Aug 4, 2022
JEREMIAH 28-29:
In
yesterday's reading we moved from more poetic content to the story
of Jeremiah being opposed by priests, other prophets, and royal
officials. Remember that God has promised that he will protect
Jeremiah in the face of opposition, and this certainly was put to
the test. At the end of yesterday's reading, we heard how Jeremiah
prophesied that more valuable articles would be taken away from the
Temple, and that they would be brought back eventually. When we
read the book of Ezra, we will hear that this prophecy was
fulfilled.
PROVERBS 2:
Yesterday's reading in Proverbs contained the first speech of Lady Wisdom, the personification of God's wisdom. Not every language uses personification, and one that never uses personification is Indonesian. In translating Proverbs into Indonesian, we needed to say, “Wisdom is like a teacher who does x, y, and z.” Even in English, it can seem strange when Wisdom builds a house, calls out to people who pass by, and does other human actions.
1CORINTHIANS 9:
In 1
Corinthians 8 Paul began his explanation about whether Christians
can eat food left over from sacrifices to idols. To me it is
another sign of inspiration and God-given wisdom that Paul did not
just give a rule to answer this question.
NLT Translation note:
1Cor. 9:10 Wasn’t he actually speaking
[about/to] us? Yes, it was written for us, so that the one who
plows and the one who threshes the grain might both expect a share
of the harvest.
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