CrossLinks Topical Index - CU


cubit : cubit - length
cubit - length : 2Chr. 3:3; Eze. 40:5; Eze. 43:13

✪ A unit of measure matching the distance from the tip of a man's fingers to his elbow. From between 18 and 21 (the Royal cubit) inches. From Latin "cubitus," the lower arm. Hebrew is "ammah" (mother of the arm). "The length of a cubit, the linear measure most commonly mentioned in the Bible, cannot be precisely determined; originally it had to do with the length of the forearm. That there was a change in the standard length of a cubit is noted in 2 Chronicles 3:3 (Ezekiel 40:5; 43:13). A general approximation sets the Old Testament “cubit” at about 17.5 inches (44.5 centimeters). The “new cubit,” that of the Roman Empire, including New Testament Palestine, was about 20.5 inches (52.5 centimeters)." Ref-1200, p. 259. "Scholars have established that the unit used in measuring the Temple was the royal cubit, about 21 inches. This is also called a cubit and a handbreadth." Ref-1383, p. 42. "The question must be asked, What kind of cubit is being used by Ezekiel? This is a very critical matter. It is complicated by the fact that there was more than one cubit in ancient times. The short cubit is about 18 inches long. The long cubit, sometimes referred to as the royal cubit or the Babylonian cubit is 21 inches long. Since Ezekiel was writing from Babylon, it seem logical that he would use the Babylonian cubit in making his measurements. This is confirmed by a study of the Temple itself. We conclude that Ezekiel is using the twenty-one inch cubit that the Babylonians used almost exclusively. Ezekiel’s measuring rod (6 cubits) is taken to be 10 1/2 feet long." Ref-1383, pp. 98-99. "After he finishes going through the gate building piece by piece, he then measures its entire length as a checking principle. He would know whether the interior of the building was calculated correctly by whether the sum of the measurements through the middle of the building equals the building’s total length. It is clear here that the only cubit length that matches with Ezekiel’s measurements is the Babylonian cubit of 21 inches." Ref-1383, p. 102. "The cubit was about 21.5 or almost 22 inches long, and was called the sacred cubit of the Jews, which was a hand breadth, or the sixth part of its length larger than the common cubit." Ref-1507, p. 115.


cubut : cubut - size changed
cubut - size changed : 2Chr. 3:3
cud : rabbit - chews cud
cud - rabbit chews : rabbit - chews cud
cult : cult - meaning
cult - meaning :

"We define a cult as a religion which claims to be Christian while emptying Christianity of that which is essential to it." Ref-0193, p. 150.


