Analysis Of The Book ' Zechariah '

He was the object of curiosity, because no one knew anything about him. There was something that magnetized him, and drew the people to him. To everyone, Joshua was a simple woodcarver, but at the same time not so simple. He was God’s Son, but no one suspected. Joshua was friendly with everyone. They talked with him about everything. He was very intelligent and almost everyone liked him. Mainly he talked about religion, the religion that Jesus taught, a religion of freedom and without authority. Many people agreed with him, but a few strongly disagreed: some priests, pastors, bishops and clergy in general. As a result of this disagreement, things became very difficult for Joshua. He had to go to Rome to a congregation of bishops for a proceeding against him. He told the bishops what he believed. After the proceeding he simply went away, without saying anything to anybody. The bishops voted for censure. The bishops agreed that Joshua showed a hostile attitude towards authority, that his criticism lacked understanding of the realities of life and the authority of Christ on earth. Joshua had to cease talking about these matters to the faithful, under penalty of further censure. But Joshua had disappeared already. His mission was over, so he went

The ancient greeks have taught humans many lessons that have shaped the lives and actions of people in today’s society. These lessons can be found everywhere; in greek myths, plays, or in books that were influenced by the ancient greeks. The lessons taught in these stories are shown everyday in the actions of the people in this world. There is a countless number of things that have been taught to us by the greeks. One of, if not the most important one is, having hubris or hubristic qualities inevitably leads to consequences.

Zechariah: 1-5 the Lord will destroy the enemy of Israel. Those who are opposed to Israel are always opposed to God. Israel is considered the church, so that means God is opposed to those who are opposed to the church. God loves Israel the physical and spiritual Israel. God will always fight for her. When God stretches out His hand and shakes the nations, it is in the utmost wrath. The only time that the worldly people will serve the people of God, is when Jesus reigns as King, and His people as His subordinates. God had saved Israel from out of the fire of captivity in Babylon. Satan tries to remind God of the sins. Jesus paid

“For we know him who said, ‘Vengeance is mine; I will repay.’ And again, ‘The Lord will judge his people’” (Hebrews 10:30).

I am currently a Junior at Mills High School and I’m also enrolled in the AP Language and Composition class. For our summer assignment, we were assigned to read Zeitoun by Dave Eggers, which recounts the story of a Muslim-American man named Abdulrahman Zeitoun who remained in New Orleans during 2005’s deadly Hurricane Katrina. While trapped in the city, Zeitoun paddles in his canoe in the flooded streets aiding those who are in danger; however, Zeitoun is suddenly arrested under accusations of being affiliated with an Al-Qaeda Terrorist Cell. Throughout the novel, Zeitoun is portrayed as a gentle and compassionate man who puts his own life on the line to save others. Through Zeitoun’s actions he defies the harsh stereotypes that surround Muslim-Americans following 9/11. While Zeitoun certainly redefines the views of the reader on Muslim-Americans and portrays a real struggle for Muslims in our America today; would you still appreciate this story’s message and meaning if I informed you that the real Abdulrahman Zeitoun was a man known for committing domestic violence to his wife? Mr. Zeitoun has indeed abused his wife and has been under trial several times and was convicted of domestic violence and later faced allegations of hiring attacks on his wife, Kathy. This controversy divided my class into two distinct advocates: some of my classmates support Zeitoun to be remain in the AP Language and Composition curriculum. While others, including myself, agree that by reading,

Comparable mercy was shown when David infuriated God by taking the census of Israel in 2 Samuel 24. God spread a plague upon the entire nation as His punishment. Nonetheless, He did not have the disease destroyed Jerusalem by telling the angel who was afflicting the residents of the city to “withdraw your hand” (2 Samuel 24) at the threshing floor of Araunah. It can be concluded from both punishment incidents that despite His powerful and omnipotent character, God always show mercy to people who follows Him, especially in the sacred land of Jerusalem. The parallels between the two incidents once again convey the comparison between Jerusalem and the Garden of Eden, indicating them both as extremely sacred locations. It also showed the unique

He will also not show the love Israel people, and also will not forgive them. but he will show the love to the Judah and he will also free them from their enemies - not by weapons, or armies, or horses or like this way, but from the power of the God.

God’s righteousness can also be seen in his wrath. We first see the wrath of God in the Old Testament.

Mouw mentions that there are several ways in which humans have used the Old Testament in order to justify and reinforce racial prejudice (Mouw 71). He wants us to see the Holy City as a multinational world with no distinctions between God’s people. He says, “Christians should point to the love of neighbors as the ethical norm for the regulation of relationships among people” (Mouw 72). As it says in the Bible, Israel is God’s people and acts as a representative of the nations. Mouw indicates that both Jews and Gentiles will receive the benefits of God’s redemption. He uses the prophecy of Isaiah 19, in which the Lord refers to the Egyptians as “[His] people” (Mouw 76). People argue that the Old Testament supports the opposite view, in which gentile people are seen as inferior. In the beginning of time, God did make a covenant and established Israel as the representative of his kingdom, but he didn’t forget about everyone else. God has a plan for his creation and both blessed and cursed Israel for its position. The Holy City that Isaiah talks about reverses the curse of Babel. The curse of Babel is where God’s people let greediness and egocentrism take over their lives and God punished them by confusing their tongues and dividing them throughout the earth. Mouw believes that it’s the duty of the Christian community to pursue racial appeasement: “We must voice our protest against the suffering caused by the kinds of

The first vision (1:7-17) consists of four angelic riders on four horses of various colors. The angelic rider on the red horse dismounts his horse in the middle of a grove of myrtle trees. Zechariah asks the meaning of this vision and the angel of the Lord responds. The horses and riders

Turning to 2 Chronicles 7:14, Short read, “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”

I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” God makes an extensive covenant to Abram, declaring that he will become a great nation. Little does Abram know, this is the dawn of the nation of Israel, God’s chosen

The creation of Mount hope came like many asylums, the intention of creating a caring environment to help nurture and heal the mentally ill. At first, the mental asylum did that, but later became a cruel institution where patient care went on a serious decline.

Many countries try to seek a perfect society, they often turn to a socialist or communist government, but in reality these types of governments are unideal to many people living in that society. Russia has a communist government, which is a society where all are supposed to be equal, sharing all money throughout the country. Citizens in this society often have very little rights and the government has overpowering control over what people can and cannot do. A socialist government is one that distributes goods to all people, most instances the upper class receives heavier taxes in order to pay for the goods and services being distributed. Often times these governments are not what they seem, greed will take over, causing them to seek for higher power, defeating the purpose of a perfect

Imposing prayer in schools should be a given right and not be forced upon people. A person should have the freedom to pray or not. In some schools, prayer is not allowed at all, and some people may be offended. Yet, if a student does not want to pray in school by force then as citizens of America we have the right to pray and worship as we please.