Old Testament King David In second Samual, King David is depicted as a true, but imperfect, example of an ideal king. ... I think the main point in this is that; King David was a good king despite his sinful nature, and we can learn from his actions both good and bad. King David's decisions showed he was a decisive and an effective king. ... Like all humans he had weaknesses, which got him into trouble. ... I believe the greatest thing we can observe from King David would be that God called him a king after his own heart. ...

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Unfortunately God forgot to create all men equal, it was up to our founding fathers to do that. ... (King 586) This passage was one of the many examples of Doctor King rooting his points in the word of the Bible. ... This point is further enforced by Doctor King's statement to the readers "My Christian and Jewish brothers"(King 591). ... (King 585) Not only does this statement establish Doctor King's ethos, it goes on to boast about the scope of his organization. ... In defense of his incarceration Doctor King wrote, "It was "illegal" to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler's Ger...

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They were allowed to do so by the Persian king, Cyrus. ... King Antiochus IV became the king of Syria beginning 175 B.C after his father Antiochus III passed on the responsibilities too King Antiochus IV. ... King Antiochus IV made a change that to this day is consider a complex decision, this new King was very wicked although he started very small and as he conquered many cities his power grew. ... With the spread of the King's false death many Jews was attacked and killed. ... It was doing this time all of the laws that applied to the Jewish worship were taken away. ...

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An example of this would be the prophecy of king Cyrus (Isaiah 44:28;45:1) The Prophet Isaiah, writing at around 700 B.C., predicts Cyrus (by name) as the king who will say to Jerusalem that their city will be built and the foundation of the temple will be laid. ... More than one hundred years later both the city and the temple was destroyed by King Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C. ... (McDowell 165) Psalms 34:20 "He keeps all his bones; not one is broken." ... Their simply is nothing like it in all the literature in the world, religious or irreligious! ... Albright quotes saying "The Bible towers...

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It is Gods will that prayers and thanks, should be made in special manner for kings and all in high authority. This psalm is exactly that, a prayer and a giving of thanks for the king. ... In verses 1-5 the singer addresses the King, speaking for the sake of all of the people. ... At this point everything conjoins where the peoples needs and hopes are put into the King. ... All rests with the will of the Lord and because of this the people continue to wait even though, sometimes, receive a very clear response....

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The author presents a high priest 'seated on the right hand of the throne of the majesty in the heavens' which implies a king - for only a king sits on the throne. ... The description of the high priest in both verses implies two different offices - a king and a priest. ... The whole discourse of priest-king is embedded in the priesthood of Jesus Christ; and this idea is made manifest in the Christology motif as in the presentation of Jesus Christ not only as priest-king but also a High Priest of the heavenly sanctuary (Hebrews 8.1, 2). ... In the Old Testament, the occurrence of a ...

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There, all of the military tribunes and prominent male citizens came to listen to Paul. Finally, King Agrippa and his sister/incestuous lover, Bernice arrived. Then Paul was brought in and he proceeded to tell his story to the king. Paul asked to speak to the king because he was "familiar with all the customs and controversies of the Jews- (Harper Collins Study Bible, Acts. 26.3). ... Despite all this, he still addresses all of the citizens and tells them his story. ...

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The presence of this supernatural power is present in the legends of King Arthur in the form of magic and sorcery. ... The palmer symbolizes the secular wing by making pilgrimages to the Holy Land during the Crusades, but he is actually not a palmer at all, but Ivanhoe in disguise. ... In King Arthur, Lancelot is added by the Norman writers to spark excitement, curiosity, and romance. ... Another similarity is the plotting against the king by his closest comrades. ... Ivanhoe was not based heavily upon a religious conflict, magic, or love, but was focused on quests, history, and above all, chi...

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All the commandments form the Torah are of equal importance. ... In the words of King David "The Torah [scripture] of God is perfect! ... I love all the scriptures! ... As well, when King Solomon built the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, he specifically asked God to heed the prayer of non-Jews who come to the Temple (1-Kings 8:41-43). ... As it says: "God will be King over all the world - on that day, God will be One and His Name will be One" (Zechariah 14:9). ...

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A fundamental view in Judaism is that everyone from all religions and nations has a share in Olam Ha-Ba based on merit and that all of humanity is capable of being righteous in God's eyes. ... The Moshiach will be the one who is anointed as king in the End of Days. " The Lord says, "The time is coming when I will choose as king a righteous descendant of David. That king will rule wisely and do what is right and just throughout the land. When he is king the people of Judah will be safe, and the people of Israel will live in peace." ... Olam Ha-Ba will involve the peaceful co-existence of a...

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The speeches of Haggai are dated precisely to the day, month and year of the rule of Darius I, king of Persia. ... In the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan commander and official of the king of Babylon set fire to the temple of the LORD, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem and broke the walls of Jerusalem. ... Cyrus, who had been king of Media and Persia since 549, now brought Babylon under his control. In the following year he made his famous edict (see Ezr. 1:2-4; 6:3b-5), allowing all peoples to return to their native lands. ... King Cyrus had provided the Jews wi...

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After years of conflict among the tribes, they all united under one king, King Saul. ... Following Saul's unsuccessful reign was the reign of King David. ... Luckily, the Persian king later conquered the Chaldeans. ... To keep the civilization running, all these roles worked together in a structured manner. ... Hebrew Literature indicates all works written in the Hebrew language. ...

