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A Study of Psalm 16 (verses 5&6, Portion)
1 Preserve me, God, because I take refuge in you. 2 I say to Yahweh, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have nothing good.” 3 I say of the holy people who are in the land, “They are the noble ones
Continue reading...Devotional: Accountability and the Wicked – Psalm 10:3,4
For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings; the one who is greedy curses and despises the Lord. In all his scheming, the wicked person arrogantly thinks, “There’s no accountability, since there’s
Continue reading...Do I Have to Have Faith that God Will Only Let Me Experience Things that Are God for Me?
Question: I used to find comfort in verses such as Matthew 6:31-33 and I had faith that everything would work out however God willed it for my betterment. Then I realized God never promised to do what
Continue reading...Garden of the Gods: The Garden of Burial and Resurrection
Only John of all the Gospel writers mentions that Jesus’ burial site was in a garden. At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had
Continue reading...Garden of the Gods: The Garden of Eden
In August 1859 a surveyor came upon some beautiful red sandstone formations in what is now Colorado Springs, Colorado, and rather flippantly said to his companion, “this would be a capital place
Continue reading...Habakkuk’s Prayer Request (Habakkuk 3:1,2)
Chapter 3 of Habakkuk is called by Habakkuk a “prayer.” It is in the form of a Psalm, even giving some notation on instrumentation to play (“On shigionoth”) while reciting or singing the prayer.
Continue reading...The Prophet’s New Complaint (Habakkuk 1:12-2:1)
Like Job, who does not really get the answer from God that he wanted, so God’s answer to Habakkuk’s question creates even more questions. “Why aren’t you judging Your people for their unrighteousness,
Continue reading...The Prophet’s Complaint (Habakkuk 1:1-4)
Little to nothing is known about Habakkuk. He was a contemporary of Jeremiah, writing at the time of Jehoiakim’s reign and likely witness to the Babylonian invasion and capture of Judah, in which the
Continue reading...Jeremiah 45, Message for Baruch
Baruch was the faithful assistant and scribe of Jeremiah for many years. He was with Jeremiah even when Jeremiah was forced to go with the Jews to Egypt. This prophecy was given early on in Jeremiah’s
Continue reading...Jeremiah 39, The Destruction of Jerusalem
Deportation of conquered peoples was a practice started by Assyria and adopted by Babylon. “Deportation succeeds in dismembering a society, and the conqueror does not have to worry much about rebellions
Continue reading...How Do I Have Faith in God and not Worry If It Is True that He Doesn’t Promise to Prevent Bad Things in My Life?
Question: I used to find comfort in verses such as Matthew 6:31-33 and I had faith that everything would work out however God willed it for my betterment. Then I realized God never promised to do what
Continue reading...Daniel 6:1-28, Daniel in the Lion’s Den
Can you imagine being the people who conquered all the other peoples around you and yet one of these conquered peoples, a Jew no less, gets put in power over you? Nothing ever changes. 6:1 It pleased
Continue reading...Malachi 1:6-14, Polluted Sacrifices
God did not accept sacrifices that were imperfect: Animals blind or disabled or mutilated or having a discharge or an itch or scabs you shall not offer to the LORD or give them to the LORD as a food offering
Continue reading...Malachi 1:2-5, Yahweh’s Major Contention
If God sent you a message saying, “I love you,” would you receive it? Or would you question it? 2 “I have loved you,” says Yahweh. “But you say, ‘How have you loved us?’ “Was not Esau
Continue reading...1 Peter 5:10-14, Benediction and Greeting
Babylon was “the main cultural and political center of the Akkadian-speaking region of Babylonia,” which was defeated, never to become a world power again. By the time Peter wrote his letter it
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