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A key-word search index to the contents of this site, entries that begin with the letter R, section R to Renewing. (The other sections under R are Repent to Revelations, Revenge to Rituals and River to RWBS.)

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R

• The Greek letter rho – where the essays at this site contain Greek words, the letter rho (Ρ, ρ) is transcribed into a plain r, for the most part without adding a h to show the aspiration. (Sometimes, modern-day Greek letters may be used.)

Raamses – look below, under the heading "Rameses".

Rabbi, rabbis, rabbinic, rabbinical

• The scribes and the Pharisees wanted to be called "Rabbi" (Matthew 23:7). (The word rabbi meant something like "my great one"). But, Jesus forbade his disciples to use such titles (Matthew 23:8). However, it was right and proper to use that title of Jesus.
• On the title "Rabbi". → ea08b.htm – es08c.htm
• Look also under the headings "Church" and "Assembly".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Rachel

• Rachel the daughter of Laban was one of Jacob's wives. She was the mother of Joseph and Benjamin. → es04-2.htm – ey04c.htm – (ex08c.htm)
• Look also under the headings "Jacob" and "Israel".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Rainbow, rainbows

• The rainbow is mentioned in the Bible, in Genesis 9:13 – but in our day, the rainbow is commonly used as a (secret) symbol for the sun-god (Mithra, et cetera). In many churches, one can find pictures of "Jesus" sitting on a rainbow, but that is an ancient motive which refers to the sun-god Mithra (Sol Mithras Deus Invictus). → (ew04d.htm)
• What believers should know about "Rainbow girls", the Freemason organisation for girls. → ew04d.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Ram, ram's horn

• The English word "jubilee" comes from the Hebrew yowbel which is thought to have meant "a ram's horn" (used as a horn to blow in, like a trumpet of a kind). → ex05b.htm – ec05c.htm – et06d.htm – ex04c.htm
• Also the word shofar (shophar, showphar) means "ram's horn". → ex04c.htm – ex05b.htm – et06d.htm
• Psalms 81:3, "Blow the ram's horn in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day". → ex04c.htm
• Look also under the heading "Trumpet".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Rameses (Genesis 47:11, Exodus 1:11 and 12:37, Numbers 33:3 and 33:5)

• The Bible shows that it was only 45 days after their departure from Rameses (Goshen), that the Israelites reached the wilderness of Sinai. Consequently – where was Sinai really located? → eo06f.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Rank, ranks

• The word "rank" occurs 10 times in the 1769 KJ version:
  • In Genesis 41:5 and 7 as a translation of the Hebrew bariy which meant "fat", "plentiful". (The English word "rank" has even that meaning, "luxuriantly or excessively vigorous in growth".)
  • In Numbers 2:16 and 24, as an added word, without any corresponding word in the Hebrew text.
  • In 1 Kings 7:4 and 5, where the Hebrew text refers to rows or tiers (of windows).
  • In 1 Chronicles 12:33 and 38, as a "translation" of the verb adar. The Hebrew text refers to men who were able to wage war.
  • In Joel 2:7, as a "translation" of the Hebrew word orach which meant "way", "path".
  • In Mark 6:40, as a "translation" of the Greek wording prasiai prasiai. (Literally, the word prasia referered to "a bed of leeks", prason, and generally to "a garden-plot". Apparently, the phrase kai anepeson prasiai prasiai in Mark 6:40 meant "and they sat down in groups".)
• The Catholic Church has a hierarchy with ranks. Many other churches have copied that. But, does the New Testament talk about "ranks" among the saints?
  • Elders – what was their role in the saints' assemblies? Also: Was there "a hierarchy" with "ranks"? → ee01c.htm
  • In the Greek text of the New Testament, the words episkopos, presbuteros and diakonos were used interchangeably, of elders. → ee02b.htm – ee01c.htm – ea08b.htm
  • Ephesians 4: The apostle Paul was not talking about "ranks"; he was talking about spiritual gifts. → ea08b.htm – ee01c.htm – ea14c.htm
  • The word euangelistês (ευαγγελιστης, "evangelist") was not a "title", and being gifted to proclaim the Good Message was not a "rank". Instead, being an euangelistês was a spiritual gift. It was the same with being a prophêtês ("prophet"). → ea08b.htm – ea14c.htm – ee01c.htm
• Look also under the headings "Assembly", "Fellow, fellowshipping", "Ekklêsia", "Brother, brotherhood", "Worship", "Ordain", "Church", "Elders", "Diakonos", "Episkopos", "Presbuteros", "Preach, preacher" and "Author, authorised, authority, authorities".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Rapture (and rapiemur, rapio, rapto, raptura, raptus)

• Rapture and parousia – are they biblical concepts? → eg05b.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Raven, ravens

