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“The oracle of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.” Nahum 1:1 As I read through Nahum this morning, I was struck by the contrast. It depicts a God of Judgement: “The Lord is avenging and wrathful”, “Who can stand before His indignation? Who can endure the burning of His anger?”, “But […]
“But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity.” Micah 5:2 When the Magi came to King Herod inquiring “Where is He who has
“And it will come about in the last days that the mountain of the house of the Lord will be established as the chief of the mountains. It will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.” Micah 4:1 In the midst of Micah’s proclamation of Doom and Judgement, he gives
“Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them.” Jonah 3:5 We are all familiar with the Story of Jonah, how God spoke to him, how he disobeyed, and the consequences that followed. He ended up doing what God
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“Then Amos replied to Amaziah, “I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet; for I am a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs.” Amos 7:14 Amos is upbraided by Amaziah the priest for prophesying of Israel’s doom and judgement. Here is his reply, and one that we can learn
“For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the wind and declares to man what are His thoughts, He who makes dawn into darkness and treads on the high places of the earth, the Lord God of hosts is His name.” Amos 4:13 Several times in this Book, Amos draws upon the “Theme” of God’s
“Blow a trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm on My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming; surely it is near,” Joel 2:1 This is the warning God gives through His Prophet Joel. As we read of the devastation by an Army of
“Israel is a luxuriant vine; He produces fruit for himself. The more his fruit, the more altars he made; The richer his land, the better he made the sacred pillars.” Hosea 10:1 In Today’s Reading, Hosea uses the imagery of a Vine producing fruit and likens it to the People of Israel. Then, as they
“Come, let us return to the Lord. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.” Hosea 6:1 In the previous Chapter, God has likened Himself to a lion. He says in 5:14, “For I will be like a lion to Ephraim and like a
“And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. Then you will know the Lord.” Hosea 2:20 When you take time to meditate on Scripture and consider all that it consists of, you have to be continually amazed. Today, we are introduced to Hosea, who is told at the beginning of his book, to “take