Tag: king
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for it was not the season for figs – 3
You will break the oppressor’s rod,just as you did when you destroyed the army of Midian. Isaiah 9:4b NLT the Oppressor’s Rod We expect a powerful King to save us, not a loving, all-powerful King. “..and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Isaiah 53:3 We…
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Israel’s First King – 2
1 Samuel 8: When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel… 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah 5 and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us…
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Israel’s First King
Israel. Let us first recall that Israel is a person, a people and a place. A nation with the promise of God bears that name and witness of the LORD’s covenant with Abraham and the generations. Israel is the LORD’s name for Jacob, son of Issac, son of Abraham; not any other of the forefathers…
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