cults : deity - Jesus creator; deity - Jesus does divine works ; deity - Jesus equal with God ; deity - Jesus eternal ; deity - Jesus fullness of God; deity - Jesus worshiped ; deity - Jesus’ titles as God; Holy Spirit - person ; sin - authority to forgive ; visible - return of Christ
cults - Jehovah's Witnesses - AGAINST - Holy Spirit a person : Holy Spirit - person
cults - Jehovah's Witnesses - AGAINST - Jesus creator : deity - Jesus creator
cults - Jehovah's Witnesses - AGAINST - Jesus does divine works : deity - Jesus does divine works
cults - Jehovah's Witnesses - AGAINST - Jesus equal with God : deity - Jesus equal with God
cults - Jehovah's Witnesses - AGAINST - Jesus eternal : deity - Jesus eternal
cults - Jehovah's Witnesses - AGAINST - Jesus forgives sin : sin - authority to forgive
cults - Jehovah's Witnesses - AGAINST - Jesus fullness of God : deity - Jesus fullness of God
cults - Jehovah's Witnesses - AGAINST - Jesus titles as God : deity - Jesus’ titles as God
cults - Jehovah's Witnesses - AGAINST - Jesus worshiped : deity - Jesus worshiped
cults - Jehovah's Witnesses - AGAINST - physical return of Christ : visible - return of Christ
Culver, Robert Duncan, Systematic Theology: Biblical and Historical : Ref-1251
Culver, Robert Duncan, Systematic Theology: Biblical and Historical - Logos-0668 : Ref-1251
Culver, Robert Duncan, Systematic Theology: Biblical and Historical - Logos-0668 - Systematic Theology: Biblical and Historical, Robert Duncan Culver : Ref-1251
Culver, Robert Duncan, Systematic Theology: Biblical and Historical - Systematic Theology: Biblical and Historical, Robert Duncan Culver : Ref-1251
Cunningham, Mary, Faith in the Byzantine World : Ref-1256
Cunningham, Mary, Faith in the Byzantine World - Faith in the Byzantine World, Mary Cunningham : Ref-1256
Cunningham, Mary, Faith in the Byzantine World - Faith in the Byzantine World, Mary Cunningham - Logos-0673 : Ref-1256
Cunningham, Mary, Faith in the Byzantine World - Logos-0673 : Ref-1256
cup : cup - drinking as negative; cup - God's wrath
cup - drinking as negative : Mat. 20:22; Rev. 16:19
cup - God's wrath : Ps. 60:3; Ps. 75:8; Job 21:20; Isa. 51:17; Isa. 51:22; Isa. 63:2; Isa. 63:6; Jer. 25:15-17; Jer. 25:28; Jer. 49:12; Eze. 23:31-34; Ob. 1:16; Hab. 2:16; Zec. 12:2; Mat. 26:39; Mat. 26:42; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42; John 18:11; Rev. 14:10; Rev. 15:7; Rev. 16:19; Rev. 17:2; Rev. 18:3
cup of drunkenness : Jerusalem - nations against
cup of drunkenness - Jerusalem : Jerusalem - nations against
curse : bless - those who bless ; bless - those who oppose; curse - bless those who; curse - Christ became; curse - disobedience to God ; curse - do not; curse - enemy do not; curse - human used by God; curse - lifted ; curse - of law - redeemed from; curse - of no effect ; curse - on Messianic line ; curse - redeemed from; curse - turned to blessing ; death - curse of; Jerusalem - curse for the nations; Mt. Ebal - curse; Mt. Gerizim - curse
curse - bless those that : bless - those who oppose
curse - bless those who : Luke 6:28
curse - Christ became : Deu. 21:23; Gal. 3:13
curse - disobedience to God : Lev. 26:18-26; Deu. 28:15-68; Deu. 29:27; Jos. 23:15-16; Jos. 24:20; Jdg. 2:15; 2Chr. 34:24; Isa. 43:28; Lam. 2:17; Dan. 9:11; Dan. 9:13; Mal. 3:9

"This goes back to the cycles of discipline that God warned the nation that they would go through, different levels of discipline that God would take the nation through if they were disobedient to the Mosaic Law. We define the cycles of discipline as five incremental divine judgments which God warned would come upon Israel if they disobeyed the Mosaic Covenant and rejected Him. Each successive stage of their spiritual rebellion, they apostasy, would result in an increased and intensified level of divine discipline on the nation. These cycles of discipline are in a technical sense for Israel only. I want to make that point; it’s for Israel only. Remember this is part of Leviticus 26 which is part of the Mosaic Law, it’s in Deuteronomy 28 which is the restatement of the Mosaic Law; Deuteronomy itself means “second law,” deuteros—second, nomos—law, it is the second law. It is for Israel, it is not for the Gentile nations. There are patterns or similarities to these five judgments that you can point out or see in Gentile nations through history, but technically speaking the five cycles of discipline are only for Israel as a covenant nation. Only Israel was answerable to the Mosaic Covenant, no other nation in history is, therefore the cycles of discipline do not apply to other nations. They may relate in some broad sense, you can see certain historical trends but they do not relate specifically because the Mosaic Law was only for Israel. The first cycle of discipline included loss of health, a decline in agricultural prosperity which is serious when you are an agricultural nation dependent upon agricultural fertility for prosperity. It would include terror, a fear, fear would encompass the nation; death in combat, they would lose battles, there would be subsequent loss of personal freedoms due to negative volition to doctrine which would see an increase of tyranny in the land. The second cycle of discipline intensified that, you would go from an economic downturn to recession and depression; there would be an increase of personal and individual divine discipline for continued negative volition, despite the first warning. This is found in Leviticus 26:18-20. The third cycle of discipline included violence and a breakdown of law and order. Anarchy would begin to rule, people would lose authority orientation and there would be a breakdown of law an order, a rise in criminality, and then there would be the disintegration of cities, what we would see today in terms of urban blight. Leviticus 26:21-22. The fourth cycle of discipline would see a military conquest of the nation and/or foreign occupation. There would be a scarcity of food and in Leviticus it suggests that the food supply would be reduced to one-tenth of its normal supply and there would be a separation of families. This is exactly what took place in 605 BC, that’s when the fourth cycle began in Israel in the time of Daniel. In 605, when Nebuchadnezzar first came, the southern kingdom came under military occupation, they became a vassal state to Babylon, the food supply began to be reduced, especially as the cycle intensified into the period of 590 to the early 580s and there was a separation of families. When hostages were taken, Daniel and the others were taken to Babylon, families were separated. This is Leviticus 26:23-26. The culmination of the cycles is the fifth cycle of discipline when there would be a violent destruction of the nation through military conquest because of their national rejection of Biblical principles. You can see parallels to this among Gentile nations but specifically these applied only to the nation Israel. So that is the background of what’s taking place in Daniel; the nation is going into the fourth cycle of discipline, there is no turning back to God, no Biblical repentance, which means to change your mind, change your behavior from disobedience and rejection of doctrine to obedience to doctrine. The fifth cycle came in 586 BC when the armies of Babylon destroyed Israel." Ref-1368, pp. 2.16-27.


