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	Church Of the Firstborn
		It was in fulfillment of the needs of organization and government and as a solution to the problems encountered in the path of progress that the Church of the Firstborn and its governing authority were established in the eternities of the past.
		The Church of the Firstborn was established to organize and thus exalt man, that he might obtain a fulness of joy in his existence, and it is in fulfillment to these basic desires that this Church exists today both in heaven and on earth.
		It is the purpose of this series concerning the Church of the Firstborn to convey a clear understanding thereof, thus furnishing food for thought and prayer, that those who are prepared might obtain a personal testimony of the truthfulness and importance of these things.
	www.zianet.com /collier/cofirst.htm (604 words)

	Firstborn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Firstborn (band), a rock band from the United Kingdom.
		The Firstborn Is Dead, the second album released by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds.
		Plague of the Firstborn, one of the biblical Plagues of Egypt.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Firstborn (203 words)

	Firstborn of Creation
		But the word “firstborn” meant more than just the first child, this term was applied only to the first male child, and included with it the promise of a greater inheritance and other privileges.
		So the phrase “firstborn” of every creature is interpreted to mean “first created.” This interpretation as was pointed out is based in part by the context of the verse, and we will look fully at the context later to see how Paul, being inspired by the Holy Spirit used the word.
		So if “firstborn of every creature” is a statement that means he was created it is actually the very first statement to allude to that fact in the whole of scripture.
	home.usadatanet.net /~millerb/TR-Firstborn.htm (2005 words)

	Fast of the firstborn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Turner's depiction of the Plague of the Firstborn (The Tenth Plague of Egypt, 1802)
		It states that firstborns fast "in commemoration of the miracle that they were saved from the Plague of the Firstborn." Rabbi Asher ben Jehiel (otherwise known as the Rosh), in his comprehensive halakhic commentary on the Babylonian Talmud, quotes Tractate Pesahim (68a) as an additional source for the fast.
		While a firstborn to both parents, or a firstborn to only the mother, must fast according to all authorities, there is a dispute among the early halakhic authorities regarding the status of a firstborn to only the father.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fast_of_the_firstborn (2399 words)

	Offense of the Firstborn
		Yeshua is the firstborn from the dead; and Israel is the first nation with a remnant of faith.
		One of the functions of the firstborn son is to preserve the unity of the extended family.
		If the role of the firstborn is to provide unity for the extended family, so must the Messianic remnant of Israel in the end times be dedicated to serving the unity of the international church, including reconciliation with Arab Christians.
	www.revive-israel.org /2006/firstborn.htm (1277 words)

	firstborn - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
		All the data point to the conclusion that among the ancestors of the Hebrews the sacrifice of the firstborn was practiced, just as the firstlings of the flocks and the first-fruits of the produce of the earth were devoted to the deity.
		On the 30th day after birth the firstborn was brought to the priest by the father, who paid five shekels for the child's redemption from service in the temple (compare Luke 2:27; Mishna Bekhoroth viii.8).
		(The firstborn of clean animals, if free from spot or blemish, were to be sacrificed after eight days, Numbers 18:16.) This allusion to the sacrifice of the firstborn as part of the religion of Yahweh has been variously explained.
	www.studylight.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?word=firstborn&search.x=21&search.y=11&action=Lookup (727 words)

	BAD COMMANDMENTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Ezekiel is representing the Israelites as complaining that God is contradicting himself by denouncing the sacrifice of the human firstborn.
		Actually, modern scholarship confirms the rebels' sense of history, if not their morality, for the biblical denunciation of human firstborn sacrifice is now seen by scholars as a reform of previous Israelite practice.
		The sanctification of the firstborn requiring redemption, the sparing of the Israelite firstborn at the time of the death of the Egyptian firstborn, even the aborted sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham, all show a process of accommodation and reform bespeaking an original, primitive pre-Biblical rite of firstborn sacrifice.
	www.sullivan-county.com /id3/bad_com.htm (2027 words)

