While attending a meal with religious leaders in Luke 14:1-24, Jesus broke with social norms and caused multiple disruptions. His goal was not to offend but to instruct, first about the use of the Sabbath day and then about the kingdom of God, which he compared to a great banquet. At the end of the parable, the invitation is still going out, so let’s enter while there is room.
Sooner or later every kingdom that opposes God will be “all gone,” but there is a kingdom that will not pass away.
What can help us get a grasp on the whole Bible? There are several good answers to this question, but the idea of covenant...
God continued to answer Habakkuk by revealing that after bringing justice to the oppressor, he would reveal his glory in all the earth.