Oct 11, 2024
This seems to me to be a good time to talk with you about how to understand the prophetic books of the Bible, as we now are starting to read the Babylonian exile prophet Ezekiel. And starting in a week and extending to the end of the year, our poetry readings will be from the prophet Isaiah, who lived 200 years before...
Oct 11, 2024
EZEKIEL 1:
Yesterday in the last chapter of 2nd
Chronicles, we heard of the quick succession of the kings of Judah
at the very end before the exile to Babylon: Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim,
Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah. And after the fall of Jerusalem, chapter
36 also told of the fulfillment of Jeremiah’s prophecy about Cyrus,
who...
Oct 10, 2024
2CHRONICLES 36:
Josiah’s Passover celebration showed wonderful
ability to get everyone to work together and great organizational
talent. It is the capstone of the revival that he led.
Unfortunately, he was stubborn about going to war with Pharaoh
Neco, which cost him both his own life and his son’s
life.
ECCLESIASTES...
Oct 9, 2024
2CHRONICLES 35:
It
is simply amazing that we have books like Deuteronomy, since we see
that it (or perhaps Leviticus) was almost lost. And it shows how
far Judah had slipped that they didn’t know of any copies. Josiah
sincerely repented after hearing God’s Word.
ECCLESIASTES 11:
Yesterday’s chapter of
Ecclesiastes...
Oct 8, 2024
2CHRONICLES 34:
We
are definitely in the back-and-forth pendulum period of Judah.
After one fantastic king, the next two were terrible. And now
Josiah is again like David.
ECCLESIASTES 10:
Here
is a highlight from yesterday’s reading:
Ecc. 9:11 NLT I have observed something else under the sun. The fastest runner...