People in the Bible you feel sorry for.
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Moses....
He was miserable most of his life...
Jeremiah...king of the whining...wrote lamentations.
Elijah...he felt like a failure every step of the way.
John the Baptist also felt like he didn't do the right things either....orphaned, kicked out of the Essenes, and killed by Herod.
Caleb....of the 12 spies.
Stephan...reject of the Jews and then became a believer in Jesus but was a "reject" of Jesus's followers because he was a hellenized jew...rejected to the point of starvation. Then picked on by the Sanhedrin to kill...because he didn't matter enough for anyone to stand up for him on his behalf.
He was miserable most of his life...
Jeremiah...king of the whining...wrote lamentations.
Elijah...he felt like a failure every step of the way.
John the Baptist also felt like he didn't do the right things either....orphaned, kicked out of the Essenes, and killed by Herod.
Caleb....of the 12 spies.
Stephan...reject of the Jews and then became a believer in Jesus but was a "reject" of Jesus's followers because he was a hellenized jew...rejected to the point of starvation. Then picked on by the Sanhedrin to kill...because he didn't matter enough for anyone to stand up for him on his behalf.
Ezekiel. He wasn't allowed to mourn for his wife when she died.
Eve. Because it was all her fault and she probably lived with that realization her whole life.
Whoever the last person was in the group Moses led that had to die before they could enter the promised land. You know that everybody was probably closely watching that ONE person, waiting for and perhaps even wishing for his death. Can you imagine having that hanging over your head?
Eve. Because it was all her fault and she probably lived with that realization her whole life.
Whoever the last person was in the group Moses led that had to die before they could enter the promised land. You know that everybody was probably closely watching that ONE person, waiting for and perhaps even wishing for his death. Can you imagine having that hanging over your head?
Leah
married but Jacob didnt love her, he loved her sister Rachel more.
Nothing she did pleased him though she bore him many sons
I keep wondering why couldnt Jacob had said, well have you met my twin brother?
also, Dinah being the only daughter with 12 brothers, and then having her fiance murdered by them...
married but Jacob didnt love her, he loved her sister Rachel more.
Nothing she did pleased him though she bore him many sons
I keep wondering why couldnt Jacob had said, well have you met my twin brother?
also, Dinah being the only daughter with 12 brothers, and then having her fiance murdered by them...
mm I didnt..it was Dinah's life not theirs. Hamor was willing to offer their land to them and daughters to make amends and they were all willing to be circumcised.
KJV translation says defiled, others say raped
but seems weird that the next sentence Sechem LOVED the damsel and spake kindly to her (see Genesis chapter 34)
Plus what happned to Dinah after that episode is a bit of a mystery.
KJV translation says defiled, others say raped
but seems weird that the next sentence Sechem LOVED the damsel and spake kindly to her (see Genesis chapter 34)
Plus what happned to Dinah after that episode is a bit of a mystery.
I could say Peter... He was rescued from a death sentence, but later he was put to death on a cross. But he went to that cross joyfully.
Strangely Peter was the one who said he had never met Jesus because he was afraid for his life, then later he went to the cross with joy. Hmmm... Maybe Peter figured something out between those two times.
I'm going to say Peter anyway. He reminds me of a Labrador puppy - always excited, always running headlong, always tripping over his feet. But at least he learned from his mistakes.
Strangely Peter was the one who said he had never met Jesus because he was afraid for his life, then later he went to the cross with joy. Hmmm... Maybe Peter figured something out between those two times.
I'm going to say Peter anyway. He reminds me of a Labrador puppy - always excited, always running headlong, always tripping over his feet. But at least he learned from his mistakes.
I feel bad for Paraoh, in the book of Exodus. Pharaoh claimed to be a God and was the most powerful man on earth, with great armies, wealth, and peoples. Unfortunately for Pharaoh, he decided to challenge God, and God's servant Moses. So, Pharaoh set himself against God and the Israelites. The outcome was fixed from the beginning.
Why do I feel sorry for Pharoah? Because God personally picked him to display His power. "For Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” Romans 9:17.
Why do I feel sorry for Pharoah? Because God personally picked him to display His power. "For Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” Romans 9:17.
And, of course, I also feel sorry for the Jews/Scribes/Pharisees, the builders who couldn't see or understand truth and rejected the very cornerstone. Why do I feel sorry for them? If I put myself in their place, at their time, in their situation I probably would have also rejected the claims of this young 30 year old man, Jesus. The Jews/Scribes/Pharisees were wrong but I can understand them.
And of course they took it way too far when they began plotting to kill Jesus.
And of course they took it way too far when they began plotting to kill Jesus.
Ichabod - this baby lost his mother, father and grandfather right around the time of his birth, and he was given the worst name ever given to anyone in history (by his mother as she lay dying after giving him birth). Ichabod = "no glory/the glory has departed" ("the glory has departed from Israel"). He was given this name because the Philistines had captured the Ark of the Covenant and taken it away from Israel.
This is not a good name for a baby (unless it's a Disney cartoon character, I guess
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This is not a good name for a baby (unless it's a Disney cartoon character, I guess
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