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With all the movies coming out recently that pertain to the Greek/Roman Mythology, I thought it rather interesting when I came across this blog today and thought I would share.  With many appreciations to Rob Skiba II! The following information is taken from the e-book series: BABYLON RISING: And The First Shall Be The Last written by Rob Skiba II   http://www.seedtheseries.com/blog/BR206.html To the Greeks, there was no higher deity than Zeus. He ruled supreme in the ancient world for three thousand years! Like Nimrod, he was known by many names . In the far north countries, he was known as Odin. The Egyptians associated him with Amon. The Hindus thought of him as Indra. The Romans knew him as Jupiter and the Assyrians, Medes, Persians and Babylonians appear to have known him as "Bel" or even Jupiter Belus. In fact, some even refer to the Tower of Babel as the Temple of Jupiter Belus . In every case, he was known as the "king of th...

Jesus said in Matthew 5:20 - "For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven." Earlier in Scripture Isaiah 64:6 states, "All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags ; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away."  Of course it is true, none of us is perfect.  We all make mistakes.  We then have to find perfect rightness or righteousness outside of ourselves.  Jesus said to the people of that day (and His words speak down through the years to today) that you must find that perfect, surpassing righteousness even beyond the Jewish religious hierarchy.  Only then will you be able to enter into the kingdom of heaven. Well, if nobody is perfect and the best religious leaders can't supply what we need to be right with God and grant us entry into the kingdom of heaven tha...

Matthew 5:16 vs. Matthew 6:1 Both of these verses deals with motive. Matthew 5:16 encourages your "light to shine before men" and "your good deeds" to be seen, SO THAT there might be proper praise given - to God the Father. Matthew 6:1 discourages you to perform your "acts of righteousness before men," SO THAT you may be seen by them. If you read Matthew 6 carefully you will see that God desires privacy and intimacy with His family.  Your "righteous acts", "giving to the needy", praying and fasting should all be done in "secret".  In Matthew 6:6 Jesus says, "But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen.  Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."  I can just hear God in modern speak encouraging us, "The world does not need to know your business, so get alone with me and tell me what's up."  Now verse eight goes on to say t...