And Zacchaeus was not just a tax collector… he was the chief tax collector. He ran the whole operation in Jericho, one of the wealthiest cities in the region, sitting on major trade routes where goods moved constantly, and every cart, every merchant, every transaction was an opportunity to take a cut.
His neighbors knew exactly how he had gotten rich. He had gotten rich by bleeding them.
I, Shiloh, write these words in my chronical of the times with Jesus, King of the Jews. “When I heard that Jesus was at Lazarus’ house, I gathered several other Jewish men and hurried to Bethany to see Him, but not only Jesus, we wanted to see Lazarus as well since Jesus had raised from the dead. Jesus and His disciples, and Lazarus, were still reclined at the supper table when we arrived. Fragrant spikenard filled the house.”O Aliza,” I said, to my wife “It was wonderful to see Jesus, and it was wonderful to see Lazarus, too.” “Shiloh,” my Read More
“God puts dreams in our hearts and writes a destiny over our lives. And if we trust Him enough to take Him at His word, we will find ourselves on a journey toward the fulfillment of that God-given dream.”