1 Year of People and Places

For several years I did a “one-a-day” series of posts on my Spanish blog, En la Biblia (In the Bible). Generally speaking, each series covered a year.

Anyway, this year I have a daily post with the various “tracks” you can follow with a post for each day of the year – 5 different topics. “The Believer’s Daily Treasure” (basics of the Christian life), a daily catechism, a daily proverb, a book of the Bible post, and a person/place of the Bible post. Here’s a sample – today’s post.

I got “out of sync” at one point, because I did a book of the Bible each week. So I just finished the latest series (they will finish posting next week, I think) on the people and places of the Bible.

So if I got it right, I should have 366 people and places. Now, I thought this would be an easy thing to do. Well, it was a little more intense than I thought.

That being said, what a blessing! I learned so much about… well, people and places! And also learned how much I don’t know.

Some fascinating examples. Did you know that there’s a Sheerah in the Bible? Apparently, when Jacob’s family moved to Egypt, the family still had solid ties to Canaan, some even travelling back to Canaan doing business (which makes sense, if you think about it!). Sheerah was one of these. She was very productive – credited with building three towns!

Perhaps you remember a title Jesus has in Revelation – the One who “has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens”. Any idea where that comes from? Well, it comes from a man named Eliakim.

Eliakim, an important man in the reign of Hezekiah, was known as a just administrator, and so reminds us of Jesus. As a good leader, God promised him the “key of David” – that he would be a special manager in Jerusalem and Judah.

And I had no idea that people in the past used the word “Ethiopia” in a completely different way than we do today.

And now I’m going back to my own website and using it as a reference – not because I’m so great and intelligent, but because I know that I will find information that I have already researched. 🙂

God seems to be using this site, which is dedicated simply to – well – whatever is “in the Bible”! Thousands of people are visiting each week – mostly from Mexico, Columbia, the USA, Peru, and Spain. Yes, who knows why, but it continues to gain popularity in Columbia – right now, almost 15% of the sites visitors are from there.

So there you go – just a little milestone – 366 people and places. I enjoyed it if no one else did!