Tag: kings
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DOCTRINE – WHO SAYS?
GOD IS One and FIRST Is God’s TRUTH not found in SCRIPTURE? “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him. 1 Kings 18:21b CSB – the question of the Prophet Elijah to the sons of Israel and false prophets at Mount Carmel It’s a great QUESTION Elijah asks of…
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Jerusalem – a City Stirred Up
Then the whole city was provoked… Acts of the Apostles 21:30 NASB20 CROWD REACTIONS with violence, retribution and vengeance, WAR between two opposing forces where some claim PEACE while others besiege it with competing claims of war and tolerance… Nothing is new under the sun, most especially in Israel ! Jerusalem, Jerusalem! ~ In the…
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King of the Jews Savior of Sinners
Behold, Elijah is here. “How long will you be limping between two opinions? If Yahweh is God, follow Him..” But the people did not answer him a word. 1 Kings 18:21 excerpt – Legacy Standard Bible ‘What does this QUESTION of Elijah have to do with HOLY WEEK?’ you ask. READ our QUESTION from yesterday. Are…
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No Prophet is welcome in his hometown – 2
Jesus’ reference to the Prophets of Kings This week we have been talking about Jesus of Nazareth and other Prophets of the Old Testament mentioned by Jesus. We continue by asking why Nazarites rejected their local Messiah who had worked miracles like these Old Testament Prophets. What do you know about the two Prophets of…
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You Will Not Be Led -2- Lot’s Wife
WHAT JUST HAPPENED!?! As the world reports with great frequency, something BIG just happened (somewhere); and now you ask (if again threat of impending doom is not dire), “What does this have to do with Lot’s wife?” If kings or enemies have caused it, let’s quickly CONVICT them so they cannot do this to US…
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Josiah – a Good King also Dies
We recently observed one of the falls of Jerusalem in the Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah. Now we look further back in time to the king who almost restored Israel before its fall, King Josiah of Judah. Scripture summarizes the reins of so many kings, ‘He did evil in the sight of the Lord,’ but…
