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Daniel 11:2-35

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... include the other three. This view has gaps in time, and many kings are skipped, but its strength is that it takes us down to the time of Alexander, who is mentioned in the next verse (Dan. 11:3). One weakness is that the text says this last king will be far richer than all the ... Hellenistic culture and religion. Antiochus’s armed forces arose to desecrate the temple fortress (11:31). They forced Jason to flee and reestablished Menelaus as high priest. They abolished the daily sacrifice (11:31; see also 8: ...

2. The Kings of the South and the North

Daniel 11:2-35

Teach the Text

Ronald W. Pierce

... he has gained power by his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.[3] Then a mighty king will arise, Alexander the Great (336–323 BC), who will rule with great power and do as he pleases.[4] After he has arisen, his empire will be ... induced by a large bribe to replace Onias with pro-Hellenistic priest Jason (whom he also deposed), then again with an even larger bribe to replace Jason with Menelaus (172 BC). Antiochus’s overthrowing “the richest provinces” and distributing “ ...

3. In Thessalonica (Acts 17:1–9)

Acts 17:1-9

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... ) had been refounded by Cassander and named after his wife, the daughter of Philip II of Macedon and the half-sister of Alexander the Great. It became the capital of one of the four republics into which Macedonia was divided in 167 B.C., and ... in the city, and with the stage thus set for the successful prosecution of the missionaries, the rioters, presumably led by the Jews, rushed to Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the dēmos, that is, to “the assembly of the ...

4. Dreaming Of Florida--awaking In Alaska

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... down their names. When he got the list of students back again, each person had put a number behind his name! John Alexander "˜76, Fred Thompson "˜77, Charles Francis Lovell "˜76, Philip Norton III "˜76. It didn't take him long to figure out that ... BOOK (New York: Quill/William Morrow, 1984). 2. These two illustrations are taken from a sermon by Wayne Brouwer. 3. Jason Ward, NATIONAL LAMPOON'S TOTALLY TRUE FACTS (Lincolnwood, IL.: Contemporary Books, 1994). 4. Philip Yancey, “What's a Heaven For?" ...

5. What to Do with the Weeds

Matthew 13:24-30

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King Duncan

... a second and even more important reason we are not to judge others. When we pass judgment on others, we distance ourselves from them. Pastor Jason Freyer says that when he was in college, he was walking to class with a few friends who were asking him how he could ... us to do to love all people and to witness to the amazing grace of God as shown in Jesus Christ. 1. Alexander Humez, Nicholas Humez and Joseph Maguire, Zero to Lazy Eight (Simon & Schuster), Reader’s Digest, Dec. 1994, p. 154. 2. Philip Yancey ...

6. Personal Greetings

Romans 16:1-27

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... a better than even chance that this was the son of the man who carried Jesus’ cross, Simon of Cyrene, “the father of Alexander and Rufus” (Mark 15:21). The mother of Rufus had greatly served or endeared herself to Paul, for he calls her his mother ... companion of Paul and traditional author of the Third Gospel (see Col. 4:14; 2 Tim. 4:11; Philem. 24). The correlation of Jason and Sosipater with their possible counterparts in Acts 17:5 and 20:4, respectively, is also uncertain. More endearing is the note ...

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