Dec 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- HABAKKUK 1:1-3:19 Habakkuk prophesied between the fall of Nineveh (the capital of Assyria) in 612 B.C. and the Babylonians’ invasion of Judah in 588 B.C. Babylon was becoming the dominant power as Jehoiakim reigns in...
Dec 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- NAHUM 1:1- 3:19 The Book of Nahum is a sequel to the Book of Jonah. When Jonah walked the streets and preached to his enemies at Nineveh, the people repented and were spared of God’s judgment. But now, approximately...
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...
