Religion

King states, “Just as the eighth century prophets left their little villages and carried their “thus saith the Lord” far beyond the boundaries of their home town, and just as the Apostle Paul left his little village of Tarsus and carried the gospel of Jesus Christ to practically every hamlet and city of the Greco-Roman world, I too am compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my particular home town. Like Paul I must constantly respond to the Macedonian call for aid.” (645). This quote demonstrates Kings knowledge of the bible and his experience in religion. “Apostle Paul” was once “Saul” who helped kill Jesus Christ and one day was visited by God himself and realized Jesus Christ was his Lord and savior. He then went spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, King uses this because something someone once hated can turn into something that you

Religion was involved with many things in a person’s life. It affects things like social status, relationships, the economy, culture, and politics. The complex ideas of religion and politics have shaped societies. The Puritans have set their goal to make their society and way of living connected to God in every way, shape, and form. In the seventeenth century this standard to keep God by your side has deeply affected politics and lawmaking, and has even caused some people to be continuously persecuted. From the strength of their religious beliefs stemmed these radical ideas, which deeply affected lives in the 17th century. Though these ideas were a way of life at one point in time, if these ideas were applied to our government today the

was thought that the King was a man chosen by God and so, was holy.

Consequently it is fair to say that to the Jewish people of Jesus’ time the term ‘Kingdom of God’ was interpreted as a time when God’s rule would be restored through a descendant of David and things would be good again. Macquarrie sums their view precisely when he states, “The coming of the Kingdom would mean the judgement of the existing order, the overthrow of all evil and demonic powers and a new order in which God’s perfect reign would be manifested.”

The title of the Psalm is not always a direct indicator of who the author was because the preposition “of,” “to,” and “for”. They are all the same in Hebrew. For example, if the title of the psalm was “Psalm of David” it could have been a psalm that he wrote himself. It also could have been one that

as described on (P.72), “He is king, he does whatever he wants, takes the son from his father and

In Mosiah 3:5, one of the first names King Benjamin uses to refer to Christ is “Lord Omnipotent.” On the most basic level, King

Solomon was the son of David. When king David died, Solomon became king. Under king Solomon "the kingdom was established" in peace (I Kings 2:12,45-46; I Chronicles 22:9). "Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king" (I Chronicles 19:23) and "built a temple for the name of the Lord" (II Chronicles 2:1). For Jesus to be greater than Solomon He would have to ascend the throne of God and build the house of God, with all His enemies no longer making trouble. Matthew records Jesus the King saying to His disciples "I will build My church and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it" (Matthew 16:18); later, having ascertained that the Messiah is a Son, the Son of David, Jesus shows that even king David calls the Messiah "Lord" (Psalm 110:1 and Matthew 22:41-45). Jesus is therefore the King of kings.

David was living in a beautiful house which was made of fine cedar wood, while the Ark of God dwelled in only a tent. Because of this, David felt guilty about his seemingly lavish living conditions, so he suggested building a temple to the prophet Nathan, and Nathan tells David to do whatever he thinks is best. But that night, God spoke to Nathan and informed him that he has always lived in a tent or tabernacle, and he doesn’t mind it. God also reminds Nathan that he’s never asked any of the former tribal leaders of Israel to build him a temple and David is no exception. God suggested that Nathan instead give the following message to David, God is in David’s corner, and he will protect him and help him to do everything through his own (God's) power and he will bless and look over him. God tells Nathan that there will come a day when a temple will be built, but this will occur after David passes away. The plan is that one of David’s children will build the temple, this child will be a strong leader and king as a successor of David. This child will not lose God's favor, although when he wrongs God, he will be punished with human violence. Additionally, David’s successors will ultimately endure and go on to rule forever. Nathan communicated God’s message to David.

Thirdly, Nathanael calls Jesus “the King of Israel” (Jn. 1:49). Jesus accepts this title for it describes Jews’ expectations of the Messiah (Jn. 12:13). The similar title was written on the cross during his crucifixion (John

The purpose of this research paper will be to examine how Judaism rituals have helped the religion remained amongst the most prominent in the world. The use of tradition and rituals has been at the very core of its existence. Birth, adolescent, marriage and death rituals will be used to highlight how the Judaism way of life is not dependent on the written word but rather the actions of those who follow this historic Hebrew religion. The paper will begin with a brief outline of Judaism and its relationship with God and then continue with how the written word of the Torah has laid the basis for the many traditions still practiced in Judaism.

Looking back at Isaiah 6 :1-5 and the vision of the throne room of God, the Christians of the first century world would have found it easy to negate or refute the false tenets of the “emperor cult,” due to the fact that the God of majesty that John describes “dwarfs” that of the emperor. John reveals to the first century community that God is awesome, he is righteous, and most of all he is in control. Due to the concept of overcoming throughout Revelation Ch. 2-5, Christ has overcome, and therefore the Christian found in Christ can have assurance that his robe and crown is secured in

Judah was the told by his father, “The scepter shall not pass from Judah” (Genesis 49: 8-12). Therefore, Judah (David was of his lineage) has been the place of rule. The place of rule in the second verse here becomes the place of God’s holiness or his sanctuary. In the larger scale, Israel becomes God’s dominion. Thus rather than speaking of a king or other ruler, God is the one who rules.

The nation of Israel was set apart as holy to the LORD. But they When the children of Israel demanded a king, they did so to be like the other nations. The first three kings were Saul, (outwardly tall, handsome and strong—a seemingly good choice for a king, but inwardly arrogant, proud and unrepentant—not God’s choice), David (a man after God’s own heart who repented of his sins and as such was God’s choice), and Solomon (the wisest man who ever lived, but because of covenant disobedience became the catalyst for the division and ultimate exile of Israel.

The Servant King is a great book for any person who would want to get involved or simply study theology. Alexander focuses heavily on Christology throughout the entire book. He begins by going through the Old Testament and explains how it points to the Messiah that is Jesus Christ. He goes through specific events such as: Creation, the woman’s seed and the serpent’s seed, promises to Abraham, the judges, the beginning of a monarchy for the Israelites, and many other important events of the Old Testament. The main point of these sections is to show how even in the times of the Old Testament, all things were still pointing to Christ the Messiah, and the future king. In Chapter 13, titled the same as the whole book, “The Servant King,” Alexander talks about how the future king is described in the latter half of Isaiah, saying that he will suffer for those that have sinned. He will take on their sin for them. This is important because this is something that sets apart Christ from all other kings that have rules over the Israelite people.