CRACKNEL to CREMATION

CRACKNEL

A biscuit or cake, hard-baked 1Ki 14:3

CRAFTINESS

INSTANCES OF .Satan, in the temptation of Eve Ge 3:1-5 .Jacob, in purchase of Esau's birthright Ge 25:31-33 .Obtaining Isaac's blessing Ge 27:6-29 .In management of Laban's flocks and herds Ge 30:31-43 .Gibeonites, in deceiving Joshua and the Israelites into a treaty Jos 9:3-15 .Sanballat, in trying to deceive Nehemiah into a conference Ne 6:1 .Jews, in seeking to entangle the Master Mt 22:15-17, 24-28; Mr 12:13; 14:18-23; Lk 20:19-26 .In seeking to kill Jesus Mt 26:4; Mr 14:1

CRAFTSMAN

See ART
See MASTER WORKMAN

CRANE

(Isa. 38:14; Jer. 8:7). In both of these passages the Authorized Version has reversed the Hebrew order of the words. "Crane or swallow" should be "swallow or crane," as in the Revised Version.

The rendering is there correct. The Hebrew for crane is 'agur, the Grus cincerea, a bird well known in Palestine. It is migratory, and is distinguished by its loud voice, its cry being hoarse and melancholy.

An amphibious bird Isa 38:14; Jer 8:7

CREATION

"In the beginning" God created, i.e., called into being, all things out of nothing. This creative act on the part of God was absolutely free, and for infinitely wise reasons.

The cause of all things exists only in the will of God. The work of creation is attributed (1) to the Godhead (Gen. 1:1, 26); (2) to the Father (1 Cor. 8:6); (3) to the Son (John 1:3; Col. 1:16, 17); (4) to the Holy Spirit (Gen. 1:2; Job 26:13; Ps. 104:30).

The fact that he is the Creator distinguishes Jehovah as the true God (Isa. 37:16; 40:12, 13; 54:5; Ps. 96:5; Jer. 10:11, 12).

The one great end in the work of creation is the manifestation of the glory of the Creator (Col. 1:16; Rev. 4:11; Rom. 11:36). God's works, equally with God's word, are a revelation from him; and between the teachings of the one and those of the other, when rightly understood, there can be no contradiction.

Traditions of the creation, disfigured by corruptions, are found among the records of ancient Eastern nations.

(See ACCAD

A peculiar interest belongs to the traditions of the Accadians, the primitive inhabitants of the plains of Lower Mesopotamia. These within the last few years have been brought to light in the tablets and cylinders which have been rescued from the long-buried palaces and temples of Assyria. They bear a remarkable resemblance to the record of Genesis.

Beginning of Ge 1:1 History of Ge 1:1; 2:1

See ANIMALS
See BIRDS
See EARTH
See FISH
See GRASS
See HEAVEN
See MAN

See MOON
See SEA
See STARS
See SUN
See WATER
See WOMEN
See GOD, CREATOR
See JESUS, CREATOR

CREATURE

denotes the whole creation in Rom. 8:39; Col. 1:15; Rev. 5:13; the whole human race in Mark 16:15; Rom. 8:19-22.

The living creatures in Ezek. 10:15, 17, are imaginary beings, symbols of the Divine attributes and operations.

See CREATION
See GOD, CREATOR
See MAN, CREATED

NEW CREATURE 2Co 5:17; Ga 6:15 .

See REGENERATION

CREDITOR

LAWS CONCERNING Ex 21:2-6; 22:25-27; Le 25:14-17, 35-37; Deut 15:2, 3; 24:6, 23:19, 20; 10-13, 17; Mt 5:42; Lk 6:34

OPPRESSIONS OF 2Ki 4:1; Ne 5:1-13; Job 20:18-20; 22:6; 24:3, 9; Pr 22:26, 27; Mt 5:25, 26; 18:28-35; Lk 12:58, 59

MERCIFUL Ps 112:5; Mt 18:23-27; Lk 7:41-43 .

See DEBT
See DEBTOR
See JUBILEE
See SURETY

CREED

See DECREES
See LAW
See ECCLESIASTICISM
See TRADITION

CREEPING THINGS

A general term for animals Le 11:20-23, Ge 1:26; 29-31, 42; Ps 104:20, 25; Ro 1:23 Unclean Le 5:2; 11:20, 29-44; Deut 14:19 Clean Le 11:21, 22 Uses of, in idolatrous worship Eze 8:10

CREMATION

General scriptures concerning Jos 7:25; 1Sa 31:12; 2Ki 23:20; Am 2:1; 6:10

See BURIAL