Unlike men with earthly ambitions, Jesus was not tempted by the flattery and honor bestowed upon Him by men who had a wrong conception of His purpose and ministry.
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John 6:15: Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone. Leave a comment
Prov 1:1: The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; Leave a comment
“The Proverbs”, the opening noun gives the book its name in the Hebrew Bible as in ours. The Hebrew term basically means ‘a comparison’ (e.g., the sharp simile such as –at random–11:23, 12:4; or the full grown allegory of Ezek 17:2 or Judges 9:8), but it came to stand for any kind of sage pronouncement [...]
Dan 2:30: But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretations to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart Leave a comment
Daniel was not prideful about his insight.
Micah 1:1: “The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.” Leave a comment
I Kings 20:1-4: And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it. And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad, Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine. And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine and all that I have”. Leave a comment
What Ben Hadad asked was absolute surrender; and what Ahab gave was what was asked of him—absolute surrender.
1:1: The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Leave a comment
Uziah, the tenth king of Judah, became a leper because he intruded into the holy place, which even a king was not permitted to do. However, he is classified as a good king. Ahaz, the grandson of Uzziah, was a bad king.
Dan 2:4: Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it.” Leave a comment
Sounds like a text book dream interpretation. I cannot tell you how many times I have heard a dream interpreted by using some formula of interpretation that someone read from a book. It might be right, in a very long shot. But more than likely it is not. True dream interpretation does not come from [...]
Matt 2:1-2….11: Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him………….. And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Frankincense is a gift for a priest. Myrrh is a gift for one who is to die. Gold is for a king.” Leave a comment
Tradition says there were three wise men, however, the verse gives no indication of how many there were. Bethlehem means “house of bread.” Man is always seeking a king, for he feels in the depth of his soul that he is never so great as in the presence of his greater. Let a great man [...]
