Marching Madness
Maybe the first account in history of sellers remorse, not long after he let the Israelites leave the bonds of Egypt, this man's army came marching after them.
Pharaoh
"Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall."
Proverbs 16:18
Pride comes before the fall
A weird, creator of all things
Odd God
To the woman he said,
‘I will greatly increase your pangs in childbearing;
in pain you shall bring forth children,
yet your desire shall be for your husband,
and he shall rule over you.’
Genesis
We see two people ignore a victim in need in this parable, but then an unlikely hero comes to the rescue. It's a story so well known a law has been named after it.
Good Samaratin
More of a triumphal entry than a march, but still, people laid palm branches on the ground as Jesus made his grand entrance into this city.
Jerusalem
"Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun."
Ecclesiastes 8:15
Eat, drink, and be merry
Square-shaped, cheddary chips plus our LORD and Savior
Cheez-Its Jesus
And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him.
Matthew
Known for its small size but giant yield, Jesus compares a mustard seed once to our faith, the other to this.
Kingdom of God
Seven days of very strict and specific marching orders were given to Joshua and his army to ultimately knock the walls down of this location.
Jericho
"And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain"
Matthew 5:41
Go the extra mile
A new line of cold-storage units from an old Roman dictator
Caesar Freezers
She came to her mother-in-law, who said, ‘How did things go with you, my daughter?’ Then she told her all that the man had done for her.
Ruth
This modern Christian song references the Parable of the Lost Sheep with the lyric, "...leaves the ninety-nine."
Reckless Love
Before Goliath met his demise to David and his sling, he marched with this army against the Israelites.
Moses
"In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote."
Daniel 5:5
Writing on the wall
An artist's rendering of the death of Christ
Crucifixion depiction
DAILY DOUBLE
Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, wickedness was there, and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there as well.
In the Parable of the Sower, you don't want to be a seed that lands on the path or onto this kind of soil.
Rocky
DAILY DOUBLE
In this book full of many Israelite laws and rules, the author Moses says, "When you march up to attack a city, make its people an offer of peace."
"Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter."
Ecclesiastes 10:20
A little birdie told me...
A COVID positive, stubborn prophet
Corona Jonah
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, ‘O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to present a defence to you in this matter.’
Daniel
Before the Parable of the Unmerciful Servant, this disciple thought the correct number of times to forgive someone is 7 times, but Jesus said he was off by 483.
Peter