The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.The Coming DestructionHear, you peoples, all of you;pay attention, O earth, and all that is in it,and let the Lord GOD be a witness against you,the LordContinue reading “Micah 1: 1-5…..Setting the scene.”
Category Archives: Judgement
Mark 13: 24-31…..Not detailed chronologically.
“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. AndContinue reading “Mark 13: 24-31…..Not detailed chronologically.”
Mark 12: 1-12…..A harvest of grapes..
And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country. When the season came, he sent a servant to the tenants to get fromContinue reading “Mark 12: 1-12…..A harvest of grapes..”
Mark 9: 38-41…..A sideline thought on judgement.
John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. ForContinue reading “Mark 9: 38-41…..A sideline thought on judgement.”
Psalm 1: Comparisons…..
Blessed is the manwho walks not in the counsel of the wicked,nor stands in the way of sinners,nor sits in the seat of scoffers;but his delight is in the law of the LORD,and on his law he meditates day and night.He is like a treeplanted by streams of waterthat yields its fruit in its season,andContinue reading “Psalm 1: Comparisons…..”
1 Samuel 25: 32-38….Why did she ever marry him?
And David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from working salvation with my own hand! For as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel,Continue reading “1 Samuel 25: 32-38….Why did she ever marry him?”
Jude 1: 17-23…. But for the faithful…
But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. They said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.” It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit. But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faithContinue reading “Jude 1: 17-23…. But for the faithful…”
Jude 1: 14-16….Enoch quoted again.
It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harshContinue reading “Jude 1: 14-16….Enoch quoted again.”
Jude 1: 10-13….More examples.
But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively. Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error and perished in Korah’s rebellion. These are hidden reefs atContinue reading “Jude 1: 10-13….More examples.”
Jude 1: 5-9….Examples from the past in both the seen and unseen worlds.
Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chainsContinue reading “Jude 1: 5-9….Examples from the past in both the seen and unseen worlds.”
As I read it! 