Tag: Priesthood Men
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Hezekiah
Hezekiah rejected the worship of false gods that was prevalent before his reign. We are told that no king before or after him among the children of Israel was his equal in righteousness. He trusted and followed the counsel of Isaiah regardless of the sentiments of those around him.
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Elisha
It seems that Elisa lived in a time that was very lonely for the righteous. They didn’t seem to have anything in the way of organization out community. He prophesied and ministers to righteous individuals but as a society there seemed to be nothing going on in the way of keeping the covenants. Avoiding to…
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Elijah
Elijah came at a very difficult time in the history of Israel for those who wished to be righteous. After two generally righteous kings had fallen the kingdom had been split and each portion ruled by a number of uninterrupted kings. The people had become almost indistinguishable from any other nation. Elijah was very unpopular…
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Solomon
Solomon was taught to respect and follow the commandments of the Lord. When he became king he was obviously in the right spirit. Later, after years of fame and fortune, Solomon forgot the true wisdom of his earlier years. I guess that just serves as proof that nobody is immune from the possibility of falling…
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Saul, David, Uriah and Jonathan
Saul should have been an example of a priesthood man but he abandoned his humility at the first sign of status and success. Once the Lord chose him he then chose himself instead of choosing the Lord. David was a great example of a priesthood man in his youth but after prolonged worldly success he…
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Samuel part 2
It must have been difficult for Samuel to know that part of the reason the people rejected the Lord and demanded a king was because if the behavior of his sons. It must also have been difficult to watch as the man who was chosen to be king was worse in some ways than his…
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Samuel part 1
Others might include Eli in a listing of priesthood men because he clearly held the priesthood and was obedient himself but his failure to curb his sons from gross wickedness or remove them from office means that he is rejected from this list. Samuel, on the other hand is a nearly flawless example of a…
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Boaz
Buzz dealt generously with an impoverished woman from a foreign land when others were cautious about dealing with her. He was also honorable with his kinsman who had the first right to receive anything from the estate of Naomi’s husband.
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Gideon
Gideon didn’t have a high opinion of himself. He felt like the most backward of men and among the last capable of saving Israel from the Midianites. What he had in his favor was a willingness to follow the directions of the Lord and do things that seemed hard or unusual. When the people asked…
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Joshua and Caleb
When twelve men went into the land of Canaan to spy it out ten of them feared and said the people were too strong for Israel. Joshua and Caleb disagreed because they trusted the Lord. Thus they were the only two alive when the people entered the promised land forty years later. While Joshua became…