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This put them in dangerous territory as the Jews were defenseless against the king and never knew whether their money would be returned, or if the king would decide that the Jews themselves could not return. King Edward I of England, for instance, solved some of his money problems by throwing all the Jews out of England in 1290 and they were not allowed back for more than 300 years. Other English Jews tried to move to France, but King Philippe threw them out of France in 1291. ... Christians were also able to receive all of the benefits from the Jews without having to include them in their soc...

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Judaism is based on the Old Testament, which is common in all bibles used throughout many forms of Christianity as well as Judaism. ... The Jews realized they needed a king with an army to defend their nation. God then appointed Saul as the first king of Israel. ... The Pharisees said that all of the men of the house were priests and the table was the altar. ... Pre Modern Judaism was rejected by all other societies. ...

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The king was considered chosen by the sun god himself to rule over the people. ... During a festival, the king "brought the first fruits and his harvest to the servants of the god; he avoided what the god hated, and took care of the animal beloved by the divinity" (Erman 272) . ... Under the guidance of the Aton, or sun-disk, Amenhotep IV changed his name to Akhenaton and ruled with an emphasis that he was a divine king. ... The Hammurabi Code as it was known, was a collection of the laws and edicts of the Babylonian king Hammurabi, and the earliest legal code. The divine origin of the written...

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Blake attempts to bring home the fact that we all have innocence of the lamb and ferociousness like the tiger, but we are all chained by the chains of civilization (religion, law). ... Christianity is the all-embracing force in this world, giving hope, leading to joy, protecting the children against viciousness. ... He says: "Man is all Imagination. ... Vaishali 130455 "Man is all imagination. ... For instance in the poem "The Chimney Sweeper" it is an angel who "open'd the coffins & set them all free." ...

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Every Friday thousands of worshipers come for prayer and it has become a centre of worship and learning, attracting great teachers from all over the world (The Noble Sanctuary). ... During Muslim rule of Israel, Jerusalem was never made the capital of the country, but the Jews felt that the city was important to them and for that reason King David made Jerusalem the capital city of Israel. When the city was under Jewish rule, King Solomon built the First Temple at same location of akeidat Yitzchak. Jerusalem should belong to all three religions as all three have significant historical relig...

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The Gospels give people insight to the way Jesus lived his life, and how it was taken away so that we all may live. ... Matthew begins his Gospel with Jesus's genealogy, which can be traced back to the Jewish king, David. This right away establishes Jesus as both the King of the Jews and the Messiah. ... The Pharisee's became angered when they heard this and when the disciples told Jesus this he replied that all the plants that are not firmly rooted [in faith] will be uprooted . ...

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The next king Richard I refused to allow Jewish representation to his castle when they came to offer him gifts. ... In 1215, the Catholics held the Fourth Lateran Council stating that the king can make the Jews wear a badge as a public representation of the Jewish people. ... The main reason for the Jewish expulsion in England was because Edward was in great debt and if he expelled the Jewish people from all of England, all their possessions would become his. ... The history of the Jews in England was a difficult one filled with persecution and hatred toward all of their peoples....

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Because of his back round and what Jesus preached (love, humanity, respect and equality of all people), the poor followed him; furthermore, most of the people of the time were poor (80-90%) so the religion soon had a considerable following. ... With the Edict of Milan, he and his co-emperor, Licinius had this to say "Our purpose is to grant both to the Christians and to all others full authority to follow whatever worship each man has desired .Christians may from this moment freely and unconditionally proceed to observe the same without annoyance or disquiet." Three centuries prior Jesu...

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Divine authority means that you have been given that power to govern people from a even higher authority that is considered a God, which is why in a monarchy that person is considered a king or ruler amongst men generally. ... This would be an important step for societies being that now citizens can hold their own king accountable for his actions against the law. ... The few rules they did abide by were all based off of ancient tradition. ... Past societies such as Classical Greece, the religious practice they believe has more than one God as well, but the major difference is there is o...

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It describes how He created all of the living creatures within it and how he is all powerful and beyond our comprehension. As the stories continue throughout the book it discuses a civilization of a people chosen by the all powerful Lord of man. ... The main aspect of all the people within the tribe is they"re religion. ... This is a culture where the Government is put in place by the religion and all of the governmental figures are prophets throughout all of these books. The people put in place to be the leader of king of the people is always the one closest related to God. ...

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He was also the model of the king like David and Solomon. ... At all other times he hid himself behind the mask. ... So he took the responsibility to kill all of the first born children. ... But how did Moses know how to do all these things? ... He also sent an army to kill all of the Midianite men and all of the women that they had lain with even though his wife was Midianite. ...

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They lived under the protection of the King, yet this also meant that they were vulnerable to his whims. ... This may be the main reason for their survival against all odds. ... In the face of all these obstacles women surmounted them all to become writers, teachers, midwives as well as rulers of entire kingdoms. ... Still today in the modern times of the year 2003 we see discrimination and hate crimes all around the world. ...

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Jews believe that this messiah figure will emerge as a great king after the style of David. ... Because he is compassionate, he calls all people to believe in him and worship him. ... On the Last Day, all the dead will be resurrected and either rewarded in heaven or punished in hell. ... These prophets, all mortal men, were elected messengers to whom God spoke through an angel or by inspiration. ... Catholics are expected to take part in as many of the Seven Sacraments as possible, while Muslims are expected to practice all of the Five Pillars Of Islam. ...

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