First Sunday in Advent Psalm: 26 Meditation 1 Thessalonians: Just two days ago we looked at Isaiah’s vision of the final days of earth. Paul provides us with a view of what may lead up to the final conflagration. As Isaiah said, the wicked cannot escape. I don’t know why but many Christians fret that …
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Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Psalm: 109 Meditation Luke: We, today, operate at some disadvantage. We can’t go to a time when we did not know the glorious end of this story. Jesus tells His disciples at the Passover meal, where He has just instituted the Lord’s Supper, that one of them will betray Him. We find it quite incredulous …
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Psalm: 95 Meditation Acts: Gamaliel prevails. Who is Gamaliel? Turns out he was a Pharisee and a wise man and apparently of some influence. He persuaded the Sanhedrin (the governing body of Israel) not to quash the Apostles from preaching the name of Jesus. He cited earlier false messiahs who had failed in their uprisings …
Monday, June 22, 2020
Psalm: 89 Meditation 1 Samuel: The Israelites, after repeated defeats against the Philistines, thought that if they brought the Ark of the Covenant to the battlefield, they would finally conquer the enemy. Remember, Hophni and Phinehas were wicked priests. The Ark of God is not a charm nor a talisman. Israel loses again (30,000 men)! …
Saturday, June 20, 2020
Psalm: 136 Meditation 1 Samuel: Israel went out to fight against the Philistines and lost 4,000 men. They had carried the Ark of the Covenant to the front line and lost another 30,000 men. Why? Eli’s (the chief priest’s) sons Hophni and Phinehas were wicked. Samuel’s first encounter with the LORD was in a prophesy …
Friday, June 19, 2020
Psalm: 88 Meditation Acts: Peter had just dropped the proverbial bomb on the people’ on this first Pentecost morning, informing them that they were responsible for putting the “Lord and Christ” to death. Acts says the people were cut to the heart [more like terrorized]. Peter then told them how to save themselves “from this …
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