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Intro to the Prophets and Isaiah

palomaSeptember 6, 2021Leave a comment

As Israel and, eventually, Judah race toward oblivion for life as they've known it, the Kings and Chronicles give way to prophets who seem to be God's final effort to turn their trajectories toward His will and away from their idolatry and rebellion.

In my attempt to read chronologically, one of my reading plans says Amos is next and the other says Isaiah. So I have decided to start with Isaiah. Although I'll start Amos after Isaiah 8, and will keep checking in with the Kings and Chronicler.

II Kings 15 and II Chronicles 26

palomaSeptember 5, 2021May 4, 2022Leave a comment

Israel's time on earth is quickly approaching its end and it seems to be taking the same hard-hearted approach we saw in Jonah on his mission from God. We have one chapter in each book and then, chronologically, we'll start in to Isaiah and Amos- prophets who were less petulant to God's message.

Jonah 4

palomaAugust 31, 2021Leave a comment

So Jonah finally gets to Nineveh and the people believe God's message and genuinely repent- from the king to the nobles, to the servants. So God relents and keeps them from destruction. All's well that ends well, right? Not if you are Jonah.

Jonah 3

palomaAugust 23, 2021Leave a comment

When last we saw Jonah, he had scooped up by a great fish at the bottom of the ocean, stubbornly spent three days and nights in its belly, and finally repented and was saved by God. He had been spit out on dry ground at the end of chapter 2.

Jonah 2

palomaAugust 11, 2021Leave a comment

Jonah's about to get a crash course in the concept and need to die to self.

Jonah 1

palomaJuly 27, 2021July 27, 2021Leave a comment

Following the chronological order of the Old Testament; I am in II Kings and II Chronicles and taking a side tour to Jonah during the reign of Jeroboam II.

Intro to Jonah

palomaJuly 22, 2021Leave a comment

In my attempt to read the Bible in chronological order, both the Blue Letter Bible and the NIV chronological Bible have Jonah up next, in the midst of II Kings and II Chronicles. I recently did a bible study on Jonah, so I'm anxious to see what comes of this personal study.

II Kings 14; II Chronicles 25

palomaJuly 15, 2021Leave a comment

I think we're heading into the beginning of the end of the nation of Israel prior to the Assyrian and Babylonia defeats.

Leader Day 2021

palomaJuly 13, 2021Leave a comment

It's Leader Day for the women's ministry at my church. It's a time for the bible study leaders and other leaders in the women's ministry at both campuses to come together and build one another up so that we can go back to the ladies and shine the light back to them.

II Kings 12-13; II Chronicles 24

palomaJuly 8, 2021Leave a comment

So we finally have the house of Ahab scrubbed from Israel and Judah. Jehu meeting God's mandate and then far exceeding it in brutality to secure his authority on the throne in the north; and the Lord using the high priest and his wife to save the remaining offspring in the line of David, taking the throne at the tender age of 7.