	Firstborn
		For three decades the Firstborn control was almost total and provided a period of peace and learning for the whole world, though that peace was hiding a growing hatred beneath its cool facade.
		It was an era that would be marked with blood and war as the Firstborn’s rebellion soon became an aggressive campaign against all the other races, the scars of the centuries of enslavement running deep in their blood.
		It remains to be seen whether the enmities between the Firstborn and their old foes can truly be put aside or whether they will only help the Devout reshape the whole of creation in their own twisted image.
	www.angelfire.com /realm2/lotuseater/chronofirstborn.htm (1985 words)

	The Meaning of "Firstborn" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The term does not mean birth order when it involves covenant and redemptive privilege, for the simple reason that none of the patriarchs carried the covenantally significant birthright that belonged to a firstborn son in the sense of birth order.
		Ultimately, the firstborn son who held the birth right in the covenantal-redemptive sense was Christ.
		The Jewish “firstborn” son occupied a superior role in the family, especially as the primary heir, receiving two thirds of the family estate.
	www.eternalministries.org /articles/Firstborn.htm (506 words)

	Kerux...The Online Journal of Biblical Theology
		The firstborn son of the patriarchal age was the heir to the majority or all of his father's property, a practice continued in the Mosaic period (cf.
		The Firstborn did inherit the cross, but in his resurrection the Lord Jesus showed that he is the ruler over all his inheritance–even over the cross, even over death.
		Then will the Firstborn enter into his majority as it were and make his rule visible, executing the fierce anger of God upon his enemies, and sweeping his people up in a tide of grace and mercy.
	www.kerux.com /documents/KeruxV01N3A3.asp (1624 words)

	Ta'anit Bechorim - the fast of the firstborn son
		The Fast of the firstborn (Ta’anit Bechorim or Taanit Bechorot) is a minor fast observed by firstborn males (firstborn to either mother or father) on the day before Passover (i.e., on Nisan 14 or Erev Pesach, unless that is a Shabbat, in which case it is observed on Nisan 13).
		The father of a firstborn son who is not yet Bar Mitzvah may fast in place of his son.
		The purpose of the fast is to commemorate the fact that the firstborn Jewish males in Egypt were “passed over” (pasach) during the final plague while the firstborn sons of the Egyptians were killed (the 10th plague is known as Maccat Bechorot, or the “Slaying of the Firstborn”).
	www.hebrew4christians.com /Holidays/Spring_Holidays/Ta_anit_Bechorim/ta_anit_bechorim.html (175 words)

	Church of the Firstborn, Even of God the Father
		The Church of the Firstborn is not an earthly denomination but an ecumenical general assembly of believers who attain communion through the veil with Almighty God and the holy angelic hosts.
		It consists of humble men and women who have sought God diligently to the point of coming into his(andher) very presence and being called after the holy order of God, that they might be princes of peace, preachers of righteousness in carry forth God's work on the earth.
		The Church of the Firstborn umbrella also consists of those who make this attainment their main focus (seek and ye shall find), thanks to, but not wholly dependent upon, denominational affiliations.
	www.greaterthings.com /ChofFB/index.html (2300 words)

	The Importance of Being the Firstborn
		For in Israel the firstborn son was given twice as much of the inheritance as the rest of the sons.
		This isn’t true of firstborn daughters, because it was assumed that they would marry and become sharers in the inheritance of their husbands, and that way inheritances wouldn’t be combined.
		Later on, God made a change that allowed the Priesthood of Israel to take away the need for all firstborn sons to be repurchased, when he made the descendants of Levi (the Priests) the firstborn in place of those of the rest of the sons of Israel.
	www.2001translation.com /Firstborn.htm (1909 words)

	Guide to the Scriptures: Firstborn
		The firstborn had to be worthy to assume this responsibility (1 Chr.
		Under the law of Moses, the firstborn son was regarded as belonging to God.
		Jesus was the firstborn of the spirit children of our Heavenly Father, the Only Begotten of the Father in the flesh, and the first to rise from the dead in the resurrection (Col.
	scriptures.lds.org /gsf/frstbrn (293 words)

