Ez. 5-7 God had a purpose in the destruction He wrought on His people. Three times in chapter 5 He declares, “I am the LORD”, and seven times in chapters 6 and 7 He says ...
Day 320 – Ez 3-4; 1 Tim 3Day 320 – Ez 3-4; 1 Tim 3
Ez. 3-4 Curious, that a scroll filled with “lamentation and mourning and woe” (Ez 2:10), would be sweet as honey in Ezekiel’s mouth. God told Ezekiel, “…go to the house of Israel and speak with ...
Day 319 – Ps 137; Ez 1-2; 1 Tim 2Day 319 – Ps 137; Ez 1-2; 1 Tim 2
Ps. 137 I remember from reading in Jeremiah recently that God told His exiled people to settle in Babylon. They were to live their best lives and work and pray for the welfare of their ...
Day 318 – Dan 11-12; 1 Tim 1Day 318 – Dan 11-12; 1 Tim 1
Dan. 11-12 I did a brief search on Daniel 11. It seems that there is fairly firm agreement on the historical fulfillment of the first 35 verses. So much so, in fact, that some have ...
Day 317 – Dan 8-10; Phil 1Day 317 – Dan 8-10; Phil 1
Dan. 8-10 Can’t say that much of this stuff in Daniel makes any sense to me. But God opens our eyes and gives us understanding over time, so perhaps there is yet hope. I do ...
Day 316 – Dan 5-7; Titus 3Day 316 – Dan 5-7; Titus 3
Dan. 5-7 God blessed Nebuchadnezzar greatly and the king’s heart grew very proud. He was then brought low in a way that could not be attributed to anything but the hand of God. Restoration followed, ...
Day 315 – Dan 3-4; Titus 2Day 315 – Dan 3-4; Titus 2
Dan. 3-4 Nebuchadnezzar is one of the few people in the Bible on whom God uses some extra persuasion to turn toward Him. Paul is another. Are there people who could have experienced what King ...
Day 314 – 2 Chron 36; Dan 1-2; Titus 1Day 314 – 2 Chron 36; Dan 1-2; Titus 1
2 Chron. 36 Zedekiah was clearly given over to pride. He would not listen to God’s prophets and he rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar after having sworn his allegiance by God. So he wasn’t simply rebelling ...
Day 313 – Lam 3-5; Heb 13Day 313 – Lam 3-5; Heb 13
Lam. 3-5 Lamentations 3 is quite the journey! It starts off with, “I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of his wrath” (Lam. 3:1). I assume “his wrath” is referring to ...
Day 312 – Lam 1-2; Heb 12Day 312 – Lam 1-2; Heb 12
Lam. 1-2 All of the idols and nations and things that God’s people turned to failed them. But as for God, “The LORD has done what He purposed; He has carried out His word which ...
Day 311 – Jer 43-44; Heb 11:20-40Day 311 – Jer 43-44; Heb 11:20-40
Jer. 43-44 Pride is a dangerous and powerful thing. It skews our perspective and drives us to rationalize and justify our choices any way that we can. This remnant of Judah had likely already made ...
Day 310 – Jer 41-42; Heb 11:1-19Day 310 – Jer 41-42; Heb 11:1-19
Jer. 41-42 Here it is again – that choice to trust and obey God and live, or to trust in your own reasoning and die. God doesn’t always ask us to do what seems the ...
Day 309 – Jer 39, 52, 40; Heb 10:19-39Day 309 – Jer 39, 52, 40; Heb 10:19-39
Jer. 39, 52, 40 Zedekiah was not obedient to God. He had his eyes put out, was bound in chains, and was taken to Babylon. Ebed-melech, the Ethiopian who rescued Jeremiah from the cistern, however, ...
Day 308 – Jer 34, 37-38; Heb 10:1-18Day 308 – Jer 34, 37-38; Heb 10:1-18
Jer. 34, 37-38 Some things never change. Jeremiah was one of the few, if not the only one speaking God’s truth in Judah and Jerusalem. Because of it, men who did not want to listen ...
Day 307 – Jer 33, 21; Heb 9Day 307 – Jer 33, 21; Heb 9
Jer. 33, 21 Time after time throughout the Old Testament, God offers His people a choice. It is a simple choice. As He says in Jeremiah 21:8b, “I set before you the way of life ...
