1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. – Saw surely means that God revealed the following to him.2 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall beContinue reading “Isaiah 2: 1-11….Happy New Year, Ethiopia!”
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Isaiah 1: 24-31….The Day of Accounting!
Therefore the Lord declares, the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel:“Ah, I will get relief from my enemies and avenge myself on my foes.I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lyeand remove all your alloy. – This is a very clear statement of intent! LyeContinue reading “Isaiah 1: 24-31….The Day of Accounting!”
Isaiah 1: 9-17….The vision continues and has some biting words!
If the LORD of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah. – The first sentence which the people have spoken – it is factual but sounds like a winge!Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching ofContinue reading “Isaiah 1: 9-17….The vision continues and has some biting words!”
Isaiah 1: 1-8….Author’s History and reason for writing given.
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the LORD has spoken: “Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me.The ox knows itsContinue reading “Isaiah 1: 1-8….Author’s History and reason for writing given.”
Mark 7: 31-37….Imagine hearing and speaking for the first time when you are older than a baby!
Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. And taking him aside from the crowdContinue reading “Mark 7: 31-37….Imagine hearing and speaking for the first time when you are older than a baby!”
Mark 7: 24-30….A test of Faith.
And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden. But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell down at his feet.Continue reading “Mark 7: 24-30….A test of Faith.”
Mark 7: 14-23….Alimentary or Elementary!
And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.” And when he had entered the house and leftContinue reading “Mark 7: 14-23….Alimentary or Elementary!”
Mark 7: 1-13….Jesus shines needed Light on the Law.
Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of theContinue reading “Mark 7: 1-13….Jesus shines needed Light on the Law.”
Mark 6:53- 7: 4….A surprising consequence and a bit of info!
When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored to the shore. And when they got out of the boat, the people immediately recognized him and ran about the whole region and began to bring the sick people on their beds to wherever they heard he was. And wherever he came,Continue reading “Mark 6:53- 7: 4….A surprising consequence and a bit of info!”
Mark 6: 45-52….A Ghost Story in the Bible?
Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. And after he had taken leave of them, he went up on the mountain to pray. And when evening came, the boat was out on the sea, and he was aloneContinue reading “Mark 6: 45-52….A Ghost Story in the Bible?”
As I read it! 