	Jesus Christ, Our Great God & Savior - Christ the Firstborn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Notice that His being firstborn is in relation to "all creation." This tells us that Christ is a part of creation.
		His being firstborn from the dead didn't mean He was the first one raised from the dead.
		Notice, lastly, that the reason Jesus was firstborn of all creation, the head of the church, and the first to come back to life, was "so that He would have first place in everything." The whole context is speaking of first place, or supremacy, not the order of things.
	truthsaves.org /firstborn.shtml (1181 words)

	Multiple choice-
		In the Jewish culture of the Bible being the firstborn was not merely an issue of chronology- that is to say timing.
		Being the firstborn in a royal house meant inheriting the throne and hence the pre-eminent position in the kingdom.
		So the firstborn in terms of pre-eminence was not the first one to be born.
	homepage.mac.com /count2one/wp20.htm (659 words)

	The Firstborn of God.
		The Firstborn of God is the earnest and affectionate quest of a modern woman to not only discover the roots of our social and philosophical stances, it is her way of going back to the source so she may better understand today.
		I hope the next time she prints The Firstborn of God she has a proofreader eliminate the odd and strange spelling and grammar errors, so that the value of her study can be accepted without reservation.
		In the Firstborn of God, Gail Evans begins with Genesis 1 and recreates a telling of the biblical story that breaths new life into the word of God, giving it new meaning for the twenty first century.
	gailevans.tripod.com /gailevans/id1.html (1062 words)

	Bible Study - The Firstborn
		The birthright of the firstborn included a double allotment of the estate, and leadership over members of the family who were born later.
		Jesus Christ, The Logos as a human, was the firstborn of Joseph and Mary:
		Originally, the firstborn son served as the priest, which among the Children of Jacob was transferred from Reuben to the descendants of Levi (see Levites).
	www.keyway.ca /htm2000/20000829.htm (916 words)

	~ Jehovah's Witnesses And The Firstborn Of All Creation ~
		After saying that Jesus is the firstborn of all creation, Paul adds in verse 16, "Because all things were created in Him." It simply makes no sense to say that Christ is the first creature because everything was created in Him.
		The second explanation is that Christ is called the "firstborn of all creation" because, as the exalted incarnate Son of God, He is both created and the head in all creation.
		The third explanation is that Christ is called the "firstborn of all creation" because the entire created universe was created in, through, and for Him as the eternal Son of God.
	mysite.verizon.net /thetruth77/jwfirstborn.html (377 words)

	CopperCountry.com :: Jesus The Firstborn
		Finally in Colossians 1: 15-17, along with the name "the Image of the invisible God", he speaks of Him as "the firstborn of all creation", and declares that "in him all things were created", and "he is before all things", and that "in him all things hold together".
		This terminology is derived from the Old Testament where it is used of Israel in Exodus 4:22, of Ephraim in Jeremiah 31:9, and of the Messianic King in Psalm 89:27.
		It carries with it all the associations which were connected with the firstborn in the flock, held to belong to God, and the firstborn son who inherited the birthright and a double share of the inheritance.
	www.coppercountry.com /JesusTheFirstborn.php (854 words)

	FirstbornFromTheDead
		In connection with the name Firstborn one is not to think here merely of an order of birth but, as may appear from a comparison with certain Old Testament pronouncements (as, for example, Exod.
		To be sure, this name also indicates the relationship to others who in Romans 8:29 are called "many brethren." As the Firstborn among those many, however, Christ not only occupies a special place and dignity, but he also goes before them, he opens up the way for them, he joins their future to his own.
		And very similar is the meaning of Firstborn from the dead; he ushers in the world of the resurrection.
	www.geftakysassembly.com /Articles/BiblicalExposition/FirstbornFromTheDead.htm (1275 words)

