For example, Odysseus ordered these women to pick up the bodies of the dead suitors and clean up the bloody hall. "These dead must be disposed first of all. ... In The Odyssey, there is a quote that supports this theme: "Hearing this land described by Pallas Athena, daughter of Zeus who rules the veering stormwind." ...
Three days later he rose from the dead, proving he was and is the Son of God. ... It also is remembered in the journey that every Muslim has to take at least once in his/her lifetime to Mecca, or the hold land. Basically I think that taking this journey, which is stated as a rule in the five pillars (five duties of every Muslim containing only worshiping the one true god Allah, praying five times a day in the direction of the holy land Mecca, giving alms to charity, fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, and making a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in your life), is a way to relive the jo...
Mesopotamia, also known as, the land between the two rivers, a hostile environment so to speak, was where each city observed the formal recognition of a specific patron god. ... The Lord said to Abram, "Go forth from your native land and from your father's house to the land that I will show you. ... Backman writes, " At Shechem, which was roughly in the center of Canaan, the Lord actually appeared to Abram and promised to give all the surrounding land to his offspring,"(69-70) illustrating the beginning to ethical monotheism. ... Osiris was the God of Egypt but when Osiri...
The people of iniveh were dead in sin. ... The real story was God's compassion for His people who were dead in sin, and the lengths that He went to give them a message of salvation. ... As his fruit increased, he built more altars; as his land prospered he adorned his sacred stones. ... If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land; but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword,' For the mouth of the LORD has spoken." - Isa 1:18-20 Jotham, king of Judah, "did what was right in the eyes of the LORD..." ...
Osiris, god of the dead, gave the Egyptians this knowledge, as well as agriculture, religion and law. ... While Osiris is immortality, as he is the eternal god of the dead, Gilgamesh is an entirely different story about the same yearning for eternal life. ... The key to Gilgamesh's success is a small plant he traveled long and hard for, eventually swimming (more like sinking really) to the bottom of a forbidden sea to get, only to have it eaten by a snake on the way back to land. ... Both the Palette and the Victory Stele both seem to convey the message that the king is the ultimate po...
At the end of one's life, after living the commandments and the Torah, modern Judaism allows that one will have a deliverance to the promised land, or what would be conceived as the ultimate holy. ... Jesus is believed to have died through crucifixion and then resurrected from the dead by God to illustrate forgiveness of human sin, the conquering of death, and denial of Satan. This act of redemption would be visualized by those who have faith in God, who then would likewise be resurrected from the dead to ascend into heaven. ...
The land on both sides of the Nile was very fertile, due to annual flooding. ... Large pyramids were built to house the dead bodies of the pharaohs. ... The land was not very fertile and so they became nomadic people similar to the Sumerians. ...
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. ... But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. ... It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for ...
Though the land often lacked water and no one knew if enough rain would fall from one year to the next or if locusts or field mice would spoil their crops, facing adversity only made the people of Galilee stronger and more supportive of each other. ... As God's chosen people, descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the Jews believed this land was theirs, given to their ancestors whom Moses led out of Egypt. ... On the third day Mary saw Jesus rise from the dead. ...
Whatever he was doing, the Lord appeared to him and told Abraham that he was going to have a great nation, many descendants, and protection throughout the years-as long as he packed up all of his belongings and go to a foreign land. ... There was a famine in the land where Abram was dwelling so he and Sarai travelled down to Egypt. ... He first has to separate with Abram because their shepherds were constantly arguing over land. ...
In the opening of "Oedipus Rex," as king of his land, Oedipus accepts the challenge of saving the people of his country from a plague. ... We had a leader, once, over this land, Called Laius- The man is dead; and now we are clearly bidden to bring to account certain his murders." (pg 4) Oedipus proceeds to chastise the citizens of the land for letting this crime go so long without investigating it. ...
Wigglesworth also brings up the sin of lust in the passage, "how unfit am I to sanctify a Sabbath, with such a carnal heart, such dead and dull affections, such distracting thoughts as possess and fill my sacrament?... Mather also gives his own evidence of people going into the dark side, saying "yea, more than one twenty have confessed that they have signed unto a book, which the Devil showed them and engaged in his hellish design of bewitching and ruining our land." ...
No longer to be poisoned by civilization he flee, and walks alone upon the land to become Lost in the Wild. ... If something (namely God) was once seen as the only explanation to all that was good, and now is perceived as dead or a lie, it tends to make people reflect on ancient explanations, question these explanations, and generate new ideas. ...
After He died, his disciples spread his teachings over the land. ... The contrast between Jews and Buddhist is that Jews believe that when you die the judgment is left to God, whereas Buddhist keep trying to help the person once they are dead by given gifts to their gods/leaders. ...
He basically says, "Give me now the part of the estate I will get anyway when you are dead, and let me get out of this."" ... "And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in the land; and he began to be in want."" ... After everything has pointed to him being dead, he still has hope that one day his son will return. ...
Throughout the ages, humankind has been deeply troubled by the existence of evil. We have often wondered: what is evil? Simply stated, evil is the infliction of pain upon sentient beings. Evil, however, is much more complicated than that definition suggests. It is a complex synthesis of moral, natural, and metaphysical evils (Russell 1986, 18) that varies in its interpretation across time and cultures. ...
