Tag: martyrs

  • Matthias – Scripture fulfilled in Jerusalem – מַתַּתְיָה

    Choosing Matthias And they drew lots for them, and the lot fell to Matthias; and he was added to the eleven apostles. Acts 1:26 NASB20 Matthias fills a position of an Apostle from off the bench (so to speak) as a substitute for Judas who had betrayed Christ and then took his own life. This new Twelfth Apostle gets little mention as…

    painting of Peter casting lots to choose between Justus and Matthias
  • Cultures of Conquest and Times of Evil

    Before America & hence: NO limit of Evil Looking back: before America, before England, before Rome, before David and Israel; looking back to cultures of conquest and times of evil: Scriptures And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord after Ehud died. And the Lord sold them…

    Aidan Bartos photo unsplash
  • Apocalypse 8 – Martyrs + the saints cry out

    “How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who live on the earth?” Revelation 6:10b NASB – the cry of the martyrs from beneath the altar Martyrs UNANSWERED Questions of those who died for their faith in Jesus Christ: Where is JUSTICE for those who…

    foxe's book of martyrs