Isaiah 53: “Like a Lamb Led to Slaughter”

Jesus allowed Himself to be humiliated because there was an eternal purpose in it. The humbling of Jesus was the humbling of God, the death of Jesus is, in a certain sense, the death of God, the resurrection of Jesus could only happen because He is God. #Isaiah53 #LikeaLamb

Roman Waterworks

A great deal of infrastructure was also necessaryโ€”roads, waterworks, food delivery, fortificationsโ€”were necessary to support Herod's ambitions building program.

Acts Wednesday: Chapter 8, The Ethiopian Eunuch

This is a word to you and me who have, at one time or another, felt permanently condemned by something in our past, knowing with a certitude almost as hard-fast as Deuteronomy, that we donโ€™t belong, that we have been permanently scarred or mutilated by something (or someone) unspeakable. Or, we know in our hearts it was us who did the unspeakable thing, and it can never be undone.