4,7; 1Ch 13:3; 16:4,37; 2Ch 6:41; Ps 132:8
- -  Place of: ...  Ex 26:33; 40:21; 1Sa 3:3; 2Sa 7:2; Heb 9:2-4
- -  Placed in the Holy of Holies: ...  Ex 26:33; 40:21; Heb 9:3,4
- -  Pot of manna: ...  Ex 16:33,34; Heb 9:4
- -  Profanation of, punished: ...  Nu 4:5,15; 1Sa 6:19; 1Ch 15:13
- -  Prophecy concerning: ...  Jer 3:16
- -  Protecting of, rewarded: ...  1Ch 13:14
- -  Remains at the house of Abinadab: ...  1Sa 7:1,2; 2Sa 6:4
- -  Removed from Jerusalem by Zadok at the time of Absalom's revolt, but returned by command of David: ...  2Sa 15:24-29
- -  Removed from Kirjath-jearim to the house of Obed-edom: ...  2Sa 6:1-11
- -  Returned by the Philistines: ...  1Sa 6
- -  Sanctification of: ...  Ex 30:26
- -  Sanctified its resting place: ...  2Ch 8:11
- -  See MERCY SEAT
- -  Set up in Jerusalem: ...  2Sa 6:12-17; 1Ch 6:31; 15; 16:1
- -  Set up in Shiloh: ...  Jos 18:1; Judges 20:27,28; 1Sa 4:3,4
- -  Siege of Jericho: ...  Jos 6:6
- -  Surrounded with a crown of gold: ...  Ex 25:11
- -  Symbol of the presence and glory of God: ...  Nu 14:43,44; Jos 1:6; 1Sa 14:18,19; Ps 132:8
- -  Tables of testimony alone placed in: ...  Ex 25:16,21; 1Ki 8:9,21; 2Ch 5:10; Heb 9:4
- -  Taken to battle: ...  Jos 6:6-20; 1Sa 4:3-22
- -  The Israelites enquired of the Lord before: ...  Jos 7:6-9; Judges 20:27; 1Ch 13:3
- -  The pot of manna and Aaron's rod laid up before: ...  Heb 9:4; Ex 16:33,34; Nu 17:10
- -  Transferred to Solomon's temple: ...  1Ki 8:6-9; 2Ch 5:2-9; 35:3
- -  Type of Christ: ...  Ps 40:8; Re 11:19
 

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ARK OF MOSES
- -  Of BUSHES: ...  Ex 2:3
 

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ARK, NOAH'S
- -  Directions for building of: ...  Ge 6:14-16
- -  Noah and family preserved in: ...  Ge 6:18; 7:8; Mt 24:38; Heb 11:7; 1Pe 3:20
- -  Animals saved in: ...  Ge 6:19,20; 7:1-16

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ARMAGEDDON , hill of fruits; mountain of Megiddo
- -  A symbolical name: ...  Re 16:16