“Now the word of the LORD came to Solomon, ‘Concerning this house that you are building, if you will walk in my statutes…, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father. And I will dwell among the children of Israel and will not forsake my people Israel.’” (1
“At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, ‘Ask what I shall give you.’” (1 Kings 3:5 ESV). The author of Kings recorded that the Lord appeared to Solomon at Gibeon after he had offered a thousand burnt offerings on the bronze altar at the great high place.
“And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching that the Christ is Jesus” (Acts 5:42 ESV). Luke recorded this summary statement after the apostles had been arrested, flogged, and ordered by the Sanhedrin to stop speaking in the name of Jesus. Rather than yielding to
“But many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand” (Acts 4:4 ESV). Luke reported that the early church in Jerusalem continued to grow at an astonishing rate. Following Peter’s sermon at Pentecost, about three thousand people had believed in Christ (Acts 2:41). Now,
“No, but I will buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God that cost me nothing” (2 Samuel 24:24 ESV). The book of 2 Samuel recorded David’s response to Araunah’s generous offer of a threshing floor and sacrificial animals after God’s judgment on Israel had
“Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne…” (Acts 2:30 ESV). When Peter preached to the crowd on the Day of Pentecost, he explained that David’s words in the Psalms pointed beyond himself to the coming Messiah.
“And David grew weary” (2 Samuel 21:15 ESV). The author of 2 Samuel recorded a battle between Israel and the Philistines during the later years of David’s reign. The king who had once courageously faced Goliath as a young shepherd now found himself exhausted in combat. David’s weariness was not a sign of fear or
“This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead” (John 21:14 ESV). The Apostle John gave reliable testimony about Jesus Christ that hearing it, we might believe. In this verse, John noted that this was the third appearance of the risen Christ to the
“Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.’” (John 20:21 ESV) The Apostle John recorded that on the evening of His resurrection, Jesus appeared to His disciples while they were gathered behind locked doors in fear. Before commissioning them, Jesus spoke peace
“After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus… Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight” (John 19:38-39