LABAN O.T.
LABAN O.T.
It was the brother of Rebecca, the father of Lea and of Rachel. Gn 24/2960. 27/43-44. 28/1-5. 29/4-29. 30/25-42. 31/55.
LAMB of GOD. See Esther, Jesus-Christ.
Jesus-Christ is called the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. Jn 1/29. Jesus-Christ is the Lamb who offers himself as a sacrifice instead of us, as a substitute. Isaiah talks about him as a lamb which is taken to the butcher's. Is 53/7. Peter tells us that we have been redeemed by the precious blood of Christ, as a lamb without spot or stain. 1 Peter 1/18-20. John, in his book of Revelation presents Jesus-Christ as the Lamb which was immolated and which is worthy Rev 5/12. He also says that we are the victors because of the blood of the Lamb, Rev 12/11.
French
village where ''the Teaching of the Lamb'' has been written. The word 'Lamblore'
comes from two English words: 'lamb' which means 'lamb' and 'lore' which means
'tradition', 'traditional teaching', 'doctrine', 'special instruction'.
Lamblore
thus means:
Traditional
Teaching of the Lamb.
The
special doctrine of the Lamb.
The
doctrine of the Lamb. Rev 3/22.
Science:
Way of knowledge which comes from the inspiration of God.
Doctrine:
Set of opinions of a litterary or philosophical school or of the dogmas of a
religion.
The
Oxford Enlish Dictionary:
LORE:
1)
the act of teaching, the condition of teaching or of being instructed, teaching,
a lesson.
2)
Archaic and dialectical modern definitions:
What
is taught, doctrines applied mainly to the religious doctrines. Any specialized
transmission of a knowledge.
3)
that which we learn, the knowledge, the erudition, the science.
LORE:
From
the old English = LARE: of a Teutonic origin ''LAIZA'' (Teutonic Order: German
hospitaller and military order allemand founded around 1128 in Jerusalem by
the kings)
There
is a very famous expression containing the word LORE: it is the word FOLKLORE.
Of the English Folk = people, and of the word Lore, with the meanings mentioned
above.
The book of teaching that you have in your hands has been written in Lamblore...
LAMENTATIONS. O.T.
See Jeremiah. It is a book of the O.T. Certainly poems or songs of suffering due to the fall of Jerusalem and of all Israel. The fall of Jerusalem took place around 586 BC and this book was written just after.
It is our era. It is the era which precedes the return of Jesus-Christ on earth. There will be difficult moments 2 Ti 3/1-7. The mocking minds speak a lot and have more often the floor than those who speak the truth, they deny that Jesus will come back. 2 Peter 3/3-7.
LAW.
See
Commandment. Obedience.
All the blessings, the curses, the rewards and the punishments rest upon the laws. Deut 28/1-68.
The
law of Moses aimed at guiding us to the Law of Jesus-Christ.
The
law of Moses consists in ordinances, restrictions and orders.
The
law of Jesus-Christ is the Gospel, the perfect law of freedom. Jm 1/25.
See Freedom.
It
is by the law that sin can appear. It is to become the Savior that God gave
a law to Adam. Gn 2/16-17. Yet, the law of God is perfect and restores
the soul Ps 19/8. God is a legislator Jm 4/12. See Commandment.
But
the law of Moses has been given us as a pedagogue to guide us to Jesus-Christ.
Gal 3/19-24.
Il was indeed impossible to reach sainthood by going through the law of Moses. It did not take sin away, whereas Jesus-Christ takes the sin away and grants His Justice to those who receive it by the faith. See Justice.
Whatever is not in agreement with the Word of God. If it is hard for a good man to be saved, what will happen to the wicked and the sinners? 1 Pt 4/18.
Jesus orders those who believe to lay on the hands on the sick. Mk 16/18. Moses lay on the hands Nb 27/18. 22-23. Deut 34/9. Jesus did too Mk 6/5. The apostles too Acts 6/5-6. The laying on of hands to receive the Holy Spirit Acts 8/14-17. Hands were laid on Paul and he recovered eyesight. Acts 9/12, 17-18. Paul lays on his hands to heal Acts 28/8. Paul teaches the doctrine of the laying on of hands. Heb 6/2. Lay your hands on him Matt 9/18.
LAZARUS. N.T.
Brother
of Martha and Mary. He is the man whom Jesus-Christ resurrected from the dead
Jn 111/1-44. 12/1-2, 9-11.
Lazarus the beggar was another man Lk 16/19-31.
LEA. O.T.
She
was the elder daughter of Laban, the first wife of Jacob. Gen 29. She
had six sons and a daughter. Gn 29/31-35. 30/17-21.
Disease,
often contagious. Many important characters suffered from leprosy, such as Moses
for instance Ex 4/6-7. His sister Nb 12/10. Naaman 2 Kg 5.
The king Osias 2 Chron 26/19-21.
Jesus-Christ
healed many leprous Matt 8/2-4. Mk 1/40-42. Lk 5/12-15. The ten leprous
Lk 17/11-19.
