From Zechariah 1-7 The people of God are under Persian rule in exile. In the opening chapter of Zechariah, the prophet recalls what happened to their fathers. He instructs the people to repent of their [ Read More … ]
I’m migrating the blog! Moving from wordpress.com to wordpress.org. They assure me it will take 4-7 working days… All things going well you wont miss a thing as I’m keeping the thescripturesays.org domain name. New features [ Read More … ]
From Habakkuk 1-3 Habakkuk is shown a vision about what will happen to the wicked in Judah. He is afraid all of Judah will be wiped out. The LORD assures him the righteous shall live [ Read More … ]
From Micah 1-7 Micah distinguishes himself from the prophets around him. They give preferential treatment to the people around them and have abandoned the LORD. Micah is filled with the Spirit which gives him a [ Read More … ]
From Amos 6-9 Amos is shown a series of visions. In today’s passage the LORD shows him a wall and uses a plumb line to check if it is to standard. The sections that do [ Read More … ]
From Joel 1-3 An army of locusts billions in size is coming to eat all of Judah and Jerusalem’s agriculture. But the LORD gives them a chance to avert the coming disaster. Joel calls out [ Read More … ]
From Hosea 1-7 Hosea is nearing the time when the house of Israel will end. The LORD announces his judgment in a strange way. By commanding Hosea to marry a prostitute and bear three children, [ Read More … ]
I’ve read and written a review of Sanders’, Paul and Palestinian Judaism (PPJ) and Barclays, Paul and the Gift (PG). Barclay has some critical statements against Sanders portrayal of grace in Second Temple Judaism. I’m [ Read More … ]
“Gift” denotes the sphere of voluntary, personal relations, characterized by goodwill in the giving of benefit or favor, and eliciting some form of reciprocal return that is both voluntary and necessary for the continuation of [ Read More … ]
From Daniel 7-9 In exile, Daniel confesses Israel’s sins and acknowledges the LORD’s covenant righteousness in His dealings with them. Depending on the LORD’s steadfast love, Daniel requests mercy and forgiveness which only belong to [ Read More … ]