Psalm: 20 Meditation: AmosThe Lord desires righteousness in others like His own. In prophecy, the term ‘day of the Lord’ can refer to individual judgements or the final judgement (end of time). This passage infers that not all that seek this day will be happy with their role or result. How many times did the …
Tag: Judgement
Sunday, November 27
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 …
Sunday, December 5
Psalm: 57 Meditation Isaiah: It is a pity most of us are not well-versed in husbandry. The image of the vineyard emerges again. So, God planted the vineyard and He expected it to yield grapes but instead, it yielded what must amount to sour grapes. This vineyard = God’s chosen people; God’s plans as regards …
Friday, November 26
Psalms: 20, 23 Meditation Malachi: I seldom consider Scripture addresses. When in the NT, all OT citations are made, but with one exception, without reference to chapter and verse. That was at a time before the chapters and verses were added (for convenience). All of that only to tell you the opening verses are so …
Saturday, November 20
Psalms: 53, 54 Meditation Joel: Joel speaks of “the Day of the LORD”. I promise you; you do not want to be around for that. That said, I’m afraid you may be there anyway. All that we looked at in Revelation (except the marriage of the Lamb) will be visited upon earth. Verse 12 “the …
Sunday, October 31
Psalm: 106 Reformation Day Meditation Matthew: Let’s talk some of judgment. This business of taking a grievance to the offender finds its roots in Leviticus 19:17 which, happily closes with “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” See Proverbs 17:10 and 28:23 – both suggest that the wise man will benefit from correction whereas the …
Saturday, July 24
Psalm: 32 Meditation Joshua: Here we see the LORD’s strategy to bring down Jericho. Simple enough. 7 priests shall blow the rams’ horns while the other priests lugged the Ark of the Covenant around the city – once each day for 6 days. Notice all the “7s” in this passage. I think the only other …
Friday, June 25
Psalm: 111 Meditation Numbers: This is a account of what will become an unfortunate story. Remember that these spies (there were 12 of them) were in Egypt and saw the judgment of God fall hard upon the Egyptians and later in the devastation of the golden calf but also how the LORD provided the people …
Sunday, March 7
Psalm 93, 96 Meditation: John – In this passage, Jesus speaks on the authority that the Son of Man has been bestowed with. Specifically, in these few verses the authority to call the dead from their graves for the final judgement. He says that all hear his voice will rise. Some will live again and …
Saturday, February 27
Psalm 55 Meditation: 1 Corinthians – “I do not even judge myself.” These were Paul’s words. Judging others is an epidemic, and oddly enough it is most prevalent in Christians, who should know better. This judgement does not mean that the judicial system is unbiblical, it means that calling upon yourself to judge other’s actions, …
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