CALL
–PERSONAL .By Christ Isa 55:5 –TO SPECIAL RELIGIOUS DUTY .OF ABRAHAM Ge 12:1-3 ; Isa 51:2 ; Heb 11:8 .MOSES Ex 3:2 , 4 , 10 ; 4:1-16 ; Ps 105:26 ; Ac 7:34 , 35 .AARON AND HIS SONS Ex 4:14-16 .See above, and Ps 105:26 ; Ex 28:1 ; Heb 5:4 .JOSHUA Nu 27:18 , 19 , 22 , 23 ; De 31:14 , 23 ; Jos 1:1-9 .GIDEON Jud 6:11-16 .SAMUEL 1Sa 3:4-10 .SOLOMON 1Ch 28:6 , 10 .JEHU 2Ki 9:6 , 7 ; 2Ch 22:7 .CYRUS Isa 45:1-4 .AMOS Am 7:14 , 15 .APOSTLES Mt 4:18-22 ; 9:9 ; Mr 1:16 , 17 ; 2:14 ; 3:13-19 ; Lu 5:27 ; 6:13-15 ; Joh 15:16 .THE RICH YOUNG MAN Mr 10:21 , 22 .PAUL Ac 9:4-6 , 15 , 16 ; 13:2 , 3 ; Ro 1:1 ; 1Co 1:1 ; 2Co 1:1 ; Ga 1:1 ; Eph 1:1 ; Col 1:1 ; 1Ti 1:1 ; 2Ti 1:1 .ALL WHO ARE CALLED OF GOD Ro 8:30 ; 1Co 1:2 , 9 , 24 ; 1Th 2:11 , 12 ; 2Th 2:13 , 14 ; 2Ti 1:9 ; Heb 3:1 , 2 , 7 , 8 ; 1Pe 5:10 ; 2Pe 1:3 , 10 ; Jude 1 :1; Re 17:14 .See MINISTERS, CALL OF .See BACKSLIDERS .See SEEKERS >
CHURCH AND STATE
–ECCLESIASTICAL POWER SUPERIOR TO CIVIL .Appoints kings 1Sa 10:1 .Directs administration 1Sa 15:1-4 .Reproves rulers 1Sa 15:14-35 .Withdraws support and anoints a successor 1Sa 16:1-13 ; 2Ki 9:1-26 ; 11:4-12 .Attempted usurpation of ecclesiastical functions by civil authorities, reproved 1Sa 13:8-14 ; 2Ch 26:16-21 –STATE SUPERIOR TO RELIGION .David, in organizing the priests and Levites in courses, and appointing musicians, instruments, and other details of religious services 1Ch 23 ; 24 ; 25 ; 2Ch 35:4 .Solomon, in thrusting Abiathar out of the high priest’s office 1Ki 2:26 , 27 .Solomon, in overshadowing the ecclesiastical in building the temple, and officiating primarily in the dedication, intercessory or priestly prayer, pronouncing the benediction, etc 1Ki 5:8 .Hezekiah, in reorganizing temple service 2Ch 31:2-19 .Jeroboam, in subverting the Jewish religion 1Ki 12:26-33 .Manasseh, in subverting, and afterward restoring, the true religion 2Ch 33:2-9 , 15-17 .Jehoash, in supervising the repairs of the temple 2Ki 12:4-18 .Ahaz, in transforming the altars 2Ki 16:10-16 .Josiah, in exercising the function of the priests in the temple 2Ch 34:29-33 –STATE FAVORABLE TO RELIGION .Cyrus, in his proclamation to restore the temple at Jerusalem 2Ch 36:22 , 23 ; Ezr 1:1-11 .Darius, in his edict furthering the restoration of the temple Ezr 6:1-14 .Artaxerxes, in exempting priests, Levites, and other temple functionaries from taxes Ezr 7:24 .See GOVERNMENT .See TAX
CYRUS
–(King of Persia) –Issues a decree for the emancipation of the Jews and rebuilding the temple 2Ch 36:22 , 23 ; Ezr 1 ; 3:7 ; 4:3 ; 5:13 , 14 ; 6:3 –Prophecies concerning Isa 13:17-22 ; 21:2 ; 41:2 ; 44:28 ; 45:1-4 , 13 ; 46:11 ; 48:14 , 15