Counsel may come from men and be good or bad and have its consequences; when counsel comes from God and is ignored the outcome is disastrous. When Rehoboam became king in place of his father Solomon, he immediately had a choice to make as to how he would rule. The people of Israel came to…
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1 Kings 10:5 – No Breath in Her
Imagine yourself a monarch – a king or queen – in the time of Solomon. The queen of Sheba was such a ruler. Because of Solomon’s fame, this queen heard about him from the distant land in which she lived. Sheba is considered to be the modern day country of Yemen, to the far south…
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 18:7 – Crying for Justice
To anyone whose head isn’t buried in the sand, the world is growing darker. There are those who take the unbiblical view that God will halt this progression into greater wickedness and bring an amazing revival. However, all one must do is read his Bible to see that in these latter days, no such event…
Matthew 26:8 – They Were Indignant
On first reading, in suggesting the connection I propose in this commentary, you may say, “What?” But, hear me out. What if the original fall of the sons of God (bene Elohim) foreshadowed the indignation of the disciples when the woman anointed Jesus with oil and the subsequent action by Judas? The first rebel was…
Matthew 25:40 – As You Did
We know that from the time of Jesus, the only way to eternal life is through Him (John 3:16). Believers who have died and risen, and those alive and translated in the Rapture, will all be justified by grace through Jesus for their works in Christ at His mercy seat (Hebrews 9:5; Romans 3:24-25). Their…