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Dear
Friend,
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, October 24, 2024
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :The Death of Herod Agrippa Bible Verse:Acts 12:20-25 (ESV) "The Death of Herod Agrippa Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they came to him with one accord, and having persuaded Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king’s country for food. On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and delivered an oration to them. And the people were shouting, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!” Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last. But the word of God increased and multiplied. And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had completed their service, bringing with them John, whose other name was Mark." Message:
The third and last of the great Herods, Herod Agrippa, died suddenly in about 44 A.D. Although he was mostly Jewish by religion and ancestry, he was raised in Rome and was a good friend of first Caligula and then Claudius. (In fact, he appears as a character in Robert Graves’ famous book, I, Claudius.) He became more powerful than even his grandfather, Herod the Great; he was known in Rome as “Agrippa I” and his son was universally called Agrippa II, sparing us Bible readers the confusion of any more Herods.
Herod Agrippa,
from the tv show
I, Claudius.
The extent of his power was much augmented by his control of Tyre and Sidon, two wealthy Phoenician cities. To the Jews and to historians in general, Agrippa was not the worst of the Herods, despite his tendency to simply kill anyone who irritated him. He was a pro-Jewish advocate in Rome; for example, he successfully prevented Rome from desecrating the Temple of Jerusalem by erecting a statue to a Roman god.
But as a friend to the Jews—the Sanhedrin crowd—he was equally an enemy to Christians. His death by “worms” is unclear in meaning; but other historical accounts agree that he was suddenly struck down with abdominal and chest pains, dying a few days later.
Rulers insisting on being worshipped as gods was common before the rise of Greece, and was revived as a practice when Rome became an empire, around the time of Christ. But God seems to take more offense when a Jew allows himself to be deified!
In the last verses, notice that the base of missionary operations has shifted to Antioch, which was in Syria, a land not dominated by the Jewish high priests and thus less hostile to the Christians. Saul and Barnabas, two of the great early missionaries, have been on a mission to Jerusalem, a big change from the very first missions which went out from Jerusalem.
Meditation : Prayer : Good shepherd, seek me out, and bring me home to your fold again. Deal favourably with me according to your good pleasure, until I may dwell in your house all the days of my life, and praise you forever and ever with them that are there.............Amen |
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