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A King Becomes Worm Food Herod Agrippa I, called "King of the Jews" by the Romans for three years (AD 41-44), tried to eliminate believers in Jesus about 10 years after Jesus lived on earth.  Herod Agrippa killed the apostle James, the brother of John, one of Jesus' close disciples.  Herod Agrippa also intended to kill the apostle Peter.  Why would God allow this two-bit Roman governor/king to kill an apostle who was an eye-witness to much of what Jesus said and did?  In the end we find out what Herod Agrippa is made of.  Like the great kings of old, and like presidents and prime ministers today that don't give God the glory for what He has done through Jesus - they all end up as worm food.  But the message about Jesus persists because it is of divine origin.  An exposition of Acts 12:17-25, 40 minutes, English and Hebrew.
Anticipation is Making Me Wait When we know something is worth it, we will wait for it.  We are waiting for the "revealing of the sons of God" and the "redemption of our bodies".  We, along with all creation, are eagerly longing to be set free from "bondage to decay" which mankind's (our) sin has placed us in.  Sure, our waiting and sin involves suffering, but all the suffering on earth is a very little thing in comparison with the glory to be revealed and given.  An exposition of Romans 8:18-25, 50 minutes English and Hebrew.