Those Who Bring Good News Must Also Rebuke in Love “But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of his marriage to Herodias , his brother’s wife, and all the other evil things he had done, Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.” ( Luke 3:18–20 ) As I meditate on these verses, I wish to receive the lesson contained in them. (1) John the Baptist, who proclaimed “good news” to the people (Luke 3:18), rebuked “ Herod the tetrarch ” (v.19)—the same Herod Antipas mentioned in verse 1 (Hokmah)—because of “ his marriage to Herodias , his brother’s wife, and all the other evil things he had done” (v.19). (a) The phrase “ his brother’s wife Herodias ” (v.19) refers to the fact that Herod took his brother Philip’s wife, Herodias (Matt. 14:4; Mark 6:17). Around A.D. 26, Herod divorced his first wife—the daughter of King Aretas of Arabia —and...
Jonah’s God (2) [Jonah 1:7-17] We Koreans seem to be good at lying. When I watch the Korean dramas, I don’t know why people are lying so much. Even if it is a lie that cares for a loved one, a lie is a lie. But I don’t know why it is called 'a good lie'. Especially I don’t understand why they keep on denying after their lies got exposed rather than acknowledging their sin of lying. Maybe it is because they think that people are unwilling to forgive them even though they confess their lies honestly. So what they do is they keep on denying the fact that they lied until people find that they lied. For example, the Korean politicians keep on denying their lies even though those lies get exposed (I am sure not all the Korean politicians are like this). The reason is because they may think that even they confess honestly, it is difficult to avoid blame. So it seems that some...