Psalms: 98, 100 Meditation Revelation: I cannot pretend to explain the descriptions of horses and riders here. I know this that since this is a word of prophecy, it would be unwise (i.e., stupid) to treat these images as literal. If prophesies were “letter-perfect”, they would cease to be prophesies but rater newspapers (and those …
Tag: Prophesy
Tuesday, October 26
Psalm: 10 Meditation Revelation: This passage makes me want to be a martyr (witness); look at what they’re doing in glory. The mark of the martyr is an “all in” commitment to Christ – to be able to offer up one’s life for Him yields exactly what Jesus said, “No greater love.” Some of this …
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 …
Tuesday, October 5
Psalms: 138, 141 Meditation Acts: This reading easily splits into to two: vs. 1-7 and then 8-14. Verses 1-7 give a somewhat detailed account of Paul’s departure from Ephesus to Ptolemais to Philip the deacon’s house where Paul receives a prophesy. Vs. 8-14 discus that event. Agabus, a prophet, was there at Philip’s with a …
Wednesday, August 18
Psalms: 137, 140 Meditation Judges: It is time to break with mythic tradition: angels are not feathered creatures, though that is exactly how Ezekiel describes them without once using the term “angel”. No, angels are “messengers”. In this instance, the angel in our account, is actually the LORD Himself. This “angel” is announcing the birth …
Friday, July 16
Psalm: 35 Meditation Matthew: This is Jesus’ end-time prophecy. Prophecy is very tricky – we actually think, by it, to probe the mind of God. In my estimation, the only way to consider prophecy is once it is fulfilled. We can guess and cajole all we like, but in the end, it is only through …
Thursday, July 1
Psalm: 97 Meditation Matthew: Two events are depicted here. First, Jesus foretells His death (for the third time) that He will be apprehended by His own people (priests and scribes) and then off to the Gentiles to be crucified. And then, as if intentionally to drive that thought quickly from the disciples’ minds, the second, …
Wednesday, December 2
Psalms: 19 Meditation Amos: Amos was a sheep breeder or shepherd from Judah sent to prophesy to Israel during the time of King Jeroboam II in about 754 B.C. He does not see himself as a prophet but as one burdened and outraged by the sin (idolatry) he witnesses in Samaria. The greatest sin was …
Friday, November 27
Psalms: 20 Meditation Isaiah: The beauty of prophesy is that it is vague enough that the likes of me can only speculate about it. That is my disclaimer. This appears to me to be the “final judgment” made so famous by the Apostle John in Revelation. It seems the remnant (vv. 14-16) rejoice at this …
Tuesday, November 24
Psalm: 46 Meditation Nahum: This prophesy was specifically levelled toward Nineveh. This is the second such prophesy. The first, and perhaps more memorable prophesy was delivered by Jonah. There never was any love lost between Israel and Assyria (Nineveh) so when the LORD wanted Jonah to go to Nineveh, he was, shall we say reluctant. …
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