1. Everyday Phrases
from the Bible

2. Why has the Bible lasted so long?
origins back as far as 1000 BC
God’s message transcends time
applies to human nature

3. From the Bible we get names:
Matthew
Sara
Luke
Paul
Mary
Jesus
Angel
Peter
etc.

4. We get words: adoption ambitious beautiful castaway cucumber left wing
liberty
network
scapegoat

5. Movies with Bible roots or references:
Bruce Almighty
Pulp Fiction
Armageddon
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Lord of the Rings
The Prince of Egypt
The Matrix
Chariots of Fire
The Exorcist

6. Everyday phrases:
"Apple of his eye" -- Deuteronomy 32:10, Zechariah 2:8
"Blind leading the blind" -- Matthew 15:14, Luke 6:39
"Eat, drink, and be merry" -- Ecclesiastes 8:15 KJV
"Eye for an eye" -- Exodus 21:24, Leviticus 24:20; Matthew 5:38
"Good Samaritan" -- Luke 10:25-37
"Handwriting on the wall" -- Daniel 5:5
"My brother's keeper" -- Genesis 4:9
"Out of the mouths of babes" -- Psalm 8:2
"Red sky at morning" -- Matthew 16:3
"Signs of the times" -- Matthew 16:3
"Strait and narrow" -- Matthew 7:14
"Sweat of your brow" -- Genesis 3:19 KJV
"The blind leading the blind" -- Matthew 15:14, Luke 6:39
"Thorn in the flesh" -- 2 Corinthians 12:7

7. “handwriting on the wall”

8. “handwriting on the wall”
"Handwriting on the wall" -- Daniel 5:5
5 Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote.
As Belshazzar and his guests were praising their false gods with God’s holy items, fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote a message on the wall near the lamp stand. Belshazzar froze as he watched this hand write a message on his palace wall. The blood drained from his face and his knees knocked together because what he saw frightened him.
In a loud voice he cried out, “Send for my magicians and astrologers!” Notice that when a person lives to please self they don’t look to God for answers first. They try to figure things out for themselves and look to everyone but God for answers.

9. When his ‘wise men’ (a person is only truly wise when they are living a life that pleases God) were brought before him he said, “Whoever can tell me what this message on my wall says, I will clothe you in purple and have a gold chain placed around your neck. You will also be promoted to the third highest ruler in my kingdom.”
Belshazzar’s wise men went over to the wall and studied the writing. They looked at the words and didn’t know what the message said. This terrified Belshazzar and all his banquet guests were baffled. (For teacher: Spiritual things can only be discerned by someone filled with God’s Spirit 1 Corinthians 2:14)
A life that honors God will seek wisdom from Godly people who will share God’s truth from the Bible. Believers shouldn’t seek advice or guidance from someone who doesn’t believe in Jesus Christ because they do not know how to please God since they don’t believe in Him

10. “handwriting on the wall”

11. “writing is on the wall”
looks like something you predicted is going to happen.

12. writing is on the wall The predicted demise of “something”.
My example:
The demise of human face to face communication.
The writing is on the wall.

14. Your assignment: