Herod Antipas was son of Herod the Great. Herod Philip was the intended heir of Herod the Great, but Herod Antipas successfully challenged the will and convinced the Roman authorities to grant him the rule over the area. He married Phasaelis, a Nabatean princess, but later divorced her so that…
Posted on the COGWA UWS Facebook page yesterday: Mr. Frank McCrady was in a car accident on his way to Longview today around 4 PM. He got out to check on the other vehicle and became weak. After finding out that the other person involved was fine, he slumped to…
Herod the Great, Biblically famous for rebuilding the temple and the slaughter of infants trying to kill Jesus soon after birth, had ten wives. From these wives, he had several sons and daughters. One son was Herod Philip I (aka “Herod II”), who was briefly the heir of Herod the…
The Bible records the actions of two people named “Herod”, but in reality there were at least three in the Herodian Dynasty who bore that name. This dynasty started with Herod the Great, aka Herod I, of whom Wikipedia says: Herod (Hebrew: הוֹרְדוֹס, Hordos, Greek: Ἡρῴδης, Hērōidēs), also known as…
I find it fascinating that it is harder to find what time the president’s speech is going to be than whether or not Lindsay Lohan is dropping her last name, especially if you are checking out CNN for the information. However, according to Yahoo! News, “Obama to lay out his…
27Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 28But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 29For he that eateth and drinketh…
Earthquakes in New Zealand, Japan and Burma have gotten a lot of attention recently. And so they should. Events like this should make people wake up and take notice. Some will turn to Mt 24 at a time like this and wonder if the tribulation has started. The answer is,…
Things in the Middle East are still changing rapidly. Renewed ‘Day of Rage’ spreads in Mideast – World news – Mideast/N. Africa – msnbc.com. I remember a conversation once when I was a teen where a couple of adults were discussing why John was marveling at the woman riding the…
COGWriter Dr Robert Thiel posted an excellent rebuttal to Gerald Flurry’s claim that Iran is the King of the South in "PCG, Iran is Not the King of the South". It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that Iran is not south of Jerusalem or that it is…
14And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; 15I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16So then because thou…