Luke had two reasons for writing down his investigation of the events surrounding Jesus. He saw confusion in the circulating accounts, and he hoped to clarify what happened from the start to the end. In doing this, he wanted to convince Theophilus it was all true.… Read More Friend of God
Luke 1:1-2 (NIRV) Many people have attempted to write about the things that have taken place among us. 2 Reports of these things were handed down to us. There were people who saw these things for themselves from the beginning and then passed the word on. The word translated into English as “many” is just… Read More Many wrote of Jesus
In God’s kingdom, man’s heirarchy is irrelevant. … Read More Does Someone Have to Be in Charge? (Part 2)
“God in the Old Testament seems so reluctant to establish authority structures in Israel, so careful to limit the ones He does establish, and so ready to overturn human assumptions about who should be in authority.” KR… Read More Does Someone Have To Be In Charge? (part 1)
These men were chosen to mark the END of Israel’s time, and to be an eyewitness to the finale of God’s promise to Israel: the fulfillment of Messiah. Hence, there is a numerical symbolism at play. As twelve Jewish males, they were symbolic for the twelve tribes and their partriarchial heads.… Read More The Twelve were male.
Kay Bonikowsky 