Tag: samuel
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You Scoffers Who Rule Jerusalem – a Bed too Short
Perhaps by now you know from introduction in my previous post that the complainant in this case is the LORD. His indictment of leaders is not my complaint for today, but that of the prophet of Judah in the eighth century BC. Therefore Isaiah approaches these leaders, scoffers who rule Jerusalem with warnings from the…
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A Witness through John – King of the Darkness
And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon. The Revelation of Jesus Christ to John 9:11 Light from Darkness What do you believe about light and darkness, about good and evil, about God and the opponents…
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That you may have Certainty – 5 – A King of the Jews
King of the Jews And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.” – Luke 23:3 They had remembered hearing the indictment of this gentile governor while hiding their faces from his Roman judgment seat. Although complicit in Jesus’ prosecution, an illegitimate half-jew Herodian sat powerless while Roman troops…
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for it was not the season for figs – 4
Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself. John 6:15 Conspiracy to force Jesus to be King Returning to Galilee, held by Rome.. Jesus faced crowds with different motivations than the Lord God on occasions other than His…
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Israel’s First King – 3
And do not turn aside after empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty. – 1 Samuel 12:21 Good advice for an aspiring politician (prospective leader of the people), is it not? A young Saul is anointed King of Israel and the heavy mantle of leadership soon burdens Saul’s shoulders. 1…
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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…
