If someone is leaping, can he also be limping at the same time? That’s a strange question, isn’t it? Apparently according to the writer of 1 Kings, that’s a distinct possibility. In the days of the prophet Elijah, the wicked King Ahab ruled over Israel – the Northern Kingdom. He was so evil and far…
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1 Kings 9:8 – Heap of Ruins
Solomon spent seven years building the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (1 Kings 6:38). When he had finished, he dedicated the house to the Lord. In his prayers of dedication, Solomon acknowledged the natural inclination of the people to sin, and he pleaded with Yahweh to forgive them in their human failures. We see…
Luke 20:36 – Equal to Angels
The scribes and chief priests, the Pharisees and the Sadducees, all came to Jesus with their own agendas hoping to catch Him as a false prophet and thus denounce Him. At one point, the Sadducees tried to trip Him up with questions about the afterlife. As opposed to the Pharisees, they didn’t believe in the…
Luke 19:44 – Not One Stone
God is omniscient, i.e. He knows all things from past to future. Yet, isn’t it interesting how when something bad He knows will happen actually does occur, He still grieves over it? With the view God has of eternity as the Alpha and Omega – the beginning and the end – the Lord sees from…
2 Samuel 9:1 – Unmerited Grace
The practice of kingly succession typically involved extreme bloodshed. When a king died or was overthrown, the one who rose to power wanted to cement his authority and prevent any possible contenders for the throne. As such, the new king would execute all members of the family of the prior king. He would kill the…
Luke 18:19 – Good Person Test
Many people think that because they’re a “good person,” they’ll go to heaven. Even large numbers in the Christian community believe that’s the way to eternal life. Of course, if they read the Bible and believed what Jesus and Paul said, they’d know the truth. In John 3:3, Jesus told Nicodemus: “Truly, truly, I say…