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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Kleros Greek, Allotted portion or share in Apostolic Ministry Who will take over Judas' "kleros" in the apostles' ministry Acts 1:17 Simon Magus has no "kleros portion" in the Word or gift of God Acts 8:21 significance Our kleros is our personal ministry area alongside the ministry of others It includes our spiritual gifts and our personal part of proclaiming the living word of God., kleros the Greek word: its usage in Bible times (kleronomia is an equivalent word) Old Testament (LXX greek) figurative use, kleronomia means Inheritance eg Josh 17:4, Num 18:24, Dt 10:9, kleronomia kleros and kleronomia are interchangeable when the form in which the Israelites took possession of Canaan, and the land itself as their own special, God-given possession, are described. apportionment of the Promised Land Josh 17:4 Josh 18:1-6 The act of dividing the land and casting lots was the first step of "taking possession" and "receiving the inheritance" that the Lord God had given to them., kleros the Greek word: its usage in Bible times (kleronomia is an equivalent word) later Judaism Philip went to Rome to "acquire a kleros (in the inheritance)" Josephus, kleros means Casting lots is done specifically by victors in dividing the spoil Jl. 3:3; Ob. 11; Nah. 3:10, kleros the Greek word: its usage in Bible times (kleronomia is an equivalent word) New Testament Allotted portion or share in Apostolic Ministry Who will take over Judas' "kleros" in the apostles' ministry Acts 1:17 Simon Magus has no "kleros portion" in the Word or gift of God Acts 8:21, kleros means "Lot" Jon 1:7, Josh 18:7 "Lot of land" Num 16:14, Israel is God's kleros Dt 9:29 significance our kleros is found in God alone all of the other meanings of kleros pale into the background. We are God's kleros and God is ours. "You are my portion and my cup" Incidentally, this means that whenever you read about "cup" in the sense of "the cup I have to drink" ... think kleros "I am my beloved's and he is mine and his banner over me is love", apportionment of the Promised Land Josh 17:4 Josh 18:1-6 The act of dividing the land and casting lots was the first step of "taking possession" and "receiving the inheritance" that the Lord God had given to them. recognising that the land is not Israel's by conquest but by God's gift., kleros the Greek word: its usage in Bible times (kleronomia is an equivalent word) Common Greek usage 3 main senses: a Lot which is cast a Portion of land which is assigned by casting that Lot the ongoing possession (Inheritance) of that portion of land, kleros the Greek word: its usage in Bible times (kleronomia is an equivalent word) Common Greek usage Due to belief that God determined the Lots drawn, and the perpetually inherited land that often ensued, kleros came to be used figuratively for one's ultimate destiny alloted by God (including martyrdom), kleros kleros and kleronomia are interchangeable when the form in which the Israelites took possession of Canaan, and the land itself as their own special, God-given possession, are described. apportionment of the Promised Land Josh 17:4 Josh 18:1-6 The act of dividing the land and casting lots was the first step of "taking possession" and "receiving the inheritance" that the Lord God had given to them., kleros the Greek word: its usage in Bible times (kleronomia is an equivalent word) Old Testament (LXX greek) kleronomia, kleros the Greek word: its usage in Bible times (kleronomia is an equivalent word) Philo Philo said that "nobility is the kleros of the soul" this is further explained by his question: "What good did the nobility of his birth do to a man who had displayed want of nobleness in his soul?" and "nobility of birth is of no service whatever to those who do not deserve to have it" and "Since, then, nobility of mind, perfectly purified by complete purifications, is the proper inheritance, we ought to call those men alone noble who are temperate and just, even though they may be of the class of domestic slaves, or may have been bought with money.", kleros the Greek word: its usage in Bible times (kleronomia is an equivalent word) Philo God is the levite's kleros as "Art is the kleros of artists", figurative use for example Israel is God's kleros Dt 9:29, kleros the Greek word: its usage in Bible times (kleronomia is an equivalent word) Philo the Righteous are God's kleros and vice versa, kleros the Greek word: its usage in Bible times (kleronomia is an equivalent word) Old Testament (LXX greek) Ultimately the overall usage of kleros is rooted in the OT awareness of a God who exercises concrete control of history, leading the people into the land of Canaan and thus giving it its portion. Israel learned thereby that it is God who generally assigns to man his portion., In two passages in the NT and in several of the post-apostolic fathers kleros is used to denote an eschatological portion of the kingdom of God Ac. 26:18; Col 1:12 a kleros in the kingdom of light, among those sancitified by God significance Our kleros is our personal domain of responsibility within the Kingdom of God. Whenever we read about the Kingdom of God, the Kingdom of Heaven, the Kingdom we can read into it our own little portion of that kingdom.