• 1 Kings 17:6 – was it "ravens" that took bread and meat to Elijah, or should the translation instead be "Arabians" or "merchants"? → et02c.htm
• Jesus to his disciples, "Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap" (Luke 12:24). → eo10d.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Reap, reapers, reaping

• The angels as reapers in the parable of the darnel or "tares": "Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, 'First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn." → ew11c.htm
• Jesus to his disciples, "Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap" (Luke 12:24). → eo10d.htm
• Paul to the saints in Galatia: "For whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit shall from the Spirit reap eternal life" (Galatians 6:7-8). Many preachers quote that and verse 6, and claim that the meaning supposedly is that people should give money to the preacher. But, that is not what Paul was talking about. → em08c.htm – em04c.htm – em07b.htm
• Galatians 6:9, Paul to the saints in Galatia, "And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart." → em08c.htm – em04c.htm – em07b.htm
• Loo also under the headings "Grain", "Seeds", "Wheat", "Barley" and "Sow, sower, sowing" and "Harvest".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Reason, reasons (the reason for some given thing) – Look under the heading "Root, roots".

Rebekah (Hebrew Ribqah, spelled Rebekka in the Greek text of the LXX and NT)

• Rebekah the daughter of Bethuel was the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. She is first mentioned in Genesis 22:23.
• Look also under the headings "Isaac", "Esau", "Jacob" and "Israel".
• For those who are interested: A bible-based word-search puzzle on the story of Abraham's servant getting a wife (Rebekah) for Isaac. → puzzle56-p.pdf
  • For a large print version and many other bible-related word-search puzzles, see the page ep01.htm.
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Receive, received, receiving

• "It is more blessed to give than to receive". The important thing is to know what it really was that the apostle Paul meant when he reminded the elders from Ephesus about those words of Jesus. The context, Acts 20:17-38, shows that Paul told those elders to be on the giving side, just as Paul had been. → em02c.htm
• The giving and receiving of Philippians 4:15. → em10b.htm
• 2 Corinthians 11:8 – did the apostle Paul really "rob churches" and "receive wages" from them, as many bible-translations make it seem? → em09c.htm
• Did the apostle Peter receive special power or powers? → eb08c.htm – ea09b.htm
• The Old Covenant's "tithe" meant that the Levites would receive a certain part of the other tribes' agricultural product, in the land of Israel. → em01d.htm
• "Freely you have received, freely give" (Matthew 10:8). What did that mean? Well, that was said to the apostles. It was they who were to "freely give". → em05e.htm – em02c.htm
• Jesus promised to his disciples "the keys of the Reign of the Heavens" – but they did not receive those keys during their earthly lives. → eb08c.htm
• 2 John 10, "If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting". → ea10c.htm – ea06c.htm – es05c.htm
• On James 3:1 and the translation "be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation". → ea07b.htm
• 2 Timothy 2:6, "The farmer, in order to receive the fruits, must first work hard". → ea15c.htm
• 1 Peter 5:4, "And at the appearing of the Chief Shepherd you will receive the never fading wreath of glory". → ea15c.htm
• John 1:12, "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God". → ea09b.htm
• The saints had become betrothed to Jesus, and had received the Holy Spirit as the Pledge. → eb02c.htm
• Paul to the saints in Galatia: "Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?" → ec10c.htm
• How does one receive the Holy Spirit? → eb01c.htm
• "Received Text" – Look under the heading "Textus Receptus".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Receptus ("Textus Receptus") – Look under the heading "Textus Receptus".

Red Sea

• Did the name Yam Suph or Yam Cuwph refer to the Red Sea, or to a "reed sea" as some have claimed? And, why does the 1769 KJ version never translate the word suph as "reed"? → eo06f.htm – eo06-2.htm
• The Exodus and the crossing of the Red Sea: Did Israel cross over the Gulf of Suez, or the Gulf of Aqaba? Or, was it some "reed sea" that they crossed, as some have claimed? → eo06f.htm – eo06-2.htm
• On the route of the Exodus, and the location of the wilderness of Sinai and Mount Sinai. → eo06f.htm – eo06-2.htm
• Maps:
  • A map of the route of the Exodus. → eo06f.htm – (eo06-2.htm)
  • Map of certain ancient kingdoms in the Middle East. → ew08b.htm
• Look also under the headings "Exodus", "Moses", "Zin" and "Sinai".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Reed sea (regarding the claim about Israel crossing over a shallow "reed sea" and not the Red Sea) – Look above, under the heading "Red Sea".