Leprosy
is the type of sin which stains man, making him impure.
Letters.
Paul wrote 14 letters altogether, which are found in the N.T.
1
and 2 Thess date of 50-51 AD. Paul wrote them in Corinth during his second
missionnary trip. What Paul did in thessalonika is written in Acts 17.
1
and 2 Cor, Gal, Rm are dated 55-57 AD. Paul wrote his letters to
the Corinthians during his third missionnary trip. He answers questions and
sets disputes which aroused in the Communitys of Corinth.
The
letter to the saints of Galatia was certainly written for several comunities
of Galatia. Some members of the communitys were becoming very legalist. Paul
sets things in the right order.
The
letter of Paul to the saints of Rome was written in Corinth. He wanted to prepare
his next visit. He clearly talks about the legalist Jews-Christians.
The
letters to the Philippians, Colossians, Ephesians, Philemon and the Hebrews,
were written by Paul while he was imprisoned in Rome for the first time.
He
encourages the Philippians and expresses his gratitude for their love.
To
the Colossians, he writes about the grave errors which some were spreading in
the Community.
To
the Ephesians, see Ephesians.
The
letter to Philemon is a personal letter concerning Onesime, a slave.
Paul
wrote the letter to the Hebrews, i.e. the converted Jews who were living in
the Community. It was to completely assure them that the law of Moses was perfectly
fulfilled in Jesus-Christ.
1
Timothy is a letter written just after Paul came out of the prison of Rome
the first time. He gives him advice to encourage him.
The
second letter to Timothy is certainly the last letter of Paul. He was again
imprisoned in Rome. This letter contains his last words and show his courage
and his faith.
The
letter to Titus was written at a time where Paul was free. This letter teaches
justice and the discipline in the Communities.
LEVI. O.T.
See
Jacob. Lea. It is the third son of Jacob and Lea
Gn 29/34; 35/23. Levi is the father of his tribe.
Tribe
of Levi through Levi by his father Jacob Gn 49/5-7. These are the descendants
of Levi who hold the ministry in the Temple and the sanctuaries of Israel.
Nb 1/47-54. Aaron, brother of Moses was a Levite and his descendants were
sacrificators Ex 6/16-20. 28/1-4. 29. The Levites helped the sacrificators,
sons of Aaron Nb 3/5-10. 1 Kg 8/4. The levites could be musicians
1 Chron 15/16. They offered sacrifices of animals 2 Chron 29/34. Ez
6/20. and accomplished various tasks Neh 11/16. Actually, they substituted
for all the first-born among the Jews Nb 8/18. Fully dedicated to God
Nb 8/16. They could not have possessions Nb 18/23-24. Therefore
the act of the Levite who converted to Jesus-Christ so much marked Luke in the
writing of his book Acts 4/35-36. And for this reason he chose this
testimony among hundreds of others.
The
levites received the tithing Nb 18/21. They had cities Nb 35/6-8.
And the right to receive the gifts of the people during the feasts Deut
12/19. 14/27-29.
LEVITICUS. O.T.
Book
of the Old Testament. It is the book of Moses which talks about the sacerdotal
duties. It is the code to become saint. It is the moral and religious teaching
of the law.
Ch
1 to 7 The ordinances of the sacrifices. CH 8 to 10 ritual to observe
during the consecration of the sacrificators. Ch 11 what can and cannot
be eaten. What is pure or not.
Ch
12 the state of the women after giving birth. Ch 13 to 15 laws relative
to the ceremonial impurities. Ch 16 Rituals for the day of the expiations.
Ch 17 to 26 code of religious and social laws. Ch 27 The consecration
of the harvests and the flocks to the Lord.
Jesus-Christ
is the only liberator not only of humankind, but also of all the creation. See
Jesus.
It
is more than the existence. God has set before us life and good and death and
evil and we show who we are by the choice we make Deut 30/15-20. See
predestination. You will teach
me the path of life Ps 16/11. He who seeks justice will find the life
Prov 21/21. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his
life on My account will find it Matt 10/39. 16/25 Mk 8/35 Lk 9/24. 17/33.
The Word was the Light of the man, in it was the life Jn 1/4. Whoever
believes Me and relies on Him who has sent me has passed from death to life
Jn 5/24. I am the Way, the Truth and the life Jn 14/6. If we
who are abiding in Christ have hope in this life only, then we are of all people
most miserable 1 Cor 15/19-22. Godliness holds promise for the present
life and also for the life to come 1 Tim 4/8.
LIFE
(PRE-MORTAL)
Our
spirit has always been with God. '' before the dust returns to the dust,
as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.'' Ecc 12/9.
The sons of God shouted for joy when the morning stars sang together Job 38/4-7. God knew us even before we were in the bosom of our mother Jer 1/4-5. We knew him also since we have heard his Voice, we have followed him Jn 10/4. We have been chosen before the foundation of the world Eph 1/ 3-4. We shall surrender to the father of the spirits Heb 12/9.
See angel.