curse - do not : Job 31:29; Rom. 12:14
curse - enemy do not : Job 31:29
curse - human used by God : Jdg. 9:7-21; Jdg. 9:57
curse - Jerusalem - for nations : Jerusalem - curse for the nations
curse - lifted : Gen. 8:21 (?); Rev. 22:3

✪ Questionable: Gen. 8:21 (?);


curse - Mt. Ebal : Mt. Ebal - curse
curse - Mt. Gerizim : Mt. Gerizim - curse
curse - of death : death - curse of
curse - of law - redeemed from : Gal. 3:13
curse - of no effect : Num. 23:8; 1S. 17:43; 2S. 16:12; Ps. 109:28; Pr. 26:2

✪ See curse - turned to blessing.


curse - on messianic line : curse - on Messianic line ; Num. 27:8; 2K. 24:17; Jer. 22:24-30; Jer. 36:30; Mat. 1:6; Mat. 1:11; Luke 3:31

✪ The blood curse (Jer. 22:30; 36:30) was on Jeconiah (Mat. 1:11) in the line of Solomon leading to Joseph (Mat. 1:6) and was not passed to Jesus since Joseph was not His biological father. Mary's lineage comes through a different son of David: Nathan (Luke 3:31) and is not affected by the blood curse on Jeconiah. "As a matter of historical fact, Jehoiachin was not ‘childless.’ After being carried away to Babylon, he had a son through whom the family line finally culminated in Joseph, the husband of the Virgin Mary (Mat.1:12-16). But our Lord Jesus Christ was not the ‘seed’ of Joseph; He was the seed of Mary, who was descended from David through Nathan (Luke 3:31), not through Solomon. Hence, it is correct to say that Jehoiachin was to be written ‘childless,’ that is, in the genealogical register of the royal family line." Ref-0183, p. 126. ". . . no contradiction exists, though many so claim, as Jehoiakim's son Jeconiah (Coniah) did not sit on David's sovereign throne but only upon the vassal throne under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Also observe that the above verses do not say Jeconiah was to have no children at all. In fact, they speak of his having “seed” and they are listed in 1Chr. 3:16-18 and Mat. 1:12-13. Rather, Jeremiah 22:30 says to count him childless in the sense that none of his offspring would ever sit on the sovereign throne of his ancestor (father) David. This was fulfilled as his successor on the chattel throne of Nebuchadnezzar was his uncle Zedekiah, not his son Shealtiel (Jer. 37:1)." Ref-0186, p. 41. However, Jeremiah refers to Zedekiah, although not Jeconiah's son, as the “king who sits on the throne of David” (Jer. 29:16). Hippolytus has another view: "“O earth, hear the word of the Lord. Write this man, a man excommunicate; for no man of his seed shall prosper (grow up), sitting upon the throne of David, ruling any more in Judah.”" Hippolytus on Daniel, Ref-0541, p. 178. "This [Jer. 22:24-30] is a very notable prophecy. Jehoiachin was the last occupant of the throne of David in the direct line from father to son; for Mattaniah, whom Nebuchadnezzar placed upon the throne as his vassal, changing his name to Zedekiah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother (2 Kings 24:17); and Zedekiah is not counted in the genealogy of Matthew 1." Ref-1298, p. 78. "And when [Zedekiah] died, they took his body and cast it behind the wall of Nineveh. In his case is fulfilled the prophecy of Jeremiah, saying, “(As) I live, saith the Lord, though Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah should become the signet upon my right hand, yet will I pluck thee thence; and I will give thee into the hands of them that seek thy life, of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hands of the Chaldeans. And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into a country where thou wast not born; and there ye shall die. But to the land which they desire in their souls, I will not send thee back. Dishonoured is Jeconias, like an unserviceable vessel, of which there is no use, since he is cast out and expelled into a land which he knew not. O earth, hear the word of the Lord. Write this man, a man excommunicate; for no man of his seed shall prosper (grow up), sitting upon the throne of David, ruling any more in Judah." Hippolytus on Daniel, Ref-0541, p. 178. "Though King Jehoiachin did have children (Jer. 22:28; cf. 1 Chr. 3:17), he was to be considered