Numerous other times in the New Testament Jesus is referred to as prōtotokos, firstborn: For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. (Romans 8:29) He is the image of the invisib...
I saw this image plastered all over the social media platforms as Trump secured PA. The first thing I thought in my spirit is the 70 Million little babies that have been chopped up in our country while the church for the most part stood by and did nothing. It still astonishes me. My ...
Who are the “brothers” who arrive with Jesus’ mother? Did Jesus have brothers in the usual sense of the term? How many? If they were not blood brothers, what other possible relationship could they have to Jesus? (This is the first reference to Jesus’ brothers in the synoptic gospels...
the Messiah. The rest of us have always tried to impress our mother and father growing up, but I guessJesusdoes have a reason for being the favorite child. I was the second born named after my mother, born a year and a half after Jesus, and then the rest of my brothers came four ...
JESUS-YESHUA CHRIST-MESSIAH LOVED Everyone FIRST Sing Glory Glory Hallelujah!! (Romans 3:10 KJV) “As it is written, There is none Righteous, no, not one:”!! JESUS-YESHUA isRighteous PRAISE HIS NAME!! (Romans 6:23 KJV) “For the wages of sin is death; but the Gift of GOD is Et...
The late German theologian Dorothee Soelle (1929-2003) found this paradigm of Christian discipleship perfectly expressed inThe Brothers Karamazov, where Ivan and his younger brother Alyosha are earnestly discussing theodicy. Both agree that no long-range divine purpose could ever justify the torture of...
30But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first. Back to resources Pinned Bible Panorama The Bible Panorama. Copyright © 2005 Day One Publications. 1 entry forMatthew 19 Matthew 19 Matthew 19 V 1–2: LARGE MULTITUDESMany people follow Jesus from Galilee...
15 who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; 16 for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and...
I actually got hired at the end of January and my first day was January 31st. I worked that week, then our daughter ended up getting really sick. I had to take off the next week to help her, then I caught what she had, and missed several days the next week too. After that, our...
We are Jesus and Kingdom first, last and forever. It is far too easy for nationalism to become idolatrous if it is our ultimate value. Great-Grandpa Tom Hird, by the way, was also a Methodist lay evangelist who preached the hot gospel. How many people know what the hot gospel is?