Tag: lamentations

  • Reflections: Jerusalem – a city of sacrifice

    [ Lament over Jerusalem ] “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! – words of Christ Jesus – Mathew 23:37 The Temple of…

  • In God We Trusted – 5

    The political ‘spin’ has been spun. The gradual fall is begun. How? lament the People… Why? In God we trusted. “Lamentations” was derived from a translation of the title as found in the Latin Vulgate (Vg.) translation of the Greek OT, the Septuagint (LXX), and conveys the idea of “loud cries.” The Hebrew exclamation ekah…

  • In God We Trusted – 3

    Part 3 of 3 from TalkofJESUS.com post in AD 2013. Noah Webster – Defining American Government We the people of the US have forgotten: In God we trusted.  Our heritage of faith is buried deeply in disbelief and rebellion. Lamentations is indictment of rulers who do not hear the cries of their people or acknowledge the…