Remember the last chapter, where the author of this book talked about that Hall of Fame of people of great faith? Moses, Abraham, Rahab, etc? These are those who have gone before us. Those who ran the race and finished. When the author, here in the opening verse of chapter 12 refers to a large…
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As David’s army was to go out to battle Absalom and his men, he planned to go with them. Why do you suppose that is? Do you think it’s because the last time they went out and he stayed home, that’s when all the trouble began? Yeah, me too. I think he figured he’d rather…
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It’s easy to think of this scene with God’s awesome, booming voice rumbling and shaking everything around for miles as He speaks out of the storm. And maybe it did happen that way. He can be a fearsome God. But I like what the commentator F. B. Meyer wrote: “Divine power and human ignorance. When…
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This chapter talks about faith and what it is. And it gives several examples of people who exhibited it, and how it changed not just their lives, but people after them, as well. It is a sort of mini Hall of Fame for OT people of great faith. Why do you suppose the author of…
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Well, we’ve seen that King David does not always get things right, and that point is underlined as chapter 16 begins. Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth (who was Jonathan’s son), and who David had made manager of Mephibosheth’s estate, was not satisfied being the manager. He wanted to own it. So he met David while…
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Elihu had several good things to say to Job. I especially liked this from chapter 35, verse 10. Elihu said: He is the One who gives us songs to sing in the night. In our darkest hour, when all seems lost, when we turn to Him and are reminded of who it is that we…
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Really the main point being made in these two chapters can be summarized very succinctly: Jesus made the perfect sacrifice with His own blood, and that one-time sacrifice was good for all time. The reason the author of Hebrews elaborated so much is because the main audience of the book needed to be convinced from…
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No episode today in observance of the United States’ Labor Day.
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Commentary on Today’s Reading Remember the judgement God brought to David after the Bathsheba incident? ““Because of what you have done, I will cause your own household to rebel against you.” Last time the judgement started in David’s own home, and now it’s affecting his kingdom. Absalom has begun an open rebellion against his father….
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Elihu shows restraint and wisdom in waiting to speak until the others had exhausted their arguments. But since Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar’s statements and responses to Job were off the mark, in Elihu’s eyes, he could be silent no longer. In chapter 33, Elihu tells Job that God tries more than once to talk to…
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