by Dan | Apr 1, 2022 | Blog Posts, Israel's Messenger
Mark Robinson The purpose of the priesthood was to represent sinful people before a holy God. As was shown in the article, PRIEST: The Peoples Representative before God, this responsibility belonged to the Levites. The Levites themselves, though, also needed...
by Dan | Apr 1, 2022 | Blog Posts, Israel's Messenger
by Ken Overby Moses’ final instructions to guide Israel into nationhood before they entered the promised land foresaw their desire for a king. God gave them divine prerequisites for a king in addition to the tribal origin from Judah in Genesis 49:10. First, God must...
by Dan | Apr 1, 2022 | Blog Posts, Israel's Messenger
by Rusty Guin Throughout the Bible priests are mentioned over 780 times. The first priest mentioned was Melchizedek in Genesis 14:18, the priest of the most high God, El Elyon in Hebrew. The Levitical priesthood was established by God in the nation of Israel. There...
by Dan | Apr 1, 2022 | Blog Posts, Israel's Messenger
Rev. Mark Robinson Long before the first priest (from the tribe of Levi) or king (from the tribe of Judah) arrived on the scene in ancient Israel, prophets graced the pages of biblical history. Unlike the priest and the king, the prophet, though certainly called by...
by Dan | Apr 1, 2022 | Blog Posts, Israel's Messenger
by Rev. Mark Robinson The first chapter of Zephaniah brings us front and center with the theme of this book – the “Day of the LORD.” There are two parts to the “Day of the LORD.” One of unparalleled wrath and judgment from God followed by...
by Dan | Apr 1, 2022 | Blog Posts, Israel's Messenger
by Rev. Mark Robinson Zephaniah, which means “Yahweh hides,” is the writer of this book addressed to the people of Judah and covers the period of 640-609 B.C. Most of the writing was done before the fall of Ninevah in 612 B.C. (see 2:13) and likely after...
