Psalm: 119:1-24 Meditation: 1 SamuelThe people were afraid of Samuel, but Samuel was afraid of Saul and his temper. God had rejected Saul as king because of his actions and had chosen David as the new king of Israel. Even as Samuel makes his way through all of David’s brothers, trying to locate God’s chosen, …
Tag: King
Monday, June 27
Psalm: 106:1-18 Meditation: 1 SamuelMankind always prefers a god or leader that they can see or identify with. The people are willing to take the added costs (i.e., taxes and being subject to the orders and whims of a man). Remember, this did not catch God off guard. Hundreds of years before, God gave rules …
Saturday, May 7
Psalms: 46, 47 Meditation Daniel: New king, Darius of the Medes and Persians. He was tricked by his advisors, out of their jealousy of Daniel, to issue a binding decree which could not be changed (even by the king) that made it treasonable for anyone to pray to any god except to the king for …
Sunday, May 1
Psalms: 86, 149 Meditation Daniel: Nebuchadnezzar is a study of someone who just does not learn. The king invaded and captured Jerusalem, something no self-respecting Jew could fathom. He was being used by God to discipline Judah which had strayed into idolatry. As God’s agent Nebuchadnezzar’s victory was assured; problem is he believed he had …
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 …
Thursday, August 12
Psalms: 12, 13 Meditation John: Nathaniel meets Jesus. Philip approaches Nathaniel and announces to him that “we have hound Him about Whom Moses in the Law and all the prophets wrote…” (v. 45) Nathaniel retorts: “So what.” Later Nathaniel meets Jesus Who identifies Nathaniel as a man of no deceit. Curious why Jesus would address …
Friday, January 22
Psalm 35 Meditation: Hebrews – Very few figures in the Bible have been known to be both a king and a priest. This role is called the Order of Mechizedek, named after the King/Priest who met Abram. Not much was known of Mechizedek other than the meanings of his names. There is no birth or …
Monday, November 30
Psalm: 1, 2, 3 Meditation Matthew: This is Matthew’s account of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. He rode upon a donkey (ass – KJV) which has some significance. while this verse (5) is fulfillment of Zechariah 9:9 virtually verbatim, the import finds itself footed in the Book of Judges (5:10). The judge and later the …
Monday, October 12
Psalm: 4, 7 Meditation Jeremiah: Josiah was the last good and faithful king of Judah. Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, was an evil, and it turns out, an arrogant king. Fair warning had been given during the reign of Josiah his father, but that waning was not heeded – that is why Josiah died young. Jehoiakim, …
Monday, September 7
Psalm: 52 Meditation 1 Kings: Jeroboam (I) newly established king of Israel (the 10 Northern Tribes) is determined that the people of the north have no reason to travel to Jerusalem. To do that he had set up a counterfeit temple (altar) and “god” – a golden calf (of all things) in both Bethel and …
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