{"query": "Easton: Mercy", "count": 17, "results": [{"id": "card_n_b1d045e329f2", "title": "Easton: Mercy", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Compassion for the miserable. Its object is misery. By the atoning sacrifice of Christ a way is open for the exercise of mercy towards the sons of men, in harmony with the demands of truth and righteo"}, {"id": "card_n_8090780d2b74", "title": "Easton: Mercy-seat", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. kapporeth, a “covering;” LXX. and N.T., hilasterion; Vulg., propitiatorium), the covering or lid of the ark of the covenant (q.v.). It was of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, or perhaps rather a"}, {"id": "card_n_d0f793b71a20", "title": "Easton: Propitiation", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "That by which God is rendered propitious, i.e., by which it becomes consistent with his character and government to pardon and bless the sinner. The propitiation does not procure his love or make him "}, {"id": "card_n_c161d5235c28", "title": "Easton: Living creatures", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "As represented by Ezekiel (1-10) and John (Rev. 4, etc.), are the cherubim. They are distinguished from angels (Rev. 15:7); they join the elders in the “new song” (5:8, 9); they warn of danger from di"}, {"id": "card_c_0a8cd8b5fe15", "title": "Easton: Mercy references Matthew", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Matthew. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_n_4a546aae8ade", "title": "Easton: Grace", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Of form or person (Prov. 1:9; 3:22; Ps. 45:2). (2.) Favour, kindness, friendship (Gen. 6:8; 18:3; 19:19; 2 Tim. 1:9). (3.) God’s forgiving mercy (Rom. 11:6; Eph. 2:5). (4.) The gospel as distingu"}, {"id": "card_n_fccc32e52d7d", "title": "Easton: Jeroham", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cherished; who finds mercy. (1.) Father of Elkanah, and grandfather of the prophet Samuel (1 Sam. 1:1). (2.) The father of Azareel, the “captain” of the tribe of Dan (1 Chr. 27:22). (3.) 1 Chr. 12:7; "}, {"id": "card_n_32dcaffe8fdf", "title": "Easton: Arioch", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Lion-like, venerable. (1.) A king of Ellasar who was confederate with Chedorlamer (Gen. 14:1, 9). The tablets recently discovered by Mr. Pinches (see CHALDEA) show the true reading is Eri-Aku of Larsa"}, {"id": "card_n_de342130506b", "title": "Easton: Dispensation", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Gr. oikonomia, “management,” “economy”). (1.) The method or scheme according to which God carries out his purposes towards men is called a dispensation. There are usually reckoned three dispensations"}, {"id": "card_n_d969476d3fa7", "title": "Easton: Goodness of God", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A perfection of his character which he exercises towards his creatures according to their various circumstances and relations (Ps. 145:8, 9; 103:8; 1 John 4:8). Viewed generally, it is benevolence; as"}, {"id": "card_n_ae616b992662", "title": "Easton: Cherub", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Plural cherubim, the name of certain symbolical figures frequently mentioned in Scripture. They are first mentioned in connection with the expulsion of our first parents from Eden (Gen. 3:24). There i"}, {"id": "card_n_fcea49f2a0b0", "title": "Easton: Repentance", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "There are three Greek words used in the New Testament to denote repentance. (1.) The verb metamelomai is used of a change of mind, such as to produce regret or even remorse on account of sin, but not "}, {"id": "card_n_6cb382b0b203", "title": "Easton: Sin-offering", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. hattath), the law of, is given in detail in Lev. 4-6:13; 9:7-11, 22-24; 12:6-8; 15:2, 14, 25-30; 14:19, 31; Num. 6:10-14. On the day of Atonement it was made with special solemnity (Lev. 16:5, 1"}, {"id": "card_n_fa1a942e187a", "title": "Easton: Bethesda", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "House of mercy, a reservoir (Gr. kolumbethra, “a swimming bath”) with five porches, close to the sheep-gate or market (Neh. 3:1; John 5:2). Eusebius the historian (A.D. 330) calls it “the sheep-pool.”"}, {"id": "card_n_8658e42c6d01", "title": "Easton: Darkness", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The plague (the ninth) of darkness in Egypt (Ex. 10:21) is described as darkness “which may be felt.” It covered “all the land of Egypt,” so that “they saw not one another.” It did not extend to the l"}, {"id": "card_n_e26790741c38", "title": "Easton: Fall of man", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "An expression probably borrowed from the Apocryphal Book of Wisdom, to express the fact of the revolt of our first parents from God, and the consequent sin and misery in which they and all their poste"}, {"id": "card_n_efd92dd5f79e", "title": "Easton: Luke, Gospel according to", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Was written by Luke. He does not claim to have been an eye-witness of our Lord’s ministry, but to have gone to the best sources of information within his reach, and to have written an orderly narrativ"}]}