Psalms: 70, 76 Meditation Micah: Micah is one of very few prophets addressing himself to both Israel (the “Northern Kingdom” or the 10 tribes) and Judah (& Benjamin) in the south during the late 8th century B.C. (That may date the writing to somewhere around 725 B.C.) He has nothing good to say to either …
Tag: Israel
Saturday, October 9
Psalm: 116 Meditation Hosea: Verse 1 is cited by Luke as a prophesy linking the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt and the return of the Holy Family to Galilee after the death of Herod the Great. Aside from that, there seems to be a longing or an ache that God has for Israel. We’ve …
Wednesday, October 6
Psalms: 142, 146 Meditation Hosea: Ten times in this reding the word “whore” or its attendant synonyms (prostitute, adulterer). Happily, Pastor Gelinas is teaching on the book of Hosea but don’t get your hopes up – this approach may bear little or no resemblance to the Pastor’s insights. In these verses, I see the adultery …
Sunday, October 3
Psalms: 129, 130 Meditation Hosea: Gomer, Hosea’s wife, was a whore. She, herself, does not feature all that much in our story except as an object lesson. Prophets are funny (not “ha, ha” but “strange”) not one of them was “normal”. Hosea, whose name is a variant of Joshua and thus “savior”, was commissioned by …
Friday, September 24
Psalm: 104 Meditation Judith: Please read the introduction (included with the passage) before beginning. THIS IS A JEWISH NOVEL! This is not intended as Scripture; the story and events are fictitious. The intent here is to remember the events of the past century, i.e., the revolt of the Maccabees and the significance of religious reform …
Thursday, August 5
Psalm: 45 Meditation Judges: Most people find the Book of Judges rather troubling. I don’t see it myself. The Judges ruled in Israel from the death of Samson until Samuel (the last Judge) a period of about 400 years. The prevailing philosophical premise was: “There was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right …
Thursday, March 11
Psalms: 217, 122 Meditation Genesis: Such a pity that we did not look at Joseph revealing himself to his brothers. Anyway, the eleven of them hurry off to Israel to tell him 1) Joseph is alive (a resurrection of sorts) and 2) they will all be off to Egypt. God visits with Israel and tells …
Friday, July 30
Psalm: 37 Meditation Joshua: The land of Canaan was not a unified entity but rather a collection of what might be called city-states; each city with its own king. Gibeon was one such city-state. Israel’s reputation had preceded it even to the point of Moses’ dictate that Israel shall have all the land. The Gibeonites, …
Wednesday, July 21
Psalm: 21 Meditation Joshua: The LORD will witness to the Hebrews, in a spectacular way, His confirmation of Joshua as leader of this “Chosen People”. The pity is that we, God’s own people for, I think, our memories are just as short as the ancient Hebrews, but we have less of an excuse. There were …
Tuesday, June 22
Psalm: 143 Meditation Numbers: We can begin to appreciate the LORD’s lovingkindness. It goes like this: if the cloud moves, so do you. This is oft repeated through the remainder of chapter 9. This is how the LORD led Israel through the wilderness until they reached the Jordan. In chapter 16 Moses pleads with his …
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