This week's passages are Daniel 10-12, Ezra 4-8, Haggai, Zechariah, and Esther. The passages this week essentially tell two parallel stories. Ezra tells about some of the exiles who are released from Persia (which conquered Assyria) to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple. Haggai and Zechariah prophesy words of encouragement to the Israelites to [...]
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Chronological Bible 36: Looking toward the future
This week's passages were 1 Chronicles 3, 8, Daniel 4-9, Ezekiel 29-30, 40-48, 2 Kings 25, Jeremiah 52, 2 Chronicles 36, and Ezra 1-4. I want to discuss two sets of passages from this week's readings. They are typically considered eschatological, or prophecies concerning end times, when God issues His final judgments on humankind and [...]
Chronological Bible 33:The Babylonian Exile (Part 1)
This week we'll reflect on Jeremiah 27-28, 31, 37-38, 49-52, 2 Kings 24, 2 Chronicles 3, 36, and Ezekiel 1-16. I wrote last week about Jeremiah's prophecies of Judah's exile into Babylon and the unpopularity of that message. The book of Daniel and Ezekiel, in addition to parts of Jeremiah, contain additional prophesies and historical [...]
Chronological Bible 30: Words of Comfort
I got behind on these last week, so this is the extra post to get us back on track to finish by the end of the year! This week we finished the book of Isaiah (chapters 40-66), and also read 2 Kings 20-21 and 2 Chronicles 32-34. We also began Jeremiah (chapters 1-2), but I'll [...]
Chronological Bible 28: Loving God’s Word
This week's passages included Psalms 105-107, 111-121, 123, 125-126, 128-130, 132, 134-136, and 146-150. As we finish the book of Psalms, we've encountered this week one of my favorites - Psalm 119. It's my favorite for several reasons. First, it has some passages which I've known and quoted for many years, including "Your word is [...]
Chronological Bible 27: Hezekiah restores Judah’s temple worship
This week's post is late because of the medical interruption we had. The relevant passages included Proverbs 25-31, Psalms 42-49, 84-85, 87, 1-2, 10, 33, 71, 91-100, 102, and 104. Proverbs 25:1 says "These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied." In the timeline of Israel's history, we [...]
Chronological Bible 26: Israel’s Exile
This week's passages included 2 Kings 15-18, 2 Chronicles 28-31, and also the book of Hosea, Micah 1, and Isaiah 1-5, 12-17, 28. These were all key passages related to the overthrow of Israel. The book of Hosea provides an example of how God often asked his prophets to offer an object lesson to God's [...]
