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“1Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3I will bless those who bless you, and him …
Jonah 1:1 Jonah, son of Amittai, was a prophet (contemporary with the prophet Amos) in the northern kingdom of Israel (2 Kings 14:25) during the reign of Jeroboam II (793-753 BC). The name “Jonah” means “dove” and his name fits well with his mission, as God sends Jonah as a “dove of peace” to the warring Assyrians in Nineveh in …
Isa 6:1 Uzziah, or Azariah as he is sometimes called, was king of Judah for 52 years between about 792-740 BC (2 Chron 26, 2 Kings 15:1-7). Uzziah was only 16 years old when he became king over Judah, and generally receives a very good report from God:”3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned …
1Sam 16:1-3 The prophet Samuel was naturally saddened that King Saul had failed as king and had been rejected by God. But as it says in Ecclesiastes chapter 3, there is a time for everything; “4 There is a time for weeping, and a time for smiling. There is a time to mourn, and a time to dance. “(Ecclesiastes 3:4). …
1Sam 3:1 The boy Samuel grows up with the priest Eli because his mother Hannah was actually barren but miraculously became pregnant. Since Hannah had been given her child by God, she chose to give Samuel back to God and thus let him grow up among the priests (1 Sam 1). In the same way, today we should also hand …
Jdg 6:11 So bad was it for Israel that Gideon threshes wheat in a winepress. Jdg 6:12 Gideon found it hard to believe in the angel. Was the angel ironic? It must have felt like a slap in the face because Israel was de facto living in caves, had no food and was constantly under attack from Midian. Even though …
Luke 5:1-3 Jesus, and several of the first disciples, lived near Lake Gennesaret, or the Sea of Galilee as it is better known. Working as a fisherman was a tough job in Jesus’ day. At night, people fished, and during the day they cleaned and rinsed the nets in preparation for the next fishing trip, and then sold or salted …
Matt 4:18 This was not the first time Peter, Andrew, James and John met Jesus, but it was the first time Jesus called them to leave their work and follow him. Jesus could have talked to them about this when they met in the synagogue, but he deliberately chooses to call them when they are in the middle of their …
Mark 2:14 Levi also goes by another, better known name: Matthew (Mt 9:9).a) This Levi is the author of the Gospel of Matthew. Levi was a Jewish “tax collector” who collected taxes from the Jewish people for the Roman authorities.a) If the customs officer collected more money than the tax demanded by the Romans, he could keep the money for …