{"id":426,"date":"2023-04-03T17:04:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T22:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingyourbestlife60plus.com\/blog\/?p=426"},"modified":"2023-04-03T17:04:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T22:04:09","slug":"coins-of-the-bible-holding-history-in-your-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingyourbestlife60plus.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/03\/coins-of-the-bible-holding-history-in-your-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Coins of the Bible – Holding History in your Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Having just returned from a tour of the Holy Land, (more on this later) I literally saw Biblical history come to life. We saw a reclaimed first century fishing boat from the Sea of Galilee, stood at the headwaters of the Jordan River where Jesus asked, \u201cWho do you say I am?\u201d and walked the Stations of the Cross. My husband, Randy is a history buff, coin collector and walking encyclopedia of all things numismatic. Being with him in Israel greatly enhanced my appreciation of our. For our store, he recently a short video<\/a> about the Widow\u2019s Mite. Here, modified for the purpose is the essence of his insight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Widow\u2019s Mite<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

With Easter on the horizon, our focus is on Christ and all He taught us. Are you aware of how often a coin is used in His teaching? Among the most famous of these is the Widow\u2019s Mite from the story of a charitable widow in the New Testament. Passages Mark 12:41-44 and Luke 21:1-4 recall her sacrificial offering and Jesus\u2019 joyful response. While a \u201cmite\u201d merely defines a small coin, the famous story has caused wonder as to what sort of coins she might have donated. But, the 2000 years since Jesus\u2019 time has made this difficult to confirm.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lepton Coin<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

While we are unsure of the actual coin referenced, archeologists believe it to be the Lepton\u2014distinguished by a design of a wheel with spokes. This was the smallest of the bronze coins in Jerusalem and Israel. And though it was struck during the reign of Alexander Janeus, before Jesus\u2019 era, these coins continued in circulation at the time in which he lived. Tens of thousands of these coins have been found. They were crudely produced with an often off-centered design and were of the lowest denomination ever minted. At the time of Jesus and this widow, the lepton had very little worth. This might emphasize Jesus\u2019 praise for not a sum of money but the value of this woman\u2019s character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we head into Easter, may this little numismatic story give you a moment to reflect on your character. Are you living, and giving, in a way that would garner the praise of Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lauren Littauer Briggs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Through her speaking and writing,\u00a0Lauren<\/a>\u00a0encourages people with her heartfelt messages and practical presentations.\u00a0She is the author of\u00a0The Art of Helping<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 What to say and Do When Someone is Hurting.\u00a0 Lauren and her family are active in both church and community choral groups. She and her husband Randy own Briggs and Coops Coins<\/a> and live in Redlands, CA.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Having just returned from a tour of the Holy Land, (more on this later) I literally saw Biblical history come to life. We saw a reclaimed first century fishing boat from the Sea of Galilee, stood at the headwaters of the Jordan River where Jesus asked, \u201cWho do you say I am?\u201d and walked the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,17,12],"tags":[108,106,107],"class_list":["post-426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance","category-hobbies","category-travel","tag-bible-coins","tag-lepton","tag-widows-mite"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingyourbestlife60plus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingyourbestlife60plus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingyourbestlife60plus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingyourbestlife60plus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingyourbestlife60plus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/livingyourbestlife60plus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":429,"href":"https:\/\/livingyourbestlife60plus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426\/revisions\/429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingyourbestlife60plus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingyourbestlife60plus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingyourbestlife60plus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingyourbestlife60plus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}