The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

onset of the ministry of John the Baptist. 163. Bar—A place of intoxication and prostitution in early times where the gods of beer, wine, and revelry were celebrated and worshipped. See Tavern. 164. Barnabas—The fifteenth New Testament apostle who was a companion of the apostle Paul. 165. Barren—A) The state of being unfruitful and unable to produce or reproduce. B) Being without the faculties or resources to perform or to yield a harvest from one’s efforts, seed, or deposits. C) Empty—void of power, strength, or energy. 166. Barrenness—Barrenness is the absence of fruitfulness on one’s efforts or the inability to produce profitable fruit. Barrenness may be the result of an inherent or external condition. According to the Bible, in Deuteronomy 7:13–15, God establishes barrenness as a product of the curse. There are several women in the Bible whose barrenness the Lord overturned in order to fulfill His promise through prophecy. In all instances the Lord’s word was sent forth to overturn the woman’s condition and eliminate the barriers preventing her pregnancy. See Galatians 4:27–29; Psalm 113:9. The devastation of the state of barrenness is written in Proverbs 30:16. “The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.” Second Kings 2:21: “And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.” 167. Bashan—An Amorite town that was among the first Canaanite sites overthrown by Joshua. It is important to prophetics because the Amorite religion pulled Israel down all of her days as a nation in the ancient world. Manasseh reinstituted it full-blown during his reign. The action served to be the death knell of the nation as it never recovered from his permeation of the land with its filth and degradation. Refer to Amorite. Nahum 1:4; 2 Kings 21. 168. Bath—In dream language, baths speak to washing away previous experiences, contamination, or flesh in preparation for a new day, a change, or upgrade in lifestyle. 169. Bathing—A) The process whereby one takes away the old influences and their effects and prepares to enter the new. B) Baths and bathing both imply a transition from one act of service to another.