The Rest of the Story

Now it came about, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli was watching her mouth.  As for Hannah, she was speaking in her heart, only her lips were moving, but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought she was drunk. 1 Samuel 1:12-13 NASB Was drunk – Explanation by assumption. That’s the…

The Pursuit of Power (4)

Babylon was a golden cup in the hand of the Lord, making the whole earth drunk; the nations drank of her wine, therefore the nations went mad. Jeremiah 51:7 In The Hand – Babylon was an instrument in the hand of YHWH for His purposes.  The text tells us quite clearly that the power of…

The Pursuit of Power (3)

Babylon was a golden cup in the hand of the Lord, making the whole earth drunk; the nations drank of her wine, therefore the nations went mad. Jeremiah 51:7 Mad – The elixir of the gods is power.  It is the aphrodisiac of self-sovereignty.  And it is deadly.  Jeremiah proclaimed that the world of the…