Tag: condescension
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He left His Father’s throne above
Judges 11:34-40 “Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah. And behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances. She was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter. And as soon as he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very…
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Saved by a worm?
Judges 10:1 “After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah” The condescension of our great God to come to earth to humble Himself to die on a cross is something that is almost too magnificent to put into words. We see a possible allusion to this in the man Tola, one of…
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Marvelous condescension
Psalm 115:12-13 “The Lord has remembered us; he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron; he will bless those who fear the Lord, both the small and the great.” In the vastness of the universe, have you ever thought about how small we are? I’ve had the thought, from time to…