Dec 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- MICAH 5:1-7:20 Micah accurately predicts the judgments coming upon the northern and southern kingdoms. Israel is captured by the Assyrians in 722 B.C., and Judah will be taken by the Babylonians more than one hundred years...
Dec 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- MICAH 1:1-4:13 Micah was an eighth-century B.C. prophet from Moresheth, Judah, a contemporary of the prophet Isaiah, who preached both to Israel and Judah. He preached during the reigns of Jotham (750 – 732 B.C.), and...
Dec 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- Jonah 1:1-4-11; Seven times we read, words to the effect, “The word of the Lord came to Jonah” (1:1;2:10; 3:1, 3; 4:4, 9, 10). Jonah, son of Amittai, was told to preach against the great city of Nineveh, the...
Dec 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- OBADIAH 1:1-21; Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament. His prophecies focus on the Edomite nation, descendants of Abraham’s grandson, Esau, and the rival of his other grandson, Jacob. The Edomites had a...
Dec 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- AMOS 7:1-9:15 Amos is shown possible scenarios of judgments- God can judge with a plague of locusts (7:1-3), or He can use fire (7:4-6). Amos pleads for mercy, knowing that ‘Jacob’ would not survive. “How...
