Eventful early life. Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri. After her parents' marriage ended, she and her brother, Bailey (who gave her the name Maya), were sent to rural Stamps, Arkansas, to live with their grandmother, who owned a general store.
The names used in the Bible are Babylon, Land of Shinar, and Mesopotamia. The word Mesopotamia means between the two rivers, more exactly between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The name Iraq, mean country with deep roots. Indeed Iraq is a country with deep roots and is a very significant country in the Bible.
2. Old Testament SALVATION THE COVENANT. Salvation in the Old Testament isn't discussed primarily in terms of going to heaven but in terms of belonging to God as his people. This is true of the New Testament, too heaven is mentioned, but union with Christ is mentioned almost 200 times just in Paul's letters.ld Testament SALVATION THE COVENANT. Salvation in the Old Testament isn't discussed primarily in terms of going to heaven but in terms of belonging to God as his people. This is true of the New Testament, too heaven is mentioned, but union with Christ is mentioned almost 200 times just in Paul's letters.