5/9/12 Lonnecker Per. 3 On February 26‚ 2012 Trayvon Martin died because George Zimmerman‚ a neighborhood watchman‚ shot him. Today many debate on how this happened. Did this happen because of racial issues or because of the Stand your ground law? Isaiah Muhammad explains in his article that Trayvon martin didn’t die due to the Stand Your Ground Law‚ he died because he was murdered for being a black guy with a hoodie on. Bill Cosby thinks otherwise‚ he believes that it had to do with the stand your
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for his name. 3) That David’s son would be God’s son (Mariottini‚ 2001). These three promises made to David are echoed throughout the writings of the Old Testament prophets. Isaiah prophesied in chapter seven of a child being born a boy child who will have the weight of the government on his shoulders. In chapter eleven Isaiah also spoke of the Messiah being a shoot springing forth from the stump of Jesse who was David’s father‚ a clear reference to the Messiah being a descendant of David. The prophet
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Summary of the books of the Old Testament Books The Book of Genesis uses narrative text to tell us how God created the universe and our world and how God then created man. Adam and Eve did not pay attention to God and were punished; this was the beginning of what is called “the fall of man". God gave orders to Adam and Eve to populate the land‚ to control and have authority over everything. From what we are told about family trees in sections called toledots. The Book of Genesis also includes
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The Prophets by Abraham Heschel is a fascinating book which aims to understand the prophet by studying and evaluating the totality of his consciousness‚ in his relation not only to God‚ but also to man. According to Heschel the prophets purpose was to convey the very pathos of God‚ yet throughout each prophetic book the imprint or voice of the author is still felt (p. xxii). For these men prophecy was not just something that they did from time to time‚ it was a way of life and part of their very
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talking about Jesus. He is seen as the one who will bring justice and vengeance. His kingdom will be sustained with justice and righteousness. In battle he is God-like‚ Father of all time and Prince of Peace. It is important to look at these verses with Isaiah 11:5 in mind. In this verse‚ the figure who will bring the kingdom together. In this‚ a lion and lamb will dwell together. “They shall not hunt or destroy in my holy mountain.” The anointed one will bring a paradisal peace in order to bring order
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Passionately Pursing our God in Music and Worship Music is of God’s creation and an integral part of our lives‚ yet much of the current experience is one of the most emotionally charged and divisive issues facing the Christian Church‚ families‚ and individuals in America today. Pastors‚ worship leaders‚ trained musicians‚ and believers in general face new and powerful forces of change - forces that bring renewal to some churches and fear and schism to others. No one can sidestep the hot debate
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and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful‚ Counselor‚ The mighty God‚ The everlasting Father‚ The Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6). But his Father is called The Almighty as reported by Isaiah and Joel‚ “…for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.” (Isaiah 13:6; Joel 1:15). John in Revelation did the same. “And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest
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by a false prophet. When Nebuchadnezzar seized Jerusalem in 586 BC‚ he ordered that Jeremiah be freed from prison and treated well. Isaiah was born
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saved by keeping the laws” (Shepherd‚ 2000)‚ and the Decalogue dictated the boundaries God was setting for His Nation‚ where there is no room for doubt or defiance being tolerated. The literary theme from the Pentateuch emerges in the writings of Isaiah‚ Micah and Jeremiah as prophetical books which were written relating to the spiritual issues of the southern kingdom of Judah (Israel). These three prophets used these Mosaic covenants and the Decalogue in their critique regarding the rebellion of
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Isiah 50:4-11‚ The Third Servant Song The third Servant Song found in Isaiah draws a comparrison between the sin of Israel with the obidient service of the Servant. Within this writing we also see that the Faithful Servant will be persecuted but has the confidence of his victory. “The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught‚ that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear bto hear as those who are taught. The Lord God
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