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Acts 12:18-25, 18: Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter. 19: And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode. 20: And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country. 21: And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. 22: And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. 23: And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. 24: But the word of God grew and multiplied. 25: And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark. In this essay on the sins of the fathers, we want to look at Herod and some others in the Bible. The Herod in this story is Agrippa I, the grandson of Herod the great. He was a nephew of Herod Antipas and father of Herod Agrippa II. Each of these Herod left his evil mark. Herod Agrippa I murdered Apostle James and imprisoned Peter; Herod the great murdered babies in Bethlehem with the intention of killing the infant Jesus. Herod Antipas was involved in the mock trial of Jesus and ordered the execution of John the Baptist and Herod Agrippa II was one of Paul’s judges ( Acts 26:1-3, 24-34) The Bible says in Exodus 34:5-7, “And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious , long suffering and abundant in goodness and truth. Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and to the fourth generation.” We have said (see the essay the father have eaten sour grapes and the children’s teeth are set on edge) that everyone is punished for his or her own sins and that God only “visits” the father’s sin on the children. However certain sins and traits seem to pass from fathers rather than mothers in the Bible to the next generations. Jacob deceived his father Isaac using an animal, by preparing him venison, such as he loved. The sons of Jacob deceived him by killing and using the blood of a kid of goat. Tamar the daughter of Judah (Judah being among the chief ones who deceived Jacob or Israel, his father) deceived him also this time with a kid of goat involved. The Bible gives us two accounts of two “races” of people in the Genesis chapters 4 and 5. Those descended from Seth and those descended from Cain. In the account of the line of Seth, always the Bible mentions their lifespan and then ended with this statement, “And he died.” No mention of any inventions whatsoever. However in the account of the line Cain we have accounts of inventions by the descendants of Cain, no mention “And he died", as if in anticipation of a resurrection. We also have another murderer in his line apart from Cain in the account, Lamech. And in this generation we have the first direct mention of polygamy in the Bible, as it were. So as it is, a line of good people, and a line of a bad people, all descended from a particular ancestor, himself being either good or bad. Also in the story of the sin of Adam, though it was the woman that originally committed the sin, but the Human race are said to have sinned through Adam and not through the woman. Sometimes people say, “it runs in the family", “it runs in the blood.” Why we should inherit sin through Adam is very deep, however the name Adam is formed in part from the Hebrew word Dam, which means blood. We seem to inherit our sins from our fathers rather than our mothers in the Bible. Why this concept is so I do not fully know. We seem to have many murderers in the line of Herod the great. Why is it that we usually see the evil traits of fathers in their children, especially if these children have lived with their fathers. Sometimes we seem to be spared somewhat, if we have not fully lived with our fathers. All said, we do not need to continue in the evil traits of our fathers. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creatur old things are passed away; behold all things are become new." But before this, in verse 16 of the same chapter of the Bible, it says “wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh; yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. Yes every relation we have according to the flesh as been nullified as Christians and sons of God through Jesus Christ, spiritually. We knew him before according to the flesh, but now we are born into the kingdom of God “spiritually” through him. We do not need any longer to follow the evil traits of our parents.

Matthew 27:57–66, - Matthew 28:1-10,

57: When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
58: He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
59: And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
60: And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
61: And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
62: Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
63: Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
64: Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
65: Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
66: So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

1: In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
2: And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
3: His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
4: And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
5: And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
6: He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
7: And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
8: And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.
9: And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
10: Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.

Verse 4 of Mathew 28 says: “And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.”

And verse five goes on to say, “And the angel answered and said unto the woman, fear not ye, for I know that ye seek Jesus, which is crucified.”

So from these two passages one should infer correctly that the Greek word translated “keepers” here in verse 4 evidently referred to the women also, that is Mary and the others. The Greek word translated keepers is Oi terountes, “the (ones) observing.”

Friends there are some people that need us to resurrect as Christians, before they themselves should be saved and delivered. Remember in verse 61 of Matthew 27, the Bible says many Mary Magdelene and the other Mary were sitting over against the sepulcher.

As it were they were watching, awaiting a miracle, perhaps eagerly desiring and expecting that Jesus would resurrect as he had promised, but when he actually did, they became as dead men. Only his resurrection brought them life again.

Death in the Bible is for removed from physical death only. We would talk about that in another essay. And life is also for removed from this physical life in the Bible. In fact the basic promise of the whole of the Bible is Eternal Life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. That is, the major promise of God to Christians in the Bible is eternal life. We are told to lay hold on eternal life in 1 Timothy 6, as Paul talking to Timothy is also talking to us.

So when Jesus died and resurrect he gave life to those who were dead in their lives. That was why when he met his disciples in were 9, he said ‘All hail.” This word is the Greek Word Chairete, “Be you rejoicing.” You do not have to die again, I have died and resurrected for you, Jesus seems to be telling them here.

As I said, there are some people that there own resurrection depends on our own resurrection also, just like in the case of Jesus, Mary and others depended on him being resurrected. Mary was like a counterpart of Jesus, what one would describe as an opposite, a Neged in the Hebrew. Remember she sat opposite the grave. Had Jesus not resurrected, they would have remained dead.

