The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

intoxicated patrons of the bar. Many taverns were situated along roads to comfort travelers of the ancient highways. 1496. Technical Prophetics—The work and actions of the prophet involved in provoking the word of the Lord to come to pass in its time. At times, it requires simply of guarding the word. At other times it involves enforcing it upon the opposing forces of Satan. Still, there are other times this refers to decreeing, declaring, and summoning the terrestrial forces and agencies God assigned to earth to see to His spiritual matters. When Elijah called for rain those seven times, this referred to his technical expertise as a prophet having the wisdom to know what to say, where, when, and how to say it. The prophet even understood how to position himself for the prophetic word’s manifestation. It was a sort of a birth position, according to 1 Kings 18:42–46. 1497. Temple—The dwelling place of a god and the center of his or her worship. Temples usually housed the god’s staff such as priests and priestesses, altar servants, gatekeepers, treasurers, wardrobists, storehouses, granaries, and wineries. Pagan temples had brothels, taverns, and lofts for symbiotic intercourse. Temples in ancient times were the wealthiest institutions in the community and known to be the greatest employers of citizens. They contained their own banks, monetary systems, and paymasters. Temple lands consisted of clergy homes, slave quarters, inventory for stockpiling sacrifice sacraments, and barns of all kinds. The center of early communal activities was the temple, which was ordinarily situated in the middle of the town or city. 1498. Temple Prostitute—A man or a woman employed by the temple to sell sex or exchange it for a worshipper’s gifts and sacrifices. Priests or priestesses assigned to temples to engage in ritual sex as offerings to the various fertility deities thought to provoke the earth to bring forth abundant harvests. Leviticus 19:29 and 21:9; Joshua 6:17; Micah 1:7; Nahum 3:4. 1499. Ten—The number of the Creator God’s divine law. Spiritual significance of the number includes His eternal injunctions, statutes, commands, and edicts. The law of the tithe is just such an injunction. It appears in the Old and New Testaments as the tithe at the same time as the standard of Abram’s law of faith. Actually, in the chronology of events of his life beforehand, ten as the tithe is a pre-Christ institution and not a post redemption option. In this sense, ten is the number of the divine economy and the diverse elements of it. 1500. Ten Commandments—The laws of God for humanity received by Moses on Mount Sinai, written by the finger of God. Exodus 34:28;