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1 day ago · Bible Verse: Esther 1:12 But when the attendants delivered the king’s command, Queen Vashti refused to come. Vashti's story in the Book of Esther is often overlooked, especially her refusal to appear before King Xerxes and his guests. When Vashti refused the king's demand to parade her beauty at his banquet, she knowingly risked facing…
3 days ago · Pope Pius XII established Aug. 22 as the Memorial of the Queenship of Mary in 1954; but Mary’s role as queen over the universal Church finds its roots in the Scriptures. At the Annunciation, the archangel Gabriel announced that Mary’s Son would rule forever on the throne of David. At the Visitation, Elizabeth called Mary the “mother of my ...
5 days ago · Facts & Stats. The term 'fornication' appears approximately 36 times in the King James Version of the Bible. In the New Testament, fornication is mentioned 26 times, primarily in the writings of Paul. The Old Testament mentions fornication 10 times, mostly in the books of Ezekiel and Jeremiah.
I've come up with a concept of a character based on Vashti from the Hebrew bible. She's a nosferatu methuselah and goes by the name "Vashti" and claims to be the queen from the book of Esther story, which might or might not be true. In either case, what is certain is that Vashti is very, very old and of Persian origin.
5 days ago · This verse underscores our intrinsic worth and purpose in God’s eyes, emphasizing that each of us is uniquely valuable. 3. The Greatest Commandment (Matthew 22:37-39): In these verses, Jesus teaches us to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, and mind and to love our neighbor as ourselves.
5 days ago · In Esther 1:10-11, it states the king asked Queen Vashti to wear her royal crown and come before him to "display her beauty" to the people and the nobles. Esther 1:12, in the NKJV Bible, states: "But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command brought by his eunuchs; therefore the king was furious, and his anger burned within him."
4 days ago · Seventy percent of the named and unnamed women in the Bible come from the Hebrew Bible. [29] : 33, 34 "Despite the disparities among these different calculations, ... [it remains true that] women or women's names represent between 5.5 and 8 percent of the total [names in the Bible], a stunning reflection of the androcentric character of the Bible."
