They set a net for my steps;my soul was bowed down.They dug a pit in my way,but they have fallen into it themselves. SelahMy heart is steadfast, O God,my heart is steadfast!I will sing and make melody!Awake, my glory!Awake, O harp and lyre!I will awake the dawn!I will give thanks to you, O Lord, amongContinue reading “Psalm 57: 6-11…..next day!!!”
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Psalm 49: 13-20….The riddle solved!
Comment: I suggest that you reread yesterday’s devotion to get into the thinking mode of this Psalm. Yesterday’s three sections left me with the question – who can possibly help me to deal with my (I guess mainly sin/guilt) problems when I die. This is the path of those who have foolish confidence;yet after themContinue reading “Psalm 49: 13-20….The riddle solved!”
Psalm 48: 1-8….Let praise reverberate!
Great is the LORD and greatly to be praisedin the city of our God!His holy mountain, beautiful in elevation,is the joy of all the earth,Mount Zion, in the far north,the city of the great King.Within her citadels Godhas made himself known as a fortress.For behold, the kings assembled;they came on together.As soon as they sawContinue reading “Psalm 48: 1-8….Let praise reverberate!”
Matt 25: 1-13….Marriage customs….
“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroomContinue reading “Matt 25: 1-13….Marriage customs….”
Micah 5: 1-5a……Untangling necessary!
Now muster your troops, O daughter of troops;siege is laid against us;with a rod they strike the judge of Israelon the cheek. Comment: Israel is told to be prepared for their coming Judgement!But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,who are too little to be among the clans of Judah,from you shall come forth for meone who isContinue reading “Micah 5: 1-5a……Untangling necessary!”
Micah 4: 1-5……A different message!
It shall come to pass in the latter daysthat the mountain of the house of the LORDshall be established as the highest of the mountains,and it shall be lifted up above the hills;and peoples shall flow to it,and many nations shall come, and say:“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,to theContinue reading “Micah 4: 1-5……A different message!”
Mark 13: 32-37…..The end of the ‘coming again’ lesson.
“But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come. It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servantsContinue reading “Mark 13: 32-37…..The end of the ‘coming again’ lesson.”
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 13: 14-23….Back to the initial question.
But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not to be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let the one who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter his house, to take anything out, and let the one who isContinue reading “Mark 13: 14-23….Back to the initial question.”
Mark 12: 18-27…..A Theological trap.
And Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. There were seven brothers;Continue reading “Mark 12: 18-27…..A Theological trap.”
As I read it! 