Some parables are easier to understand than others, aren’t they? Today’s reading started with one of the harder ones, so let’s look at it. This is the parable that Jesus told to the chief priests and elders, about the wedding dinner. Here it is again, briefly. Jesus said the kingdom of heaven is like this….
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Well in episode 430, Rabshakeh the loudmouth sent by King Sennacherib had made some serious threats against King Hezekiah and the people, and he had slandered God. In today’s chapter 19, we see that when Hezekiah heard about what Rabshakeh said, he was distraught and went to the temple. And he sent messengers to the…
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Let’s take a look at Jesus and the fig tree from verses 18 and 19. Jesus was hungry and he saw that the fig tree had leaves on it. A fig tree with leaves should have fruit on it. That’s the way they’re supposed to work. So when Jesus saw the leaves, he expected fruit….
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Well this Rabshakeh fellow has quite the mouth, doesn’t he? Typical of the blowhard, bully that he was, he tries to intimidate, manipulate and subjugate the people. Not only does he slander Hezekiah, but he slanders God, too. I can’t wait to share chapter 19 with you in episode 432. But let’s step back a…
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Jesus addressed several topics in these two chapters. Today I’d like to focus on chapter 18 verse 15 because there are a lot of people who seem to be unaware of what Jesus said in regards to judging others. Let me read it to you again. Jesus said, ““If your brother or sister sins, go…
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1 and 2 Kings are books that give brief accounts of the kings of Israel and Judah. More details are given in 1 and 2 Chronicles and the other Old Testament books of History. Here in chapters 15 and 16, most of the kings we read about did not follow the Lord, and the times…
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In the last chapter we read, Matthew 16, Peter gave his confession that Jesus is the Christ, the son of the Living God. And here, as chapter 17 begins, six days have gone by. And Jesus takes Peter, James and John up on a high mountain, away from everyone else. I think He took these…
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You’ve heard the phrase, “Leave well enough alone”, right? Well, here in the fourteenth chapter of 2 Kings we have a perfect example of that. Amaziah, king of Judah kills ten thousand Edomites and thinks he’s pretty hot stuff. So he challenges Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel to…
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In this chapter we see Jesus chiding his disciples with the words, “…you of little faith.” And then a little later, He asks a question to test their faith. “Who do you say that I am?” Peter, that passionate impulsive man that he is says, “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God!”…
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In this chapter we read of the death of the great prophet, Elisha. It’s been about sixty years since Elisha was called to be a prophet, and the last time we heard anything about him was at the anointing of Jehu, some forty-five years before Joash (or Jehoash in our translation today) began his reign….
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