SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ February 22

Things in the Bible not really in the Bible ...and a few surprises

Surprise of the Day

Sometimes, even John the Baptist struggled with his faith.  

John 1:31-33  –  Luke 1:13-17  –  Matthew 11:2-11

Fact of the Day

John the Baptizer and Jesus were cousins born 6 months apart.  He knew his whole life who Jesus was.  But, after he grew up and began preaching to introduce Jesus to the world, he began to have doubts.  Was he preaching a lie or truth?  He said he did not know who Jesus was,  so the Spirit descended and God spoke out of heaven saying this was his Son. And while in prison with the strong possibility he would be executed, once again, he apparently needed a sign.   He sent word to Jesus, “Are you the one?”  Despite having moments of doubt,  Jesus called him great.

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ December 27

Things in the Bible not really in the Bible...and a few surprises

Oops of the Day

John the Baptist just announced one day that he was a prophet and, since he was a pretty good preacher, everyone believed him.

Matthew 3:1-6  –  Malachi 4:5-6  –  II Kings 1:8

Fact of the Day

No!  It was much more than that.  First, he dressed in the common dress of prophets at that time – fur and leather.  Second, that kind of dress originated with Elijah, and Malachi (around 400 BC) had predicted “Elijah” would introduce the Messiah to the world.

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ October 27

Things in the Bible not really in the Bible...and a few surprises

Oops of the Day

 Jesus was made a little lower than angels.

Psalm 8:4-6  –   Malachi 3:1  –  Hebrews 2:6

Fact of the Day 

No.  The original Hebrew of the Old Testament and original Greek of the New Testament both say “messenger,” often translated into English as angel.   

But there are other kinds of messengers besides angels.   Malachi predicted there were going to be two messengers – (1) a first messenger to introduce the second messenger, and (2) the second messenger.

Psalm 8:6 says this second messenger created the world, and all things were put under his feet.  Angels do not create and will never have all things under their feet.  The translation should be that God made him a little lower than God. 

Malachi was prophecying about John the Baptist and Jesus.

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