Sunday, August 21, 2016

Herod and John the Baptist

Kopp Disclosure
(John 3:19-21)

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Herod and John the Baptist

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“Herod was a very fine beast.”

Renan

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“John preached in the wilderness.  Rough and tough, his
clothes were woven from camel hair.  He wore leather.
He spoke bluntly and ate locusts and wild honey.”

Matthew

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I don’t know what I was thinking…

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Herod lived in a palace; wining and dining the political elites from Jerusalem to Rome.

JB was rude and crude.

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Herod accepted money from the enemies of Israel for personal benefit in secret.

JB was rude and crude.

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Herod advocated a law that slaughtering babies was in the best interest of the state.

JB was rude and crude.

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Herod murdered a wife and sons to stay ahead.

JB was rude and crude.

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Herod was wicked, foul, and could not be trusted to tell the truth about anyone or 
anything.

JB was rude and crude.

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Herod was a sexual predator who enabled sexual predators.

JB was rude and crude.

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Herod was suspected of mental challenges that clouded his judgment.

JB was rude and crude.

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Herod has gone down in history with other hideous villains like Pharaoh, Jezebel, Judas, Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and a host of Islamofascistnutball savages.

JB was rude and crude.

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Herod had the attention of everyone.

JB was rude, crude, and crying in the wilderness.

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Caesar concluded about Herod’s calculated cruelty and character: “It is better to be Herod’s hog than his son.”

JB was rude and crude.

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Herod supported the arts and was responsible for architectural masterpieces throughout Palestine that reached a climax in the rebuilding of Jerusalem’s Temple; yet, as he was dying, he ordered prominent citizens to visit him in Jericho and then locked them up to be put to death when he died to insure mourning at his funeral.

JB was rude and crude.

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Herod was up to no one’s good except his own.

JB was rude and crude.

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Herod said everything would be fine as long as he ruled.

JB said, “Return to God and He will restore you!”

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Actually, I know what I was thinking…

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Blessings and Love!

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Look up! Stand up! Speak up! Act up for Jesus!

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