Psalm: 44 Meditation Daniel: Daniel’s life was favored by God from beginning to end. Here we see Daniel and his 3 friends carried off to Babylon – perhaps as young as 13 (my guess). He was chosen to serve at King Nebuchadnezzar’s court. In order not to defile themselves with foreign food, Daniel and his …
Tag: Babylon
Tuesday, April 5
Psalm: 33 Meditation Jeremiah: Judah has abandoned her covenant with God. God has sent several prophets to speak to the people warning them that just as Israel (the Northern Kingdom) was carried away for their sin so will be Judah. The promise is that while Judah will go to Babylon their release is also promised …
Wednesday, January 19
Psalm: 40 Meditation Isaiah: This is a curious reading for it sets Bible scholars’ hearts aflutter. Cyrus in verse 28 is a Persian king – the thing is he will not have been born for well over 100 years to come. It is he who would release the Jews from Babylon – but at this …
Monday, December 21
Psalm: 62 Meditation Zephaniah: Zephaniah preached to Judah during the reign of righteous King Josiah. He spoke to warn them of coming judgment – not unlike the judgment brought upon the Northern Kingdom (Israel). He told them of the “day of the LORD” which was brought upon Judah for worshipping false gods. This final chapter …
Tuesday, December 15
Psalm: 45 Meditation Zechariah: Cyrus, the Persian king, issued a decree in 538 B.C. allowing any and all Jews to return to Jerusalem. They had been led captive some 50+ before while Jeremiah was prophesying telling those Jews to settle in Babylon and to build houses and families and communities. Some of them became quite …
Tuesday, November 10
Psalm: 78:1-39 Meditation Revelation: I have seen the like of this before in Scripture: the fall of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar. The description of the fall of Babylon has been found in virtually every epoch in history – if not to us then certainly to those who lived through it. Take Paris, for example, during the …
Saturday, November 7
Psalms: 75 Meditation Revelation: “Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into the desert.” (v. 3) Whatever spin you may want to put on this, we have seen this before in Ezekiel. Elijah was also one who was carried by the Spirit hither, thither, and yon. Because of Babylon’s close association with the …
Friday, June 12
Psalm: 69 Meditation Obadiah: The Edomites (which don’t exist any longer) lived to the southeast of Israel and were closely related to the Jews. Edom sprang from Esau, Jacob’s older brother. Esau talked himself out of his birthright – he would later claim that Jacob “stole” it from him. Thus, the enmity. When the Babylonians …
Tuesday, May 26
Psalm: 94 Meditation Ezekiel: This is a rather grim prophecy of doom: judgment from God upon Israel. It appears that this is not a reference to end times. The passage is a little puzzling because as of its writing the Jews are, in fact, being held captive in Babylon. The chronic ailment of the Jews …
Monday, April 20
Psalms: 1, 2 Meditation Daniel: Daniel’s life was favored by God from beginning to end. Here we see Daniel and his 3 friends carried off to Babylon – perhaps as young as 13 (my guess). He was chosen to serve at King Nebuchadnezzar’s court. In order not to defile themselves with foreign food, Daniel and …
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