childless because none of his offspring would be allowed to sit on the throne of David to rule as king of Judah. This prophecy had both immediate and long-range significance. No offspring of Jehoiachin followed him to the throne. His uncle, Zedekiah, who replaced Jehoiachin, was Judah’s last king. God “pruned away” that portion of the line of David from the kingly line. This prophecy also helps explain the genealogies of Christ in Matthew 1 and Luke 3. Matthew presented the legal line of Christ through his stepfather, Joseph. However, Joseph’s line came through Shealtiel who was a son of Jehoiachin (Jeconiah, Matt. 1:12; cf. 1 Chron. 3:17). Had Christ been a physical descendant of Joseph and not virgin-born, He would have been disqualified as Israel’s King. Luke presented the physical line of Christ through Mary, who was descended from David through the line of his son Nathan (Luke 3:31). In that way Christ was not under the “curse” of Jehoiachin. (For additional information see comments on Matt. 1:2–17; Luke 3:24–38.) [Charles Dyer, Jeremiah]" Ref-0038, pp. 1.1157-1158. "Write . . . as childless. Jeconiah did have offspring (1 Chr. 3:17, 18), but he was reckoned childless in the sense that he had no sons who would reign (“Sitting on the throne . . .”). The curse continued in his descendants down to Joseph, the husband of Mary. How could Jesus then be the Messiah when His father was under this curse? It was because Joseph was not involved in the blood line of Jesus since He was virgin born (Matt. 1:12). Jesus’ blood right to the throne of David came through Mary from Nathan, Solomon’s brother, not Solomon (Jeconiah’s line) thus bypassing this curse (Luke 3:31, 32). Cf. 36:30." Ref-0089, Jer. 22:24. ". . . we have as a tremendous shift in God’s program is given in 598 BC; in 598 BC God speaks to Jeremiah, Jeremiah 22, and He announces the end of the Solomonic dynasty. The Davidic dynasty, no; the Solomonic dynasty is ending. Never again will a son of Solomon sit on Israel’s throne. This is why in the genealogies of the New Testament Jesus’ Davidic lineage is not traced through Solomon, it is traced through another son of David by the name of Nathan, because Jesus Christ, if He is the son of Solomon, in a physical sense, then Jeremiah 22 is an error in the Bible because Jeremiah 22 prohibits any son of Solomon proclaiming kingship." Charles Clough, Lessons on Daniel, 23.295. See [http://www.spiritandtruth.org/reference/tony_garland/jesus_on_throne_of_david-20200117151054.png]. "Write … as childless. Jeconiah did have offspring (1 Chr. 3:17, 18), but he was reckoned childless in the sense that he had no sons who would reign (“Sitting on the throne …”). The curse continued in his descendants down to Joseph, the husband of Mary. How could Jesus then be the Messiah when His father was under this curse? It was because Joseph was not involved in the blood line of Jesus since He was virgin born (Matt. 1:12). Jesus’ blood right to the throne of David came through Mary from Nathan, Solomon’s brother, not Solomon (Jeconiah’s line) thus bypassing this curse (Luke 3:31, 32). Cf. 36:30." -- Jeremiah 36:30, MacArthur Study Bible (MSB). "This prophecy had both immediate and long-range significance. No offspring of Jehoiachin followed him to the throne. His uncle, Zedekiah, who replaced Jehoiachin, was Judah’s last king. God “pruned away” that portion of the line of David from the kingly line. This prophecy also helps explain the genealogies of Christ in Matthew 1 and Luke 3. Matthew presented the legal line of Christ through his stepfather, Joseph. However, Joseph’s line came through Shealtiel who was a son of Jehoiachin (Jeconiah, Matt. 1:12; cf. 1 Chron. 3:17). Had Christ been a physical descendant of Joseph and not virgin-born, He would have been disqualified as Israel’s King. Luke presented the physical line of Christ through Mary, who was descended from David through the line of his son Nathan (Luke 3:31). In that way Christ was not under the “curse” of Jehoiachin. (For additional information see comments on Matt. 1:2–17; Luke 3:24–38.)" -- Bible Knowledge Commentary (BKC).