In Mathew 17:1-9, we have the story of the transfiguration of Jesus.

1: And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
2: And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
3: And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.
4: Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
5: While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
6: And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
7: And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
8: And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.
9: And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.

In the Luke account, actually his face changed and became different in chapter 9:29.

How many faces does Jesus have? May we only be able to find grace in God through Jesus, that the face of Jesus that shines on us is the one that gives us life. When Jesus was reading from Isaiah 61 in the Synagogue, he stopped at the prophecy declaring the acceptable year of the LORD, and he did not read the other prophecy of the vengeance of God. May we always find mercy and grace, as the Apostle Paul would always pray for his converts, so that we remain in life with him, that is, Jesus Christ our Lord.

I want to see the concept of the world as a neutral place. God so loved the world the Bible says. He sent his only begotten Son to die for the world. God plants His children in the world. Satan also plants his own. Perhaps, this is why there are wicked people in the world apart from good people, something I said I did not fully understand well in one of my essays, together with the concept of the world. For the world to be saved, we have to shine as light and we have to be the salt of the earth. Ultimately, everybody’s resurrection goes back to Christ, but some people are waiting for you to be the light of the world and to resurrect with Christ.

MATTHEW 6 : 19-34,

19: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22: The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
23: But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
24: No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
25: Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
26: Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
27: Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28: And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30: Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
31: Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32: (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
34: Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

First of all from the passage above, let us look at the reasons why we worry, then we can look at how we can stop the habit of worry, if we have one.

(1) The first reason is that we lay up treasures upon the earth. Not that we can not have treasures on the earth, but when Jesus says where moth and rust doth corrupt, talking about these treasures, it means our hearts and minds are set on them.

(2) The second reason is because thieves would always break through and steal (these treasures) or even if they do not, we worry they would.

(3) The third reason is that we do not lay up treasures in heaven, which is far more secure (where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where thieves do not break through nor steal).

(4) Our treasure is on the things on earth and not on the things in heaven

(5) The light of the body is not the light of God, that is, we do not follow the leading of God nor have His spirit within us. That is why the Bible says above that “therefore if thine eye be single,” that is, if we must close our eyes to all other things and just follow God blindly. If we follow the devil blindly, we would only have darkness, a consequence of “an evil eye,” greed, jealousy, pride, etc ( Matthew 6 : 23).

(6) We want to serve two masters, God and Mammon. We say we love God but we also love money at the same time, thereby in the process hating God.

(7) We take thought for our lives, what we would eat, what we would wear and so on. That is, we worry about these and we are anxious about them.

(8) We do not behold nature to see the wonderful Creation of God, for example when we look at how God feeds the birds, makes beautiful lilies to grow, etc. How did we grow in the womb for nine months? How did we grow from a single cell to a baby. Have we ever considered these?

(9) We do not consider that we are some of the most wonderful Creation of God ( Matthew 6: 26).

( 10) And as if to represent completeness as one of the most important, if really it is not the most important; We want to do the things for ourselves only what God Himself can do. We want want to do, or think we can do, only what God can do for us. What we usually go about doing is similar to the act of trying to increase our stature or lifespan, or like making a white hair black, for example. Not that we cannot succeed in a very limited way by doing this, but really it would take a long time and we would be stressed , if ever we did.

So what should we do so as not to worry?

(1) Number one, let us know our limitations. Jesus says in the in the account in Luke, if you cannot do that which is least, why do you think you can do greater things.

(2) We should remember all other things God has done in the past (e.g, the life of Solomon).

(3) We should remember the Gentiles. Sometimes, some people because they know a person has hypertension want someone to worry out of envy and undue competition. God does not say those who do not have a job should not worry. You must work like the Gentiles. It is a pity that in this part of the world, there are no safety nets for those who have no means to support themselves or are sick, even though we are swimming in petrodollars.

God wants us to live from one day to the next. A bit of stress is actually good for one’s body, but it is not good to transfer the stress from one day to the next. Scientists have found out that the stress hormone, Cortisol, is actually good for the body in small amounts. Jesus, who is the WORD of God, created everything gives us this advice we should let the day’s evil be sufficient for itself. We had better take heed to the advice.

(5) We should just not worry (Matthew 6:31 ). If you cannot get worry out of your mind at any moment, just try to get and read an interesting book, for example.

(6) we should seek the things of God first in our lives. WE can also look at Luke 16 : 1-13 and Luke 12 : 13 -59.

LUKE 16 : 1 -13,

1: And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
2: And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
3: Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
4: I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
5: So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
6: And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
7: Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.
8: And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
9: And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
10: He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
11: If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
12: And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?
13: No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

LUKE 12 : 13-59,

13: And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
14: And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
15: And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
16: And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
17: And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18: And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
19: And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
20: But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
21: So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
22: And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
23: The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
24: Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
25: And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
26: If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
27: Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
28: If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
29: And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
30: For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
31: But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
32: Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
33: Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
34: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
35: Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
36: And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
37: Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
38: And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
39: And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
40: Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
41: Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
42: And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
43: Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
44: Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
45: But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
46: The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
47: And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48: But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
49: I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I if it be already kindled?
50: But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
51: Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
52: For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
53: The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
54: And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
55: And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
56: Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
57: Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
58: When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
59: I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
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