Oct 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 4:19-6:14 Jeremiah is in anguish. This is not a happy time in the history of God’s covenant people. Judah failed to heed the warnings of God’s prophets and failed to learn from the example of the northern kingdom’s...
Oct 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 1:1- 2:30 Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, was a priest who prophesied during the last 40 years of the southern kingdom of Judah’s existence, spanning the reign of at least 5 kings (from the latter half of Josiah’s reign...
Oct 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- – ISAIAH 66:1-24; Chapter 66 is a fitting climax for the Book of Isaiah. Although the chapter and verse divisions in the Bible were not added until the 16th century, it is interesting to note that Isaiah is structured like...
Sep 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- ISAIAH 60:1- 62:5 Isaiah 60 begins with a revived nation hearing the Word of the Lord: “Arise, shine! For Thy Light has come! There is now a receptivity to the Word. The entrance of His Word gives light and it gives...
Sep 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- – ISAIAH 57:14- 59:21 In contrast to God’s stern rebuke of Israel’s stubborn idolatries in Isaiah 57:3-13, encouragement is offered to a faithful remnant in verse 14. Isaiah 57:14-15 14 And it will be said, “Build...