Regeneration → eb06b.htm – (eb01c.htm) – ew05c.htm

Register, registered, registering, registration as citizens

• The apographô (registration) of Luke 2:1, 3 and 5 and Hebrews 12:23. → eb04c.htm – eb05b.htm
• The Greek text of Hebrews 12:23 mentions "registeration" – panêgurei kai ekklêsia prôtotokôn en ouranois apogegrammenôn, "the festal gathering and assembly of the first-born ones registered in Heaven". What time and place did those words refer to? → eb04c.htm – eb05b.htm – et07e.htm – et08b.htm – ex02c.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Reign of God ("Kingdom of God")

• The Reign of God, the Reign of Heaven, also called "the kingdom of God" – what is it, where and when? Does it exist, or will it only come into being at some later time? What is its scope and width? → eo01b.htm
• Matthew 6:33 and Luke 12:31, "Seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness". In what way were the disciples to "seek the Kingdom of God"? What did Jesus mean? → eo10d.htm
• The "keys of the Reign of the Heavens", Matthew 16:19, including "binding and loosing". → eb08c.htm
• Were the saints to go to Heaven? → eb04c.htm
• The heavenly Promised Land. → eb05b.htm – ex11b.htm
• The heavenly Jerusalem. → eb04c.htm
• The immortal assembly Jesus said he would form. → ea01d.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Reign of Heaven – Look above, under the heading "Reign of God".

Release

• Every seventh year, on the Day of Atonement, a "year of release" was declared. → ex05b.htm – ec05c.htm
• Romans 7:2, "But if the husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband". → eo16b.htm – ec13c.htm
• Paul to the saints in Rome: "We have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code" (Romans 7:6). → ec02d.htm – eo11c.htm
• Hebrews 2:14-15, "that through death he might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the Devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage". → ed06c.htm
• Paul to the saints in Corinth: "Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released." (1 Corinthians 7:27.) → eo16b.htm
• When is it that Satan was captured? And, when will he be released? → ed04c.htm – et10b.htm – et07e.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Religion, religions, religious

• Etymology: The English word "religion" comes from the Latin noun religio which referred to "respect for what is sacred", "reverence for the gods" – in old Rome, that referred to the Roman idol system, of course.
  • The origin of the Latin noun religio is not fully clear. It is said that Cicero thought it was derived from relegare (relego), in the meaning "to go over again", "to rehearse", "to repeat" (perhaps the idiom was, the same ritual over and over again – as it was in the Roman idol religion). Some, on the other hand, have suggested that the Latin word religio came from religare (religo), "to bind fast" – possibly a Catholic invention, for the Catholic Church certainly has "bound" countless things (producing dogmas,et cetera).
• In the 1769 KJ version, the words "religion" and "religious" are found in these six passages:
  • In Galatians 1:13 and 14, as a "translation" of Ioudaismos, which is better translated as "Judaism".
  • In Acts 13:43, "religious proselytes", as a "translation" of the Greek phrase sebomenôn prosêlutôn which referred to non-Jews who had turned to Judaism.
  • In Acts 26:5 and James 1:26 and 27, as a translation of thrêskeia and thrêskos, perhaps better translated as "worship" or "devotion". (A note: In Colossians 2:18, the 1769 KJ version renderes thrêskeia tôn angelôn as "worshipping of angels".)
    • Regarding the word and concept "worship", see the essay ea04c.htm and look also under the heading "Worship".
• Religious rituals, in the light of the New Covenant. → ea04c.htm
• Regarding the concepts "worship" and "church services". → ea04c.htm
• Whom should one listen to in religious matters, and whom not? → es05c.htm
• Who really has religious, biblical or spiritual authority? → es06d.htm – es05c.htm – Look also under the heading "Assembly".
• What the Bible says about religious titles. → ea08b.htm
• Religion must not be skin-deep only. Believers must take the matters of faith seriously. → eb12b.htm
• On churches and religious fellowships. – Look under the headings "Church" and "Assembly".
• Monetary things in connection with religious fellowships. – Look under the heading "Silver and gold".
• Religious symbols and their meanings. – Look for the symbol in question, in this index.
• Look also under the heading "Worship".
• This web site is non-sectarian and non-denominational, and is not connected to any religious organisation, church or sect. For more on this, see the page purpose.htm.
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Rêma, rêmata

• Exodus 34:28, Septuagint: Kai egrapsên ta rêmata tauta api tên plakôn tês diathêkês tous deka logous, "and he wrote those words on the tables, the ten words of the covenant". → ec06f.htm – Look also under the heading "Decalogue".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Remphan – Acts 7:43, the star of Remphan (Rephan, Romphan). → ew05c.htm

Remarriage (divorce and remarriage) – Look under the heading "Marriage".

Renew, renewal, renewing

• Some have claimed the New Covenant to be a "renewal" or "modification" of the old, Sinaitic one. Is that correct? → ec11c.htm
• Paul to the saints in Colosse: "You have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him" (Colossians 3:9). → eb06b.htm
• Some people think that this planet will be "renewed by fire". Is that true? → et07e.htm
• When will the ten "lost" tribes of Israel receive the promised, renewed blessings? → ey06b.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

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