Nov 10, 2022
DANIEL 2:
In
the first chapter of Daniel, we heard how Daniel, Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah were faithful to God in not wanting to be
defiled by the king’s food, and later they were found better than
their companions and chosen for service to King
Nebuchadnezzar.
ISAIAH 23:
Yesterday we heard two dramatic messages. One
was about the failure of Jerusalem to appropriately respond to
God’s impending judgment (which was remarkably like Nero fiddling
while Rome burned). Then there was the message to Shebna, the
palace administrator. Eliakim would take his place and be like a
nail firmly driven in a wall, and the holder of the key to David’s
house. He can be understood as a figure of Christ.
2CORINTHIANS 3:12—4:
We’ll start reading today by
reviewing the greater glory of the new covenant Paul spoke of at
the end of chapter 3.
NLT Translation notes:
2Cor. 3:13 We are not like Moses, who put a
veil over his face so the people of Israel would not see the glory
[reflected there was continually fading away//, even though it was
destined to fade away.]
14
But the people’s minds were hardened, and to this day whenever the
old covenant is [0/being] read, the same veil covers their minds so
they cannot understand the truth. [That veil is//And this veil can
be] removed only by believing in Christ.
15
Yes, even today when they read Moses’ writings, [it is as if] their
hearts are [still] covered with that veil, and they do not
understand.
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