Imperfect Christian, Father, American Patriot, musician, and weirdo.🇺🇸
Nov 6 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
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Matthew 24:15-21,
The “abomination of desolation”
In 168 BC, the Greek king Antiochus IV Epiphanes invaded Jerusalem and captured the city. He marched into the Jewish temple, erected a statue of the Greek god Zeus, and sacrificed a pig on the altar of incense. This provoked…
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…a revolt in Judea as the Jews fought to remove Antiochus' sacrilege from the temple. Under the leadership of the Maccabees, the Jews drove Antiochus and his army out, and the Jews gained control of their land for about one hundred years until Pompey, …
Nov 6 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
@KingofEloHell @ULTRA_MAJESTY Long 🧵
In Hebrew “Israel” means
“He will rule as God” or
”Prince with God”
Coming from the combined root words
“sheqef” meaning “window”
& “el” meaning “mighty”
Israel was a MAN,
(*in a covenant relationship with God)
then a branch of that man’s FAMILY,
(* in a…)
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which grew into a TRIBE of PEOPLE,
(*)
then a kingdom of PEOPLE,
(*)
Throughout the entire narrative the PEOPLE broke the covenant, except for a faithful remnant,
which God saved and reaffirmed His covenant relationship with.
