Tag: Old Testament
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Rebuilding the Temple: Haggai’s Call to Action
Haggai 1:4(NKJV) “Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, and this temple to lie in ruins?”Haggai 1:8(NKJV) Go up to the mountains and bring wood and build the temple, that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified,” says the LORD. Author Date Theme Purpose Content Christ in the…
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Understanding Zephaniah’s Prophecies and Themes
Zephaniah (NKJV) Seek the LORD, all you meek of the earth, Who have upheld His justice. Seekrighteousness, seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of theLORD’S anger. Author: Date: Theme: Purpose: Content: Christ in the Book of Zephaniah
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Understanding Nahum: God’s Judgment on Nineveh
The Book of Nahum proclaims God’s judgment against Nineveh, highlighting His vengeance on oppressors, offering hope for Judah, and foretelling Nineveh’s desolation as justice prevails.
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Death of Eli and his sons
DEATH OF ELI AND HIS SONS In the morning Samuel feared to tell Eli what the Lord had shown him; but Eli bade him do so, saying to Samuel, “God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all that He said unto thee.” So Samuel told Eli…
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God’s Mercy in Jonah: Lessons from Nineveh
Jonah 4:11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle? Author Date Theme Content Christ in the Book of Jonah
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Eli and Samuel
ELI AND SAMUEL Elkanah went up to Shiloh yearly to offer sacrifice: and when Samuel was old enough, Hannah went with her husband and took her little boy with her. They came to Eli the high priest, and Hannah said: “Oh, my Lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here praying. For this…
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Hannah Praying Before the Lord
HANNAH PRAYING BEFORE THE LORD The Tabernacle, which had been set up by the Israelites in the wilderness, was after the conquest of Canaan erected at Shiloh, a city about ten miles south of Shechem. There it remained for more than three hundred years. No Temple was at Jerusalem in those days, so the Jewish…
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Understanding Obadiah’s Prophecy Against Edom
Obadiah prophesies God’s judgment on Edom for their actions against Israel, promising deliverance and prosperity for God’s people.
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Boaz and Ruth
BOAZ AND RUTH When Naomi returned to Bethlehem she was poor. The poor were allowed at harvest time to follow the reapers; gleaning or gathering up the stray ears of corn. One day, Ruth obtained permission from her mother-in-law to go gleaning, and went to glean in the field of a rich man named Boaz,…
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Ruth and Naomi
RUTH AND NAOMI Naomi was the wife of a Jew named Elimelech, who left his own city of Bethlehem to go into the land of Moab, because there was a famine in Canaan. Some time afterwards he died, leaving Naomi a widow with two sons, all dwellers in a strange land. Her sons married two…