A,B, C of Bible people (4)

[Thera]

Perverse profane Philistines

 

[brinny]

Perverse profane Philistines

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Yes! AND boasting about it!!!! AND mocking the king and all his men, who were "shaking in the army boots" even as he mocked the God they professed to believe in.....until a mere boy, without armor, who DID believe in this God, picked up those stones, faced down that big ol' bully, and slung that first stone, knowing thd living God Himself would guide that stone with deadly aim, and topple that "Tower-of-a-babbling-giant". It was sooooo bad for da giant that he "lost his head" over it, to boot.

Quick-footed and agile Joshua

 

[gerbilwoman]

Quirinius

 

[Thera]

Red-ribbon revealing Rahab

Yes! AND boasting about it!!!! AND mocking the king and all his men, who were "shaking in the army boots" even as he mocked the God they professed to believe in.....until a mere boy, without armor, who DID believe in this God, picked up those stones, faced down that big ol' bully, and slung that first stone, knowing thd living God Himself would guide that stone with deadly aim, and topple that "Tower-of-a-babbling-giant". It was sooooo bad for da giant that he "lost his head" over it, to boot.

Lol. That's why the Israelites kept referring to them as "uncircumcised Philistines" - proud in flesh and heart. I'm not sure there is a modern day epithet quite as insulting.

 

[brinny]

Simple Simon, the magician who thought that he could "buy" the power of the Holy Spirit that Paul demonstrated.

 

[Thera]

Theocentric, truthworthy Tabitha.

Simple Simon, the magician who thought that he could "buy" the power of the Holy Spirit that Paul demonstrated.

I was going to rate this funny, because it was pretty "simple" to think one could buy God, but at the same time, too dangerous for such simplicity to rate as funny. So I had to choose another rating. I read that this guy fell to his death, when demons that were pulling his chariot through the air were cast out by believers. Do you think there's any truth to that?

 

[brinny]

Unencumbered David, who knew that God had his back when he rannnnn towards that giant, Goliath, with only stones. He knew that God was not gonna let that mocking bully stand.

 

[Thera]

Vain vexatious Vashti

 

[brinny]

Wunnerfully spontaneous Jacob, who wrestled with a God Who understood why, and Who consequently re-named him "Israel".

 

[Lion IRC]

Xenofoviká Xerxes
...edit to add props to Thera. I just saw Xerxes has already been mentioned

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[brinny]

Young Samuel, who honored God by obeying Eli, who was quite flawed, in particular as a father with his own sons who, in their abominations, were killed by God.

 

[gerbilwoman]

Zabdi

 

[Thera]

Abominable Ahaz



2 Kings 16:15 - 18
And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.

Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.

And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.

And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.

 

[SXSW]

Brother Barnabus

 

[Brigitte]

Centurion Cornelius

 

[gerbilwoman]

David

 

[Thera]

Ethiopian Eunuch

 

[NIrelandGillian]

Felix

 

[brinny]

Abominable Ahaz

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2 Kings 16:15 - 18
And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.

Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.

And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.

And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.

Yes, he WAS!!!!

Gideon, who was put through God's own boot camp, to learn to be the "man of valor" that God ordained him to be.

God was soooooo patient with Him....precious.

 

[James 217]

Hezekiah