This short, but interesting book shows us another side of the tale of our human history.
...continue reading "Nahum 1"Tag: Jonah
Intro to Amos (Israel)
Following the Blue Letter Bible, I am pausing after Isaiah 8 (as well as after II Kings 16 and II Chronicles 28) and reading all 9 chapters in Amos. The shift is from Judah back to Israel and the rule of Jeroboam II.
...continue reading "Intro to Amos (Israel)"Jonah 4
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.
...continue reading "Jonah 4"Jonah 3
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.
...continue reading "Jonah 3"Jonah 2
Jonah's about to get a crash course in the concept and need to die to self.
...continue reading "Jonah 2"Jonah 1
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.
...continue reading "Jonah 1"Intro to Jonah
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.
...continue reading "Intro to Jonah"