Today’s Word
The Pursuit of Power (3) Rewind
Babylon has been a golden cup in the hand of the Lord, intoxicating the whole earth; the nations have drunk her wine, therefore the nations are going mad. Jeremiah 51:7 Robert Alter Mad – The elixir of the gods is power. It is the aphrodisiac of self-sovereignty. And it is deadly. Jeremiah proclaimed that the…
The Pursuit of Power (2) Rewind
Her princes inside her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves . . . Zephaniah 3:3 KJV Roaring lions/evening wolves – “The hunger of the powerful knows no satiety; the appetite grows on what it feeds. Power exalts itself and is incapable of yielding to any transcendent judgment; . . . It is the…
The Pursuit of Power (1)
She did not listen to the voice; she did not receive correction; she did not trust in YHWH; she did not draw near to her God. Zephaniah 3:2 Robert Alter Did Not – We have been examining the end of the Empire of Rome, but the same patterns existed in biblical times. Therefore, I believe…
Sound Familiar? (Rewind)
But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and besides, I will not let Israel go.” Exodus 5:2 NASB Lord – It’s too bad that English translations replace the consonants YHVH with “LORD” especially in this verse. Why? Because Pharoah isn’t making a statement about…
All in the Family (2)
Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household….
All in the Family (1)
Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household….
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