Search results for: “EMPIRE”
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until he brings justice to victory
The death of justice occurred not a week ago, but in centuries past. Justice.. such a noble ideal. Yet what is justice, but a separation of evil from good? This world and this country, the unseen victims of our streets and countless peoples fleeing violence are destined to suffer injustice since the fall of man…
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Follow After Me -2- Released from My Prison
Some Disciples left everything to follow Jesus about 2000 years ago. They were sinners, family men, working men, men like you and me in every way. Although these men and women led simple lives, just like you and me they had problems. Their country had fallen to enemies centuries ago. Prophets of God had asked centuries…
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The Burden of the Word of the Lord
The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. מַשָּׂא דְבַר־יְהוָה אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּיַד מַלְאָכִֽי׃ We have heard it before: a ‘burden,’ a weight laid upon the back of a mortal soul, an oracle from the LORD laid upon the tongue of a Prophet. Malachi was the last Prophet of Judah. Israel (Samaria)…
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Interrupting Jesus 12 – interrupting sin
`… to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy… build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince… the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in…
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Interrupting Jesus 6 – Jesus of Capernaum
Who are you, really? I was raised in Cortland, Ohio U.S.; therefore you might call me: Roger of Cortland. Yet is that really who I am? No, of course not. I now live somewhere else and who I am or what I do is not related to where I live. We often make a mistake in looking back on the…
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Interrupting Jesus 4 – Samaritans & family black sheep
Israel. Let’s get something straight: There was NO Israel in the Roman Empire. (Just take a look at the map). Call it Israel or call it Palestine; you will see that to the Romans, Judeans and Samaritans, Israel does not exist except as part of a long-gone past. A certain hatred existed in the days of…
