{"query": "Easton: Nativity of Christ", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_bd8404b052c2", "title": "Easton: Nativity of Christ", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The birth of our Lord took place at the time and place predicted by the prophets (Gen. 49:10; Isa. 7:14; Jer. 31:15; Micah 5:2; Hag. 2:6-9; Dan. 9:24, 25). Joseph and Mary were providentially led to g"}, {"id": "card_n_48613152e266", "title": "Easton: Baptism of Christ", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Christ had to be formally inaugurated into the public discharge of his offices. For this purpose he came to John, who was the representative of the law and the prophets, that by him he might be introd"}, {"id": "card_n_fb7f817c5014", "title": "Easton: Gospels", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The central fact of Christian preaching was the intelligence that the Saviour had come into the world (Matt. 4:23; Rom. 10:15); and the first Christian preachers who called their account of the person"}, {"id": "card_n_7eb2b20adbc7", "title": "Easton: Kingly office of Christ", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "One of the three special relations in which Christ stands to his people. Christ’s office as mediator comprehends three different functions, viz., those of a prophet, priest, and king. These are not th"}, {"id": "card_n_d8eac9a8c73f", "title": "Easton: Fulness", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Of time (Gal. 4:4), the time appointed by God, and foretold by the prophets, when Messiah should appear. (2.) Of Christ (John 1:16), the superabundance of grace with which he was filled. (3.) Of "}, {"id": "card_c_07111acf415b", "title": "Easton: Nativity of Christ references Matthew", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Matthew. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_n_f2bb144eaee2", "title": "Easton: Resurrection of the dead", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Will be simultaneous both of the just and the unjust (Dan. 12:2; John 5:28, 29; Rom. 2:6-16; 2 Thess. 1:6-10). The qualities of the resurrection body will be different from those of the body laid in t"}, {"id": "card_n_9e88feeb505a", "title": "Easton: Temple", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "First used of the tabernacle, which is called “the temple of the Lord” (1 Sam. 1:9). In the New Testament the word is used figuratively of Christ’s human body (John 2:19, 21). Believers are called “th"}, {"id": "card_n_01067474d2d0", "title": "Easton: Christ", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Anointed, the Greek translation of the Hebrew word rendered “Messiah” (q.v.), the official title of our Lord, occurring five hundred and fourteen times in the New Testament. It denotes that he was ano"}, {"id": "card_c_553eca201a42", "title": "Easton: Nativity of Christ cites Luke", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites Luke 2:1 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_e4f73163d1a9", "title": "Easton: Nativity of Christ cites Micah", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites Micah 5:2 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_9b69fdfc4bc2", "title": "Easton: Resurrection of Christ", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "One of the cardinal facts and doctrines of the gospel. If Christ be not risen, our faith is vain (1 Cor. 15:14). The whole of the New Testament revelation rests on this as an historical fact. On the d"}, {"id": "card_n_ac10a439bca1", "title": "Easton: Son of God", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The plural, “sons of God,” is used (Gen. 6:2, 4) to denote the pious descendants of Seth. In Job 1:6; 38:7 this name is applied to the angels. Hosea uses the phrase (1:10) to designate the gracious re"}, {"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_b4a51340736e", "title": "Easton: Intercession of Christ", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Christ’s priestly office consists of these two parts, (1) the offering up of himself as a sacrifice, and (2) making continual intercession for us. When on earth he made intercession for his people (Lu"}, {"id": "card_n_ced4babf8538", "title": "Easton: Gospel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A word of Anglo-Saxon origin, and meaning “God’s spell”, i.e., word of God, or rather, according to others, “good spell”, i.e., good news. It is the rendering of the Greek evangelion, i.e., “good mess"}, {"id": "card_n_e045f88f1abc", "title": "Easton: Kingdom of God", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Matt. 6:33; Mark 1:14, 15; Luke 4:43) = “kingdom of Christ” (Matt. 13:41; 20:21) = “kingdom of Christ and of God” (Eph. 5:5) = “kingdom of David” (Mark 11:10) = “the kingdom” (Matt. 8:12; 13:19) = “k"}, {"id": "card_n_c5d384b56970", "title": "Easton: John, Gospel of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The genuineness of this Gospel, i.e., the fact that the apostle John was its author, is beyond all reasonable doubt. In recent times, from about 1820, many attempts have been made to impugn its genuin"}, {"id": "card_n_1c38d6bd97a9", "title": "Easton: Satan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Adversary; accuser. When used as a proper name, the Hebrew word so rendered has the article “the adversary” (Job 1:6-12; 2:1-7). In the New Testament it is used as interchangeable with Diabolos, or th"}, {"id": "card_c_17aa111d2a6a", "title": "Easton: Nativity of Christ references Bethlehem", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Bethlehem (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}]}