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Zephaniah
Today we read the prophet Zephaniah. We’re covering the WHOLE book in one sitting so top off your drink and grab a snack. And maybe a tent. ⛺️ WHO WAS HE? “The Lord gave this message to Zephaniah when Josiah son of Amon was king of Judah. Zephaniah was the son of Cushi, son of…
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2 Kings 23, 2 Chron. 35
JOSIAH’S REFORMS & PASSOVER Young King Josiah has already made a LOT of changes in Judah and Jerusalem. They restored the centrality of Yahweh and removed the idols from the Temple and the city. But in 2 Kings 23 we get more details on that reformation than we did in 2 Chronicles 34. Let’s look…
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2 Chron. 34, 2 Kings 22
JOSIAH BECOMES KING If you know an 8-year-old boy, imagine him suddenly becoming king. Scary isn’t it? I think most 8-year-old boys today would make it their first official duty to decree… I would imagine that there were officials and advisors to assist leading the government because the king probably couldn’t even read yet. But…
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Nahum
Not a book we read very often… The Assyrian Empire (as a dominating force in the ancient Middle East), had been in existence since the the reign of Solomon. About halfway through, Yahweh sent the prophet Jonah to them with a warning: repent or in 40 days, I will destroy you. They repented. But, like…
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2 Chronicles 32-33
Manasseh’s Reign… the rest of the story Chapter 32 is a review of what we already knew of Hezekiah’s reign- how God rescued them from Assyria, how he was healed from a deadly sickness, how he became proud and then repented of that pride. This text also describes how Hezekiah enclosed the Gihon Spring, which…
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2 Kings 21
MANASSEH’S REIGN We covered 2 Kings 20 back on Feb. 12 along with Isaiah 38 so today I’m looking at chapter 21- the reign of Manasseh. I’m also going to combine portions differently than the original reading schedule so that I’m covering the narrative perspectives from 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles together. Feel free to…
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Isaiah 65-66
Congratulations on making it to the end of Isaiah. 🎉 It has 66 chapters. There are 66 books in the Bible. Just as the final 2 chapters of the Bible describe the New Heaven and the New Earth, so do the last 2 chapters of Isaiah. (Some have proposed that each chapter of Isaiah corresponds…
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Isaiah 62-64
There were a couple of special verses that stood out to me in these chapters. “Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.’ And they shall be called The Holy People,…
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Isaiah 60-61
“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.”Isaiah 60:1 ESV We might ask, “Who is the ‘you’ in this chapter? It would seem that the obvious answer would be the people of Israel, the descendants of Jacob. And in its immediate, historic context, that’s absolutely true.…
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Isaiah 58-59
YOU’RE A DISASTER…BUT That’s how I would summarize these 2 chapters. I don’t know if you’ve ever read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, or watched the 1995 film adaptation by the BBC (the ONLY adaptation that really counts. Come at me.) If you haven’t, you should remedy that ASAP. Elizabeth Bennet (the heroine) is…
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Isaiah 55-57
“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”Isaiah 55:1 ESV Jesus quoted Isaiah 55… with a twist… Jesus had gone to Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles or Sukkot, (Jn. 7:1-10). This is the…
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