curse - redeemed from : Deu. 27:26; Gal. 3:10-13
curse - those who curse : bless - those who bless
curse - turned to blessing : Num. 23:7-11; Num. 23:20; Num. 24:3-10; Deu. 23:5; Jos. 24:9-10; Ne. 13:2; Ps. 109:28

✪ See curse - of no effect.


cursed : Cain - cursed; cursed - God by man; cursed - ground ; cursed - wicked by God; law - all kept or cursed
cursed - Cain : Cain - cursed
cursed - God by man : Isa. 8:21; Isa. 34:5; Rev. 16:11
cursed - ground : Gen. 3:17; Gen. 5:29; Gen. 8:21; Isa. 24:6; Jer. 23:10; Mal. 4:6; Heb. 6:7-8

"Those who teach that because the earth is cursed the gift of Cain was inappropriate forget that Abel’s lamb ate from the produce of the cursed ground." -- Paul Henebury, Descending to Demonism: From Cain to the Sons of God, [https://drreluctant.wordpress.com/2015/09/09/descending-to-demonism-from-cain-to-the-sons-of-god/] accessed 20150912.


cursed - law not kept : law - all kept or cursed
cursed - wicked by God : Pr. 3:33
curses : covenant - Mosaic - curses upon disobedience; curses - from man; curses - Israel protected; curses - national; curses - tribes pronouncing
curses - from man : Num. 23:8; Jos. 9:23; 1S. 14:24; 1S. 17:43; 2S. 16:12; Ne. 13:25; Pr. 26:2; Ps. 109:28
curses - Israel protected : Num. 23:23
curses - Mosaic covenant : covenant - Mosaic - curses upon disobedience
curses - national : Deu. 28:15; Deu. 28:20-21
curses - tribes pronouncing : Deu. 27:13
cursing : cursing - parents; cursing - physical effects; cursing - sin
cursing - parents : Pr. 20:20
cursing - physical effects : Ps. 109:17-19
cursing - sin : Job 31:30; Ps. 139:20

✪ See name - in vain.


Cush : Cush - Ethiopia
Cush - Ethiopia : Gen. 2:13; Gen. 10:6-8; 1S. 18:1

✪ Ethiopia, Kassites, E of Assyria. Settled south of the second cataract of the Nile. "We suggest that Sumerian Kish, the first city established in Mesopotamia after the Flood, took its name from the man known in the Bible as Cush. The first kingdom established after the Flood was Kish, and the name “Kish” appears often on clay tablets. The early post-Flood Sumerian king lists (not found in the Bible) say that ‘kingship descended from heaven to Kish” after the Flood. (The Hebrew name “Cush,” much later, was moved to present-day Ethiopia as migrations look place from Mesopotamia to other places.)" David P. Livingston, Who was Nimrod?, Weekly Article: Associates for Biblical Research, August 30, 2006 [http://abr.christiananswers.net/articles/article54.html].


cut : covenant - animals cut in two; cut - worship of false deities ; cut - yourself prohibited; Saul - robe cut; witness - cut pieces
cut - covenant : covenant - animals cut in two
cut - pieces as witness : witness - cut pieces
cut - Saul's robe : Saul - robe cut
cut - worship of false deities : 1K. 18:28

"The Assiniboine, however, seemed not to have associated self-torture with the sun-dance, but only with preparations for war. Men who aspired to lead a war party lay out in the rain or snow for three or four nights fasting and praying to the Great Spirit for favourable vision; and some of them gashed their arms and breasts with knives and more to excite his pity." Ref-1396, p. 316 "[The Kootenay] worshipped the sun above all the multitude of supernatural beings with which they peopled the universe. Before every war expedition they offered it prayers and tobacco smoke; and, to win its favour, some warriors even chopped off the joints of their first fingers, or , like certain plains’ tribes, sacrificed pieces of flesh from their arms and breasts." Ref-1396, p. 361


cut - yourself prohibited : Lev. 19:28; Lev. 21:5; Deu. 14:1; Jer. 16:6
cut by human hands : tablets - cut by human hands
cut by human hands - tablets : tablets - cut by human hands
cut off : cut off - death; hand - cut off - punishment; messianic prophecy - cut off
cut off - death : Ex. 31:14-15; Lev. 20:2; Dan. 9:26
cut off - hand - punishment : hand - cut off - punishment
cut off - messianic prophecy : messianic prophecy - cut off

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