Month: October 2020

October 25, 2020

New Temple, New Walls, & a reNewed Covenant

My family recently read the Bible through in chronological order in a year for our family devotion time using a YouVersion plan. It’s truly eye opening to read the prophets as they appear in history rather than when they come in the Bible. Their visions and warnings really add to The Story and help you follow the story line more closely. Something happened though when […]

October 19, 2020

Make Yourself at Home

God’s people failed at keeping their part of the Covenant. He warned them over and over, but they bombed it. No hope for success. Over and done. Now they suffered the consequences – 70 years in exile, 70 years in a foreign land, 70 years outside of the Promised Land, the Land where God dwelt with them. Ezekiel saw God’s presence leave the temple and […]

October 11, 2020

Listen to These Warnings: Repent or Lament

What do you know about the prophets in the Bible? Let’s see if this covers it? Elijah “fought” the bad guys and called down fire on them, Elisha followed in his footsteps, Isaiah saw the throne of God, and Jeremiah had a tough job going to his people with the truth they did not want to hear. Does that about cover the major prophets? (Other […]

October 4, 2020

Kings & the Kingdom Split

Do you know the consequences of not following God? Check out what happened when the kings of Israel failed to follow God’s commands @ The Bible from A to Z – Set K. Saul did not carry out the command of Deuteronomy 25:17-19 concerning the Amalekite’s. As a result, he lost the kingdom. King David, the greatest king of Israel, had terrible trouble in his […]