	Tim Lynch's Review of Firstborn
		Even firstborn children may want to steer clear if they're wary of spoilers, however.
		"Firstborn" had pretty much every regular character behaving both in character and intelligently, and "Firstborn" was a show that needed telling, both for Worf's sake and for Alexander's.
		"Firstborn" certainly had flaws, much of it in the ending.
	www.dcs.gla.ac.uk /~hwloidl/TL/tng7/firstborn.html (2447 words)

	The Plague of the Firstborn
		Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the slave girl, who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle as well.
		At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well.
		While Pharaoh was responsible for bringing the plague upon the people by his refusal to obey God, the Egyptians were also rejecting God by worshiping false gods and by cruelly enslaving the Israelites.
	www.rationalchristianity.net /plague_firstborn.html (466 words)

	Firstborn Knight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		They are the elite of the Firstborn army and have led the Firstborn to many victories.
		The Firstborn Knight is one of a Firstborn group that is sent to The Old World in search of new items for the Firstborn.
		The Firstborn Knight is a heroic warrior, a front-line trooper and a steel wart ally.
	www.ourlair.com /slayer/warriors/firstbornknight.htm (1009 words)

	MyJewishLearning.com - Holidays: Fast of the Firstborn
		The sunrise to sunset ta'anit (fast) bekhorim (of the firstborn) is the only fast that applies to just a segment of the community: all males who are the firstborn children in their families (if the firstborn child is female, the first son born after her is not obligated).
		All the firstborn are invited to be present for the conclusion and share cake and schnapps afterward, considered a seudat (meal) mitzvah (in honor of a commandment; in this case, studying the Torah).
		The firstborn were invited, since the wedding meal is a seudat mitzvah exempting them from the fast.
	www.myjewishlearning.com /holidays/Minor_Fasts/TO_Minor/Firstborn_278.htm (358 words)

	Firstborns
		Ibn Ezra states: “The reason behind ‘My firstborn son’- this is the nation which their forefathers served Me in the beginning, and I have mercy on them, as a father has mercy over his son who serves him.
		God’s very response of destroying firstborn beasts, addresses the precise flaw: God addresses that which is corrupt, i.e., their notion that “firstborns are of elevated status”, and animals share prominence with man. The very equation the Egyptians made between animals to man, in that even firstborn beasts were celebrated, was idolatrous in nature.
		And to point this out to Egypt, to dispel this foolish notion that a firstborn carries any significance, God warned the Egyptians to recognize the Hebraic, monotheistic life and free these Hebrews to practice, or suffer the consequence of realizing how little import your firstborns are…they will be killed.
	www.mesora.org /Firstborns.htm (2020 words)

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		5 Every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the firstborn of the female slave who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the livestock.
		At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock.
		Every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the firstborn of the female slave who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the livestock
	www.christian-thinktank.com /killheir.html (5370 words)

	The Grey Havens - Else: Of the Valar and the Coming of the Firstborn
		Some of the Ainur longed for Arda, and was allowed to enter it, to prepare it for the coming of the Children of Ilüvatar.
		Arda was unfinished, and they worked for a long time to prepare it for the Firstborn and the Followers, but as the Lords and Queens built, Melkor tore down.
		Varda, the wife of Manwë, built the stars, and it is said that in the same moment they shone for the first time, the Firstborn woke, as it's told in Quenta Silmarillion - The History of the Silmarils.
	tolkien.cro.net /else/valar.html (783 words)

	The Number 222 - God's Word and the Firstborn Blessing
		His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
		The Number 222 reveals a profound integration of Thread 1 (the Bible Wheel) with Thread 3 (the alphanumeric structure of the Greek and Hebrew languages) and the nature of the Second Person of Blessed Trinity.
		All of this reiterates the fundamental teaching of Scripture that the firstborn is to receive the blessing and also integrates with the nature of the Godhead in the Second Person, the Firstborn over all creation through whom all the the nations of the earth are blessed.
	www.biblewheel.com /GR/GR_222.asp (296 words)

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