In biblical times, a king was the highest authority in the land, representing governance, justice, and provision. This imagery sets the stage for understanding God's nature and His relationship with humanity. who prepared a wedding banquetThe wedding banquet is a metaphor for the joyous and ...
When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.New Living TranslationWhen the people who were at the house consoling Mary saw her leave so hastily, ...
2Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples.3So Judas came to the garden, guidinga detachment of soldiers and some officials from the chief priests and the Pharisees.They were carrying torches, lanterns and weapons. ...
from fly bites. According to certain biblical scholars, Beelzebub was also known as the “god of filth,” which later became a term of contempt in the mouth of the Pharisees. As a result, Beelzebub was a particularly despised deity, and the Jews used his name as another name for Satan....
And a woman in the city who was a sinner, having learned that he was eating in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment. She stood
Romans 1 and other biblical texts state that God has revealed certain truths about Himself in nature so that men are without excuse. I think that as people respond to the revelation they have received, Godobligates Himself to provide more revelation to them, so that they receive enough revelat...
Herod’s opulence was only kept in check by his need to maintain a relationship with Jewish leaders. But his pagan temples didn’t do him any favors. The Pharisees and High Priests held Herod in contempt, and even when Herod carried out his duties as a leader of Israel, they were su...
But after a biblical word study this morning, I don’t see a believer’s “victorious Christian life” something we are called to pursue. In fact, all the forms of the word victory (that aren’t speaking of winning an Old Testament battle) speak of what GOD has accomplished (the victory...
Mark in his gospel writes, “And wherever He (Jesus) went – into villages, towns or countryside – they placed the sick in the marketplaces. They begged Him to let them touch even the edge of His clock, and all who touched Him were healed.” ...
By JAMES MONTI Recently I had the great privilege of visiting New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, something that as a native New Yorker I should have done many years earlier but never got around to doing until now — Mea culpa! Before going to the mu