One of the Copeland children, whose name was Roxanna, read the Bible to Amos when he was a teenager. “Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God.” Throughout his life, Amos kept this passage from the book of Revelation hidden in his heart. This scripture taught Amos that he was a king. Back home in Africa, Amos was the king of his tribe, and he still was a king to God even though he was not treated like one. Often Amos thought of this passage in the Bible and was
King uses allusions frequently throughout his letter. “Just as the prophets of the eighth century B.C. left their villages and carried their "thus saith the Lord" far beyond the boundaries of their home towns, and just as the Apostle Paul left his village of Tarsus and carried the gospel of Jesus Christ to the far corners of the Greco-Roman world” (King Paragraph 3). Here King is paralleling his actions to the Apostle’s actions. By king alluding to the Apostles he appeals to the audience ethically.
It is also a memorial of the Exodus, when the Israelites wandered in the wilderness, living in tabernacles, or tents, en route to the Promised Land. It is, therefore, a representation of faith in God’s protection and promises. In addition, the Feast of Tabernacles looks forward to the great ingathering of believers after the return of Christ, during the time of His millennial rule on earth. Comparing scriptures and history, it appears that Jesus the Messiah, at his first coming, was born during the fall holy day period. Just as the tabernacles, or tents, represented temporary dwelling places, the Messiah was made manifest in a temporary dwelling (body) as He came to tabernacle among us (John 1:14).
Tom replies “What about you”. Casy answers “somebody got to take the blame” (Steinbeck 293). This shows Casy that Casy is a christ figure because he is saving Tom and the family from being spit. The story of the Joads is used to show the theme all men are part of the same family through their hardships and coming together. As Casy says “Maybe all men got one big soul ever’body’s a part of’” (Steinbeck
I see more great examples of faith throughout this chapter. Luke 8 At this time Jesus had went throughout every city and village preaching and showing the word of God, while having the 12 disciples with him. He gave the “parable of the sower”, in this parable; The seed is God’s word The stones represent those who, when they receive the word of God have no foundation and in temptation, they will succumb and fall away. The thorns represent those choked with cares and riches and pleasures of the world. The good ground are those with a honest, good heart, having heard the word of God.
He was killed for standing up for what he believed in, which was helping the poor and Jesus Christ. The speech really moved me and I would suggest for others to read this as well. It taught me how powerful God and the church is, and by believing in Him, you will be lead in the right direction. Work Cited Mills, Frederick B.. "Bishop Oscar Romero: the political dimension of opting for the poor." Spero News.
This passage of Scripture is one that must have been well known to the Jews of Jesus’ day. The account of the “burning bush” was so central to the thinking of the gospel writers, Mark and Luke, that they came to call this section of Scripture “the bush” portion. Looking for richer pasture, Moses led his father-in-law’s flock to the west or back side of the wilderness, to Mt. Horeb. Little did he know that here he was going to come face to face with
This reading has meaning that is meant to teach everybody to realize how we are acting towards one another and how we are living our lives. Comparatively, in the bible, it is teachings and words of advice in how to live our lives. The reading starts off as: “If the motion of wind were to be slowed, as weather is slowed briefly when an animal is born, we would notice a man building and destroying his own house.” In the first half of this uses the analogy of wind meaning judgment and weather meaning life. Likewise, The Bible says, “The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.” (Jer 22:22) With wind being in relation to judgment in the Bible, I then interpreted in “Air Trance 16”, the motion of weather into the time in our lives. We need to stop time in order to comprehend how we are acting around ourselves and also recognize what is happening to others.
The book The Shack, by William Paul Young, addresses the topics of forgiveness, redemption, restoration, and a relationship with the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Young takes a unique perspective on how a husband and father, Mack Phillips, deals with a tragic loss and how he comes to find his faith once more. This book takes readers on an amazing weekend encounter with Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and Jehovah. As the weekend progresses we see this broken man transform and heal with each passing page. Although the story is fiction and may not be theologically sound, in order to find truth in Mack’s road to forgiveness we must have an open mind to the Holy Trinity, blame, and the effects of dwelling on the past.
Simply because I feed it more. The above parable is one that was explained to my father and I during a bible study some years ago by a family friend named Craig. The two dogs represent good and evil, God and Satan, and their never-ending fight over an individual's soul. My father seems to have really taken this to heart as he mentioned it several times throughout our two hour conversation this evening. It seems that my dad has not put too much thought into day-to-day ethical thinking, but does try to live his life as God would expect him to.