Tag: temple
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Preaching from Herod’s Porch
You’ve never heard it called ‘HEROD’S PORCH,’ but certainly that must have been the inferred imagery when Herod the Great named it, ‘Solomon’s Porch,’ (porticum Salomonis, in the Latin of Herod’s Roman friends). Now while Kefa and Yochanan were being held by him, all the people ran together to them at the Portico which is…
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We are Beggars in the House of God
Begging for Blessing You may have had a beggar at your door recently. My new neighbor asked me if he should expect any ‘trick or treaters’ invading our neighborhood. Probably not, I responded. We generally have sweets here for ourselves that I could give away to a beggar, I assured. But he thought it might…
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D.C. al Coda – if your heart turns away..
It was part of Moses’ warning, wasn’t it? The LORD will bless you, BUT IF YOUR HEART TURNS AWAY, woe to your children cursed for your disobedience. What’s wrong with this picture? No, I’m not asking what’s wrong with this picture of Joshua and the men of Israel about to cross the Jordan to conquer…
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The Veil torn on Good Friday + Witness of a story & Scripture
How does a veil torn in the Temple on Good Friday connect all Jews to Christians of the 21st century Church? Good Friday Before we turn to the actual script of this pivotal event in history, allow me to place you into a fictional Good Friday scene as one witness to what is about to…
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Apocalypse 2 – Good News Unsealed
ἀποκάλυψις apokalypsis or apocalypse We often associate apocalypse with the dramatic catastrophic events of the Book of Revelation from the Bible. To begin with a definition, note that an apocalypse is not necessarily an unseen disaster (although it may be for some). laying bare, making naked a disclosure of truth, instruction manifestation, appearance In this…
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1st century Rome – an awkward embrace of RELIGION & politics
Then Pilate said to them, “You take Him and judge Him according to your law.” Therefore the Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death” John 18:31 NKJV As a reminder from our study of John 18, the Messiah Jesus was seized by officials of the Temple in…
