Good Friday Morning!!!!

1. Question – What was it really like?

2. Thought – In 36 years hardly a day passed without someone being sentenced to death. Herod spared no one, neither his own family nor his closest friends, neither the priests nor least of all the people. On his list of victims stand the names of the two husbands of his sister Salome, his wife Mariamne and his sons Alexander and Aristobulus. He had his brother-in-law drowned in the Jordan and his mother-in-law Alexandria put out of the way. Two scholars who had torn down the golden Roman eagle from the gateway of the Temple were burned alive. Hyrcanus the last of the Hasmoneans was killed. Noble families were exterminated root and branch. Many of the Pharisees were done away with. Five days before his death the old man had his son Antipater assassinated. And that is only a fraction of the crimes of this man who “ruled like a wild beast.” (The Bible as History by Werner Keller)

“But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life…. (Matt 2:19-20)

School’s OUT! Remember when school was out for you?  I’m not saying I am no longer a fool. I will say I’m a wiser fool though. Teach them and set an example for our future! Encourage them to drive defensively. And Read!