Thus says the LORD:“For three transgressions of Moab,and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,because he burned to limethe bones of the king of Edom.So I will send a fire upon Moab,and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth,and Moab shall die amid uproar,amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;I will cut offContinue reading “Amos 2; 1-5….Moab and Judah.”
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Amos 2: 6-11….The Target Struck!
Thus says the LORD:“For three transgressions of Israel,and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,because they sell the righteous for silver,and the needy for a pair of sandals—those who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earthand turn aside the way of the afflicted;a man and his father go inContinue reading “Amos 2: 6-11….The Target Struck!”
Amos 1: 11-15….Around the southern tip and then the East-side of Israel.
Thus says the LORD:“For three transgressions of Edom,and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,because he pursued his brother with the swordand cast off all pity,and his anger tore perpetually,and he kept his wrath forever.So I will send a fire upon Teman,and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.”Thus says the LORD:“For three transgressionsContinue reading “Amos 1: 11-15….Around the southern tip and then the East-side of Israel.”
Amos 1: 1-5…..Strike One!
The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.Judgment on Israel’s NeighborsAnd he said:“The LORD roars from Zionand utters his voice fromContinue reading “Amos 1: 1-5…..Strike One!”
Genesis 38: 19-24……Double standards!
Then she arose and went away, and taking off her veil she put on the garments of her widowhood.When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite to take back the pledge from the woman’s hand, he did not find her. And he asked the men of the place, “Where is the cultContinue reading “Genesis 38: 19-24……Double standards!”
Genesis 22: 9-14……The perfect ending!
When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. But theContinue reading “Genesis 22: 9-14……The perfect ending!”
Acts 11: 27-30…. Concerned Giving.
Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (this took place in the days of Claudius). So the disciples determined, every one according to his ability, to sendContinue reading “Acts 11: 27-30…. Concerned Giving.”
Psalm 40: 6-12…..A Messianic Psalm.
Comment: In a number of places in the Bible the claim is made that God was in control of what was written and He means for it to be there! The so called Messianic psalms and similar passages where found in other books, are prophetic proclamations of who/what the Messiah is going to be andContinue reading “Psalm 40: 6-12…..A Messianic Psalm.”
Acts 2: 29-35…..Peter explains David!
“Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, heContinue reading “Acts 2: 29-35…..Peter explains David!”
2 Peter 3: 10-13…..but the promise remains!
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sortContinue reading “2 Peter 3: 10-13…..but the promise remains!”
As I read it! 