The FaithOfJesus2 Daily Devotional
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kjv@Revelation:14:12
( FaithOfJesus thread begun by rRandyP )
Today's Verse:
kjv@Luke:9:51 kjv@Luke:9:52 kjv@Luke:9:53 kjv@Luke:9:54 kjv@Luke:9:55 kjv@Luke:9:56 kjv@Luke:9:57 kjv@Luke:9:58 kjv@Luke:9:59 kjv@Luke:9:60 kjv@Luke:9:61 kjv@Luke:9:62 (also recounted in part kjv@Matthew:8:19-22) dict:easton Israel, Kingdom dict:easton Judah, Kingdom http://www.vtaide.com/gleanings/Kings-of-Israel/kings.html dict:torrey Samaria rwp@Luke:9:52-53 dict:easton Gerizim orhttp://www.ldolphin.org/kings.html Jesus walks through the caverness divide between what remains of the ten tribes of Israel and the two tribes of Judah/Benjamin. On the one hand He is refused common passage because He is not stopping to recognize Mount Gerizim the place of Joseph's bones and their bastardized semi Judaic religion. On the other He is being approached by the Son's of Thunder to do as Elijah once did and send fire down upon their idolatrous temple. It is a rift as old as B.C. 975. Now the same Herod that attempted to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem had attempted the same in Shechem thus giving hope of revival and Messiah's triumphant entrance on both's behalf. The Israel of the ten tribes is a case study in being initially right at the beginning of the divide in regards to their suspicions of the kingly line of Judah and the plentiful abuses waged on them, a division divinely ordained, yet it soon came to a long perpetuated disobedience though (starting at kjv@1Kings:12:26-33) steering themselves far astray from the true worship, manufacturing for themselves a religion that later became heavily influenced by Babylonian and Assyrian idolatry. There was never a king from the Israel side of the divide ever recorded as doing anything but evil in the eye of the LORD because of this religious shift. While Judah did have brief occasions of good kings, they were few and far between. Independent Judah far outlasted Israel by God's hand alone in preparation for the work here of the Messiah, before HIM ending it/Judah as well. Being right in the first respect in no way guarantees being right in the remainder just as being wrong initially (perhaps throughout) doesn't mean that God isn't going to stick to HIS expressed means. The story of the Old Testament isn't a story of a tremendous people that faithfully did tremendous things for God, it is a story of a tremendous God going about what HE had to accomplish amidst a largely unfaithful people. If HE had to wait for a people faithful enough to do it for HIM HE would still be waiting. That is not to ridicule this chosen people, it is to ridicule sinful man as a whole (if them then certainly all the rest of us). Note that there does seem to be a receptive audience wanting to follow Jesus in Samaria. While as a whole they may be rejecting Jesus going on to Jerusalem, individually there does appear to be some traction with His message and His intentions. Declaring Certainty Further Resources: Comment Board:Luke:9:51-62
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kjv@1Kings:11:31
kjv@1Kings:12:27
kjv@2Kings:17:24
kjv@Nehemiah:4:2
kjv@Ezekiel:16:51
kjv@John:4:25
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