Matthew 12:22-30
“Notice what you notice.” Have I not noticed before that Beelzebub (Beelzebul) is basically a “Baal” derivative, in this case from Baal-Zebub/Zebul – the God of the Philistine city of Ekron (II Kings 1:1–4)? Thanking my Study Bible notes for that insight…
Abraham Lincoln quoted Jesus’ “house divided” item. I offer his entire quote, spoken a full two-and-a-half years before he became President: “A house divided against itself, cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become lawful in all the States, old as well as new — North as well as South.” (June 16, 1858, at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield)
I see divisions in our country in both political parties today, the hard-rights and the hard-lefts against the more moderates in each party. And each party seems to be caving to its’ extreme instead of working toward bipartisanship legislation following the moderates’ leadings. I mention only the divisions within the political parties. There are so many other divisions that we could also name. Sad.
Blessings!