Thursday, January 2, 2025

A Mortal Should Not Proudly Think Themselves To Be God (This from someone you would never expect)

 




It is meet to be subiect unto God, and that a man that is mortal, should not proudly think of himself, as if he were God.
 
 
----Antiochus Epiphanes shortly before his death, 2 Maccabees 9:12
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/1611_2-Maccabees-Chapter-9/
 
 
 
[This is one of the last figures from whom anyone would expect to hear this from as Antiochus Epiphanes is looked upon as type of anti-Christ, but after having been struck with a sudden and devastating illness, Antiochus Epiphanes acknowledged that the illness that befell him was an act of God done upon him for the profaning of the holy Temple in Jerusalem and for the intense persecution he carried about against the Jews upon whom he intended to impose Greek culture, customs, and religion.  More about this can be found 1 and 2 Maccabees]

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