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Micah 6-7
Yahweh brings His indictment of the people. Or, we might say, He has “a bone to pick” with them. It’s as if He asks, “What did I ever do to deserve your disloyalty? Was it when I rescued you from slavery in Egypt? Or maybe when I drove out nations stronger than you and gave…
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Micah 3-5
In chapter 3 Micah takes the leaders in Jerusalem to task. It’s bad… “Listen to me, you leaders of Israel! You hate justice and twist all that is right. You are building Jerusalem on a foundation of murder and corruption. You rulers make decisions based on bribes; you priests teach God’s laws only for a…
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Micah 1-2
Micah of Moresheth was prophesying at the same time as Isaiah and Amos and Hosea. His messages were primarily aimed at the southern kingdom of Judah. I have yet to show you the end of that timeline we’ve been using to know where we are in the history of Israel and Judah. Let’s look at…
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Isaiah 10-12
These 3 chapters tell a grand story. And don’t worry. There are pictures. Assyria will be the axe 🪓 in the hand of Yahweh the Lumberjack. And Yahweh will level the forest that He Himself planted. 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳 Israel will look like this: But then the axe (Assyria) will take the credit for all of the…
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2 Chronicles 27, Isaiah 9
Jotham means “Jehovah is perfect.” He was the son of Uzziah and he began his governing duties as a very young man when his father was struck with leprosy. Before his father died, the land endured a terrible earthquake. The earthquake is most likely the reason for Jotham’s many building and fortification projects. It had…
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Amos 7-9
Locusts, Fire, and a Plumb Line. Amos has 3 visions. The first two – the locusts 🦗 and the fire 🔥 – are so bad that Amos intercedes, “Then I said, “O Sovereign Lord, please stop or we will not survive, for Israel is so small.”Amos 7:5 NLT And twice the LORD relents. Let’s pause…
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Amos 4-6
This is sobering content. (And yes, I have made an adjustment to the schedule. I will cover Amos 7-9 tomorrow.) For all the people that think of the God of the Bible as some cosmic Santa who winks at sin and is basically a kind, old, grandfatherly figure in the sky, Amos smacks that image…
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Amos 1-3
We’ve gone back just a little bit in time… Archeological evidence backs up the earthquake mentioned in Amos 1:1. It was massive; likely a magnitude of 7.8 – 9.0!! Josephus says that the earthquake happened at the same time as Uzziah attempting to burn incense in the Temple. And it may have, but I find…
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Isaiah 7-8
Q: What’s worse than having a neighboring kingdom attack you? A: Having 2 neighboring kingdoms attack you. The Northern Kingdom of Israel has a new king – Pekah. 😏 Is his last name Boo? 🤣 🙄 😂 Bah-hahahahaha! 🤣😂 😑 No. It’s just Pekah. 😏 Ok. But I’m afraid I will be mentally inserting a…
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Isaiah 4-6
The chapter breaks are most unfortunate. In order to comprehend chapter 4 we need to review chapter 3 because it’s one whole section. Chapter 3 is a warning to Judah and Jerusalem of a coming desolation. Now, Isaiah probably looked kinda like this to the people of Judah and Jerusalem: The citizens are enjoying some…
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Isaiah 2-3
VERY IMPORTANT DAYS 🗓️ This is the first time we have run into the term “the latter days.” 🙂 It’s not the first time for me. I ran into some latter days a few weeks ago. They came to my door. Well-dressed young guys. Wanted to talk to me about their beliefs… 🤔 🙄 No.…
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2 Chronicles 26, Isaiah 1
This description of the reign of Uzziah helps us understand what things were like for a young Isaiah, as he was growing up and developing towards his prophetic ministry. Uzziah reigned for 52 years. That was the longest reign of any good king. (We haven’t got to the 55-year reign of the evil Manasseh yet.)…
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