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labeled “legalists.” The same attitude was manifest in EFFECTUAL. Producing an effect, or the effect
apostate Israel of old. “Will ye steal, murder, and desired or intended; or having adequate power or force
commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to produce the effect (Webster) (Ep. 3:7).
unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know EFFEMINATE. Having the qualities of the female sex;
not; and come and stand before me in this house, which soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish
is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all (Webster). The woman is supposed to be effeminate, but
these abominations” (Je. 7:9-10). These people thought the Bible reference to this in 1 Co. 6:9 is connected with
God had set them free to live as they pleased, and that moral perversion. Until recent attempts by modernistic
He would receive their worship regardless of whether or teachers to reinterpret Scripture to fit their immoral
not they obeyed the Holy Scriptures. Not so! God’s programs, this word has been interpreted as referring to
indictment against them was severe: “And I will cast you womanlike men. The Greek word, malakos, means soft,
out of my sight...” (Je. 7:15). God hasn’t changed, my and it is so translated in Mt. 11:8; Lk. 7:25. The context
friends. He is still Holy, and He still requires strict supports the homosexual interpretation. In 1 Co. 6:9
obedience to His Word. The Apostle Peter wrote, “As “effeminate” is listed between “adulterers” and “abusers
obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according of themselves with mankind,” both of which refer to sins
to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he which of immorality. Matthew Henry, following the common
hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of interpretation of this term in centuries past, connected it
conversation; because it is written, Be ye holy: for I am with sodomy. [See Abusers of Themselves With
holy” (1 Pe. 1:14-16). The final book of the Bible Mankind, Fornication, Sodomy.]
describes the worldwide religious harlot which will arise EGLON (circle). Jos. 10:3.
in these last days (Re. 17-18). God’s command in regard
to this apostasy is “Come out of her, my people, that ye EGYPT. The nation located in the NE corner of Africa
be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of and neighboring Israel to the SW. Egypt has had a close
her plagues” (Re. 18:4). [See Anglican Church, relationship to the Jewish people throughout their
Apostasy, Apostate, Charismatic, Church, Doctrine, history. THE HISTORY OF EGYPT: “It is usual to think of
Episcopal, Fable, False Prophet, False Teaching, Foolish ancient Egyptian history as divided into 30 dynasties.
Questions, Fundamentalism, Great Commission, Heresy, This idea is taken from a book on Egyptian history by
Lutheran, Methodist, Modernism, Modesty, New Manetho, an Egyptian priest, who wrote about 250 BC.
Evangelicalism, Presbyterian, Prophecy, Revelation, Selections from Manetho’s book have been preserved in
Roman Catholic Church, Separation, Timothy, Unity, extensive quotations by later writers. The Old Kingdom
Women Preachers, World Council of Churches.] is the title given to the first time of great royal power
(about 2700 to 2200 BC), running from dynasties three
EDEN (delight). The lovely garden God created for to six. At this period the pharaohs were very dictatorial.
man before the Fall (Ge. 2:8, 10, 15; 3:23, 24; 4:16; Is. They were able to gather hundreds of thousands of
51:3; Eze. 28:13; 31:9, 16, 18; 36:35; Joel 2:3). The people each year during the season when the Nile
exact location of Eden is uncertain, though we know overflowed its banks and made agricultural work
that it was in the general area of the Tigris (Hiddekel) impossible and compel them to work energetically for
and Euphrates rivers (Ge. 2:14). It could have been very long periods in order to build those tremendous burial
large, as another of the rivers connected with Eden was monuments called the pyramids. During this time the
the Gihon, which is said to “compass the whole land of religion glorified the sun god, but there were many
Ethiopia” (Ge. 2:13). [See Adam, Evolution.] subordinate deities. The Middle Kingdom (about 1991
EDER (flock). Ge. 35:21. to 1786 BC) was a new time of great power beginning
EDIFY. Build up; strengthen (Ro. 14:19; 15:2; 1 Co. when the kings of a region in the South, centering
14:3; 2 Co. 10:8; 1 Th. 5:11). The same Greek word around the town later known as Thebes, became
“edify,” oikodomeo, is used for the building of the temple supreme over all Egypt and established their power in
(Jn. 2:20) and for the building of the church (Mt. the delta. They worshiped a local god called Amun
16:18). All things in the church are to be done for the (formerly written Amen or Amon). This was the period
edification of the saints (1 Co. 14:3-26). of the Twelfth Dynasty. These kings put foreign lands
EDOM (red). Another name for Esau, the elder son under tribute and directed a high type of civilization. It
of Isaac (Ge. 25:30). Edom became the nation called by ends with the coming from Asia of a foreign group that
his name (Ge. 32:3; 36:9). possessed a new weapon, that of horse-drawn chariots
EDREI (sown land). Nu. 21:33. which enabled them to make a lightning attack and to
conquer a large section of Egypt. These Hyksos
(sometimes called Shepherd-kings), held much of the
land in subjection for over a century. Eventually they

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