David Journal

Tag: Priesthood Men

  • John the Baptist

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    In some ways, John the Baptist was the ultimate priesthood man. His while life was defined by his mission and his while mission was dependent upon his priesthood and he boldly and successfully fulfilled his mission. I think it is instructive that John performed no miracles. It demonstrates that miracles aren’t a proof of success…

  • Simeon

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    I wish we knew more about Simeon. He was faithful enough to receive a promise that he would see the David his lifetime. I find his prophecy when he saw the infant Jesus that the child was set for the fall (and rising again) of many in Israel to be very interesting. W think of…

  • Zacharias

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    We can ask Zacharias what it is like to serve faithfully for a lifetime while being denied the posterity he hopes for and then to have a son promised but be unable to speak of it for nearly a year. I don’t know what he thought during that silence but the first thing he spoke…

  • Joseph ben Heli

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    A descendant of David and aimed by most in his day to be the father of Jesus Christ. I really wish that we knew more about the remarkable man who was entrusted with raising the Son of God. He would have taught the gospel in his home and modeled manly behavior to the savior of…

  • Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

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    We know that these three were friends of Daniel although we can only speculate on whether their friendship predated their time in the king’s household refusing the king’s meat. While Daniel was clearly a leader among them they all rose to prominence so that others in power felt threatened by them and plotted against them.…

  • Haggai and Zechariah

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    Haggai and Zechariah were both passing on the same time period as Ezra. We don’t know a whole lot about them but this further demonstrates what an extraordinary time that was. Zechariah prophesies of the second coming of Christ and may possibly have seen the vision of eternity.

  • Obadiah

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    We know little about the writer of the book by that name but while he was likely an example of a priesthood man I am looking at the steward of Ahab here who secretly preserved 100 prophets when Jezebel the queen was putting prophets of God to death. Here was a man who used his…

  • Amos

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    Amos seems to have been a man of humble origin. He was from the south kingdom but preached in the north London some years before Isaiah. His message is timeless but not spectacular so nobody seems to spend much time on his words.

  • Hosea

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    Not unlike other prophets, Hosea had the challenge of doing things that didn’t look good from the outside in order to obey the commandment of God. Apparently he is the only prophet from the north kingdom who left a written record.

  • Job

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    Some have questioned if job was a real person or just a story. If he was just a story he would still be an example of a priesthood man but I think he was a real person as he is spoken of in Ezekiel grouped with Daniel and Noah. I remember when I first read…