Jealous Jews--Intrigued Intellects
There is a fable of an eagle that could outfly all other eagles. One eagle was so jealous of his ability, that he flew down and begged a hunter to shoot the eagle with his bow. The hunter agreed, but said that he needed a feather for his arrow. The eagle pulled a feather out of his wing and handed it to the hunter. The hunter made his shot, but it fell far short of the soaring eagle. The jealous eagle continued to pull out feather after feather for the hunter to use until he had pulled out so many fathers he could no longer fly. The hunter turned his final arrow on the flightless eagle and killed him. Jealousy is one of those sins that leads us to do horrible things for the sake of hurting others, but in the end, we usually only hurt ourselves. As we continue our series Going Viral, we see today in Acts 17 that the message of Jesus was continuing to spread and that this made the Jews jealous. They felt that their religious views were being attacked. Raucous Riots Then some ...