Rebel to Redeemed…Sharing HIS Kind of Love
Zacharias and Elisabeth are an older couple, who are childless. Their season of childbearing had passed by. We do learn something about their character. “And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.” {Luke 1:6} Elisabeth is from a priestly family and Zechariah is a priest, who has received the highest […]
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The name Jehonadab means God is willing. Jehonadab is first mentioned when he joined hands with Jehu in destroying the wicked family of Ahab. {2 Kings 10:15-16} He partnered to destroy and suppress the worship of Baal throughout Samaria. He is referred to as the son of Rechab. His sons became known as the Rekabites. Jeremiah says, ““Go to the […]
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Today, we are going to visit with two kings no one would want to be the child of. Ahaz means one that takes or has held. He was the son of Jotham and father of Hezekiah. He was the 12th king of Judah and reigned for 16 years. “Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned […]
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Samuel was the son of Hannah and Elkanah and raised by Eli. He served God his whole life The name Samuel means heard, asked of God, and appointed by God. Sadly, Samuel , the great prophet was an equal failure as Eli when it came to fatherhood. “When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as Israel’s leaders.” {1 Samuel 8:1} […]
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We first meet Eli when Hannah prays for a child. He believe her to be drunk because of her fervent prayers. When Samuel is weaned, Hannah takes him to Eli at the temple. From there, Eli serves as his teacher and a father figure. However, Eli also has sons of his own. The name Eli means “jehovah is high or my god”. […]
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Job was a man who greatly loved God and his family. The name Job means persecuted or hated. “In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job.” {Job 1:1} “The country he lived in was the land of Uz, in the eastern part of Arabia, which lay towards Chaldea, near Euphrates, probably not far from Ur of […]
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While living in Egypt, Joseph took a wife and had two sons. His sons were Manasseh which means to forget and Ephraim, meaning fruitful. The most we learn about Joseph as a father, is when he takes them to visit his own father Israel {Jacob}. “The time drawing nigh that Israel must die… Joseph, hearing of his father’s sickness, goes […]
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Jacob is the son of Isaac and Rebekah and has a twin brother, Esau. “Jacob is an outstanding illustration of the presence and conflict of the two natures within a believer. Similar to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Robert Louis Stevenson’s story, Jacob is good and bad; he rises and falls, yet in spite of his failures was a […]
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