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HOW COULD ANYONE BE SO CRUEL AS TO EXECUTE ALL HIS BROTHERS

June 1, 2022Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, brother, brothers, Christ, crime, cruel, daughter, family, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Goodness, Jehoram, Jehoshaphate, jesus, Jesus Christ, joy, kid, kids, kill, killed, killer, King, kingly, learned, Lord, Matthew, murder, new testament, Old Testament, palm, power, rest, Son, son's, strength, surivived, worldabarkley8

Jehoram was the world’s best-known fratricidal maniac. He waited until power was solidly in his palm, then wiped out all possible bloodline competitors. The crime carried little strategic advantage, and alternatives, such as appointing brothers to cabinet posts, might have been more effective in securing Jehoram’s reputation and power.

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WHY WAS EZRA’S READING OF GOD’S LAW SO POWERFUL?

May 31, 2021Uncategorized7th month, book, booths, branches, chief, cities, drink, events, Ezra, fathers, fetch, forth, gate of Ephraim, grieve, grieved, Holy, Jeruslaem, Joshua, law, law of God, listening, Man, manner, message, Moses, mourning, nehemiah, olive branches, Olives, palm, Pray, praying, priest, read, reading, revival, scribe, scroll, seven days, seventh month, spake, spiritual, sweet, Tirshatha, water gate, woman, women, wordsabarkley8

The events that occurred at the Water Gate in Nehemiah’s time can be described as a spiritual revival. The people knew that God had made it possible for them to rebuild the city. Now they were ready to hear what else God would say to them. They listened intently. When Ezra opened the scroll of God’s law, they stood out of respect and anticipation over what they were about to hear.

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