Est. 9-10 I can’t help but think of Joseph when I read about Mordecai. Both Jewish men had plots against their lives by people who intended to destroy them. Yet both somehow rose to become ...
Tag: Revelation
Day 356 – Est 6-8; Rev 13Day 356 – Est 6-8; Rev 13
Est. 6-8 I love the story of Esther! The poetic justice runs deep. It says in Psalm 7, “Behold, the wicked man conceives evil…His mischief returns upon his own head” (Ps 7:14a, 16a). It is ...
Day 355 – Est 3-5; Rev 12Day 355 – Est 3-5; Rev 12
Est. 3-5 I marvel at Mordecai’s confidence. God is never mentioned in the book of Esther, but His presence in the story, and especially in Mordecai, is evident. Mordecai was obviously aware of God’s promise ...
Day 353 – Ezra 5-7; Rev 11Day 353 – Ezra 5-7; Rev 11
Ezra 5-7 Clearly God made Himself known to the foreign kings under whom the exiled Israelites served. Cyrus and Darius both obviously recognized the power of God and the importance of supporting His people. Not ...
Day 351 – Ps 84, 90; Rev 9Day 351 – Ps 84, 90; Rev 9
Ps. 84, 90 I had kind of an off-hand thought from today’s reading in the Psalms. It came from Psalm 84:3. “Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where ...
Day 350 – Ps 81-83; Rev 8Day 350 – Ps 81-83; Rev 8
Ps. 81-83 The human heart is a stubborn thing. Why on earth, when we have a God who wants to give us all good things, do we insist on going our own way? Why would ...
Day 349 – Ps 79-80; Rev 7Day 349 – Ps 79-80; Rev 7
Ps. 79-80 I don’t know if it was Asaph or some of his sons who wrote these Psalms, but I feel like whoever wrote them paid attention to the words of God’s prophets. Their prayers ...
Day 348 – Ps. 77-78; Rev 6Day 348 – Ps. 77-78; Rev 6
Ps. 77-78 The writer of Psalm 77 is greatly troubled. As he is considering his situation, he asks a series of questions. “Will the Lord spurn forever, and never again be favorable? Has His steadfast ...
Day 347 – Ps. 74-76; Rev 5Day 347 – Ps. 74-76; Rev 5
Ps. 74-76 I don’t know that this is the case, but it seems to me that part of conquering a people back in Bible times would have involved destroying the temple/s of their god/s. I ...
Day 346 – Zech 13-14; Rev 3-4Day 346 – Zech 13-14; Rev 3-4
Zech. 13-14 “On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness” (Zech. 123:1). A fountain. I like that. ...
Day 345 – Zech 11-12; Rev 2Day 345 – Zech 11-12; Rev 2
Zech. 11-12 I don’t know how anyone can believe that the Bible is not God’s work. It is far too linked together and detailed in ways that shouldn’t be possible. This passage in Zechariah is ...
Day 344 – Zech 9-10; Rev 1Day 344 – Zech 9-10; Rev 1
Zech. 9-10 In Zechariah 10:3a, God says, “My anger is hot against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders”. The Hebrew word translated as “leader” in this verse is actually “male goats”. Given what ...