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Tag: Israel

Sunday, March 19

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Psalm: 87 Meditation: 1 Cor How can Paul show the Corinthian church they are taking God for granted? Here Paul uses examples from the history of Israel in the desert to show how disobedient and ungrateful the Israelites were to the God that had saved them and provided for them greatly. The Corinthians were being …

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Tuesday, December 6

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Psalm: 26 Meditation: AmosHas God’s truth and correction ever been received happily by those getting rebuked? Amos is challenged for heeding God’s call and pronouncing the future judgment as Israel slipped further from God’s way. When others try to get him to leave Israel, he reminds them that he did not aspire to be God’s …

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Thursday, December 1

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Psalm: 18:1-20 Meditation: MattJesus alludes to the past, present and future here using a landowner tenant relationship to outline the relationship between God and His chosen people(Israel.) God had given them lands and cities but they had continually rejected God and their covenant duties, always putting themselves first. The anger of the Jewish leaders showed …

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Sunday, November 27

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Psalm: 146 Meditation: AmosThis passage begins a series of prophecies against six nations that are Israel’s neighbors. It starts by reminding everyone that God has seen the evils they have done. They will be punished for those deeds. The punishments use poetic verse indicative of annihilation and divine retribution. God’s charges and judgments against Israel …

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Sunday, November 6

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Psalm: 93 Meditation: EzraThe children of Israel, the priests, Levites and kings had been prohibited from taking foriegn pagan spouses. This was due to the fact that foreigners worshiped their own gods and led God’s people and future children astray. This does not refer to proselytes, pagan converts to Judaism like Rahab and Ruth that …

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Saturday, September 10

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Psalm: 55 Meditation: 1 KingsElijah has triumphed over the false god Baal and his priests and brought the rains back to Israel. He then fears the threats of the evil Queen Jezebel and runs away, why? Elijah is feeling alone and spent, but God is not letting him wallow in depression and die. Elijah’s ministry …

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Friday, August 26

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Psalm: 16 Meditation: 1 KingsHow does God keep His promises to David? What does this passage tell us about the state and peace of Israel during the reign of Solomon? Why would the nation to the north of Israel acknowledge and help build a temple to a foreign god? How would these building projects contribute …

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Friday, July 1

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Psalm: 140 Meditation: LukeThis is the only Gospel where some of these events are mentioned. Due to the multiple beatings that he received; Jesus was unable to carry the weight of his cross. In other Gospels give us details about Simon and his family, but in Luke, Jesus laments for the daughters of Jerusalem. He …

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Wednesday, June 1

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Psalm: 76   Meditation Ezekiel: Here we read about the restoration of Israel. As the Jews currently are in a (or several) foreign land(s), the Lord tells Ezekiel to announce this good news to the exiles. Embedded in this passage is also the promise of regeneration: “I will give the one heart and put a new …

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Friday, May 27

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Psalms: 91 Meditation Ezekiel: Here Ezekiel begins with the “appearance of the likeness of the glory (the weight, or gravitas) of the Lord, rainbow and all.  Numerous times the Lord warns Ezekiel that the people of Israel are both rebellious and stubborn. He is then handed a scroll and told to eat it where it …

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