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PODCAST| Will The Real King Please Stand Up?
By Pastor Vinnie & Jonathan Martin
Who is King? The Chief Priest in the time of Jesus famously declared, “We have no king but Caesar.” (John 19:15) Is that true? And is a King a Messiah? Are those words really interchangeable or is the Messiah more than a mere earthly political King?
Who is King? The Chief Priest in the time of Jesus famously declared, “We have no king but Caesar.” (John 19:15) Is that true? And is a King a Messiah? Are those words really interchangeable or is the Messiah more than a mere earthly political King?
Jon and Vinnie, explore the shocking vast amount of contenders to the throne in the time of Jesus’s kingship. Everyone wanted to be king, and everybody wanted to rule, yet the true King of the Jews came to serve.
Dig in and go super deep with Vinnie and Jon in the episode as they uncover the depths of the history behind that Messiahship of Jesus. They will uncover hyperlinks to what a Messiah is all the way back to the infamous and mysterious Melchizedek, Samuel, David, and more. They will unpack a holistic view of the work, title, and purpose of the Messiah and examine who is the only one who fulfills that identity.
Join us for this most thrilling episode of Season Two of Simply Devotion as we ask the question; “Will The Real King Please Stand Up?”
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Appendix:
The Herodian Dynasty:
- Herod the Great (born c. 74 BC, ruled 37–4 BC or 1 BC), client king of Judea who expanded the Second Temple in Jerusalem and in the New Testament orders the Massacre of the Innocents
- Herod Archelaus (23 BC–c. AD 18, ruled 4 BC-AD 6), ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea
- Herod Antipas (born 21 BC, ruled 4 BC-AD 39), tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea, and in the New Testament ordered the death of John the Baptist and mocked Jesus
- Philip the Tetrarch or Herod Philip II, (born c. 20 BC, ruled 4 BC-AD 34), tetrarch of Iturea, Trachonitis, and Batanaea
- Herod II or Herod Philip I (c. 27 BC–33 AD), father of the Salome in Mark 6:21-29, did not rule over any territory
- Herod Agrippa (born c. 11 BC, ruled AD 41–44), client king of Judaea, called “King Herod” or “Herod” in Acts 12 of the New Testament
- Herod of Chalcis (died AD 48), also known as Herod II or Herod V, king of Chalcis (r. AD 41–48)
- Herod Agrippa II (born AD 27, ruled 48–c. 92), ruled Chalcis and was described in Acts of the Apostles as “King Agrippa” before whom Paul the Apostle defended himself
About Vinnie & Jon:
Pastor Vinnie
Vinnie is a full-time Ordained Pastor at Vienna Seventh-day Adventist Church in Vienna VA located in the beautiful Northern Virginia / DC area. He is happily married to TinaLynn for over 30 years and they have an eight-year-old son, Jose. They live, work, and Jose goes to school, on the Vienna Campus as a part of an incarnational approach to ministry. They believe in an integrated ministry approach that is balanced with a full and abundant balanced life. Core to being balanced is being centered in Pastor Vinnie’s favorite Gospel; the Gospel of John, and his favorite Bible verse in that Gospel; John 10:10. “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness (abundantly)“. Living life “in all its fullness” means both being incarnational and at the same time authentically human and having fun! He describes himself as a “Child of God. Husband. Daddy. Work in progress. Follower. Leader. Sci-fi-junkie.” In addition to family life, pastoring, and working on a doctorate at Fuller Seminary, Vinnie shares the Gospel, and his passion to equip others with the power of Jesus in numerous interactive ways through www.SimplyVinnie.com
Jonathan Martin: Season 2 Co-host
Jonathan graciously agreed to join Vinnie as of Season 2 of Simply Devotion. Jonathan is a full-time follower of Jesus, committed to helping people discover a deep, passionate, and spirited relationship with the Savior. He is currently a Bible teacher at a private school in the Orlando area but has also served as an ordained minister for almost a decade in local churches. Jonathan completed his undergraduate degree at Southern Adventist University and holds a Master of Divinity degree from the Seventh-Day Adventist Theological Seminary on the campus of Andrews University. He is currently completing a Doctor of Ministry degree with an emphasis in Ministry to Emerging Generations from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Jonathan is married to the love of his life, Raisel Martin, and has two elementary-aged children, Railyn and Josiah. In his spare time, Jonathan enjoys reading, writing, painting, globetrotting, and instigating arguments on social media.
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