In the chapter XXIII of the New Testament, King Herod Antipas was forced to keep John the Baptist, a faithful man, in his prison for Queen Herodias against his releasing due to John’s objection to her marriage with the King. When the young daughter of Queen Herodias, the princess, was permitted an oath by the King through the way of pleasing him. When she turned to her mother to inquire what shall she asked, the mother said without sympathy and forgiveness: “The head of John the Baptist.” The King Herod was not willing but to obey the promise made by himself, and due to the reason of killing a faithful prophet, the King himself at the end was sent out of his own country, and what’s more, all the riches and honors he possessed were taken by the Lord.
People who disobeyed the bible were executed or forced to leave their village. To them God was everything and they lived to please
When Nicholas Vidal, a gang member, is told a prophecy of his death his entire life changes. After allowing a Turkish woman to read his fortune in coffee grounds, the woman confirmed that he would one day loose his head over a woman. In the Judges wife by Isabel Allende, the author uses imagery, foreshadowing, and symbolism to covey her story of Nicholas Vidal. Since confirming his prophecy, Vidal shunned women out of his life in fear of the prophecy coming true. When Judge Hidalgo marries Casilda, Vidal is very unpleased by the sight of her even going as far as calling her ‘ugly’.
Samuel mistakened that Eli was calling his name but when Eli recognized that Samuel was hearing God speak to him, he told Samuel to say "speak, for you servant is listening." God said that He would judge Eli's family forever because of the sin he knew about; his sons lacked respect to God. Eli could have but did not kick out his sons or as God said, restrain them. Samuel told Eli everything that the Lord said to him and Eli accepted his consequences and said God's will is not for anyone to change. The Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines.
Fourth, the differences and similarities of the state and federal judicial branch will be stated and explained. The first similarity is how, “All power shall be vested in the Supreme Court (Federal)...the state judicial power is vested in the Supreme Court, (Illinois),” (pg. 36-62). It is important for both constitution to have one main court where all of the judicial power is vested in, so that not everything is split up between many other courts. The next similarity is how, “The main purpose of the judicial branch is to interpret the laws and administer justice (Federal)...the judicial branch in Illinois administers justice and interprets the laws (Illinois),” (pg.
Therefore, strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them". But this is an ironic thing to think as the Bible has 842 verses that are cruel or violent (roughly 3%). Christians feared the Muslims because of this teaching calling for war against non-believers and as a result of this teaching Muslims were killing Christians and other religions in the Middle East. So the first justification was that the Christians should retaliate and kill them in return. The second justification was that these “barbarians” had taken territory belonging to the Christians especially holy sites such as Jerusalem.
Next, Killing Jesus doesn’t talk about how Jesus is denied by Peter three times. In the Bible when they were in the court finding out the fate of Jesus, three different people in the
The last judge mentioned in the book of Judges was Samson. Samson was able to kill a lion with his bare hands after given the spirit from God. Samson instantly fell in love with a woman that was easily persuaded by her own people the Philistines. The Philistines men not knowing would eventually be killed by the hands of Samson, persuaded by Samson’s future wife. The spirit of God fell upon Samson to kill thirty men.
The entire dialogue contains a rich theology of kingship under Yahweh and of the duties of the Davidic monarch. (New Jerome Biblical Commentary) The Interpreter’s Commentary says with the dynastic promise in 2 Samuel 7; 1 Kings 3:14 has been added to qualify Yahweh’s promise; and v. 15 has been altered to shift the place of sacrifice from Gibeon to Jerusalem. I decided to write my exegesis on I Kings 3: 4-15 it tells us the story of Solomon’s dream in Gibeon. The story starts off with Solomon being in Gibeon making sacrifices in the high places.
There are several parallels between the stories of Joseph and Esther. One of the main commonalities was that they had to make tough choices. Joseph’s story begins with him being favoured by his father which lead to his brothers disliking him. Throughout the book of Genesis, there is a history of fathers and mothers favouring some children more than others, so Joseph’s story does not differ from others in that sense. The difference here is that this imbalance of Jacob’s love resulted in Joseph being sold as a slave by his brothers: “When his brother realized that their father loved him more than them, they grew to hate him – they wouldn’t even speak to him” (Genesis 37:4).
Jesus believed that God would instill in him the power to become the king of Israel and overturn the corrupt social order that was in place. Instead, Jesus was killed for being a revolutionary, an enemy of the state. Aslan also paints Jesus the man as violent man, when it came to his task of revolution. Even though most of the Gospels describe a more peaceful being there are times where Aslan’s Jesus makes an appearance. In Matthew he says
Meaning if someone was injured, the person who caused the injury should be injured in the exact same way, but Jesus said we should love our enemies, just as God loves us.
Nebuchadnezzar, King of the Babylonians eventually conquers Judah and begins to destroy the city and harass the people though exile and heavy taxation (Sweeney,”Habakkuk,” HBC, 739). God had granted the Babylonian Empire the ability to conquer and punish the people of Judah (Matthews, “Habakkuk,” ZIBBC, 167). Yahweh had already decided that Jerusalem would fall into the hands of the Babylonian Empire, therefore the cries of Prophet Habakkuk would not change Jereukusm’s faith. Habakkuk highlights the injustice and suffering of the people and calls God for answers. Yahweh tells Habakkuk that the Babylonians were chosen to extinguish them and that one day the people who remained faithful would gain their justice (Sweeney, “Habakkuk,” HBC, 740).
King David 's crime was that he killed Uriah the Hittie with the sword of the Ammonites and took his wife to be his. I believe that he told King David a story about lambs instead of simply accusing him because he wanted to see if he would have some sentimental feelings. Further, because of this, King David saw that the rich man did the wrong thing and he believed that the rich man should be punished for his crime, If Nathan accused him right away King David would have never listen to him and would punished nathan for accusing a King of
The book of 1-2 Kings was written to record a history but, if we study it carefully, this history was presented to teach the reader a lesson. Looking at the message and themes that being developed in this book, we can be sure that there is one important thing that the writer wants his reader to understand: learn from Israel’s mistakes. The king’s failures to lead the people of Israel and Judah caused by their disobedience and unfaithfulness to God and His covenant. All this failures can be identified because there were so much things going on that caused Israel and Judah failed to be faithful in obeying the covenant responsibilities. Idolatry and the lack of priorities can be said as the top two reasons on why these kings and nations failed.
