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If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Thursday, August 22, 2024
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch [1] Bible Verse:Acts 8:18-25 (NKJV)Acts 8:26-33 (ESV) "Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah. And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.” So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he opens not his mouth. In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth.”" Message:
This Philip is probably not the original Apostle Philip, but one of the Greek deacons of Jerusalem, who are described in the first verses of Acts 6. The Holy Spirit sent him first to Samaria, fleeing the repression brought on by the conviction and stoning of Stephen. Gaza is a little strip of land on the Mediterranean, at the southeast corner of Jerusalem. (In modern times, it was taken from Egypt by Israel in the War of 1967 and is a bone of contention today.)
Philip the Apostle
Philip the Apostle
Albrecht Durer, 1505
Ethiopia and Israel have had a surprising degree of connection for 4000 years, given that they are separated by Egypt; they are not like neighboring countries that can intermingle naturally. In ancient times, there were two nations which were partially absorbed by the Empire of Ethiopia: Cush (see Genesis 2:13) and Abyssinia, just south of Egypt. Cush was thought to have been inhabited by the descendants of Ham, Noah’s son, who went to Africa; Ham had a son named Cush (Genesis 10:6-20).
Although it is unclear in the Bible, Ethiopians themselves believe that Sheba, the Abyssinian queen who traveled to ancient Israel and had extensive interaction with King Solomon, had children by him, who became patriarchs and matriarchs of Ethiopia. Others believe Ethiopia was founded by the Tribe of Dan, one of the ten lost tribes of Israel. There were certainly great migrations of Jews to Ethiopia, such as those who fled the Abyssinians during the Babylonian captivity. Haile Selassie, the last Emperor of Ethiopia (deposed in 1974), was in fact a member of the “Solomonic Dynasty.”
After the death of Christ, there arose a great community of Christians in Ethiopia, primarily from the actively Jewish population. Despite the intrusion of Islam, Ethiopia is today 62% Christian, primarily Orthodox, although it includes various other denominations. The account in Acts 8 of an important Ethiopian, the eunuch court official who had traveled to Jerusalem to worship, is one of the first conversions of a distant foreigner in the Bible.
Meditation : Prayer : Lord, support me all the day long of this troublous life, until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over and my work is done. Then, of Thy mercy, grant me a safe lodging, and a holy rest and a peace at last through Jesus Christ, our Lord. ..........Amen |
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