Day 306 – Jer 31-32; Heb 8Day 306 – Jer 31-32; Heb 8
Jer. 31-32 God gives some beautiful promises regarding the restoration of His people. Because God’s people in the Old Testament are representative of all of His people today, these promises are applicable to us. They ...
Day 305 – Jer. 51; Jer. 30; Heb 7Day 305 – Jer. 51; Jer. 30; Heb 7
Jer. 51 When God’s people were taken captive and exiled to Babylon, God told them to settle there and to go on living their lives. He told them to seek the welfare of their captors. ...
Day 304 – Jer 50; Heb 6Day 304 – Jer 50; Heb 6
Jer. 50 God used Babylon as a refining fire for His people. Then He used another nation to the North to execute His judgment against Babylon. I feel like He did all of this not ...
Day 303 – Jer 27-29; Heb 5Day 303 – Jer 27-29; Heb 5
Jer. 27-29 There are a few things that stand out to me in this passage right now. One is that God declared king Nebuchadnezzar “my servant”. I don’t have any reason to believe that king ...
Day 302 – Jer 23-24; Heb 4Day 302 – Jer 23-24; Heb 4
Jer. 23-24 “Men willingly believe what they wish” (Julius Caesar). How true that is! God addresses this fact through His prophet in Jeremiah 23:16-17. Just because somebody says they are speaking for God, it does ...
Day 301 – Jer 49, 13, 22; Heb 3Day 301 – Jer 49, 13, 22; Heb 3
Jer. 49, 13, 22 I still see God’s mercy, even in all of this declared disaster for the nations. Right up until the end God told His people that if they would turn from their ...
Day 300 – Jer 47-48; Heb 2Day 300 – Jer 47-48; Heb 2
Jer. 47-48 God’s judgment was not just for His chosen people. Jeremiah prophesied destruction for all of the surrounding lands as well. We see God’s judgment declared against Moab in chapter 48. While the Moabites ...
Day 299 – Jer 25, 45-46; Heb 1Day 299 – Jer 25, 45-46; Heb 1
Jer. 25, 45-46 Jeremiah prophesied that God would use Babylon to punish His faithless people and then, after seventy years, He would punish Babylon. I’m not sure what to make of that. I am certain ...
Day 298 – Jer 20, 35-36; Col 4Day 298 – Jer 20, 35-36; Col 4
Jer. 20, 35-36 Jeremiah did not like being a prophet, the job to which God had called him from a young age. I can’t say that I blame him. The people did not exactly receive ...
Day 297 – Jer 18-19; Col 3Day 297 – Jer 18-19; Col 3
Jer. 18-19 God is sovereign. He is the Creator, and He is in the right to do whatever He wishes with His creation. Like the potter in Jeremiah 18, He can crush the vessel He ...
Day 296 – Jer 15-17; Col 2Day 296 – Jer 15-17; Col 2
Jer. 15-17 Jeremiah was not a friend of the people. They did not like his message and, because its fulfillment was long in coming, they disbelieved and mocked him for it. Thus they continued in ...
Day 295 – Jer 9-10, 14; Col 1Day 295 – Jer 9-10, 14; Col 1
Jer. 9-10, 14 “Thus says the LORD: ‘Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but ...
Day 294 – Jer 7-8, 26; Acts 28Day 294 – Jer 7-8, 26; Acts 28
Jer. 7-8, 26 God did not act rashly against His faithless people. He warned them and warned them and warned them. And every time He warned them He told them, “Amend your ways and your ...
Day 293 – Jer 6, 11-12; Acts 27:27-44Day 293 – Jer 6, 11-12; Acts 27:27-44
Jer. 6, 11-12 In its simplest form, all of God’s law boils down to two things – love God and love others. God declares through Jeremiah, as with the other prophets, that His people are ...
Day 292 – Jer 3-5; Acts 27:1-26Day 292 – Jer 3-5; Acts 27:1-26
Jer. 3-5 Was God fair in unleashing His wrath and His judgment on His people? Some definitions of fair are “acceptable and appropriate” and “without self-interest”. Some people view God’s actions from a “you didn’t ...