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Isaiah 37:8-13 meaningDecember 30, 2023
Now, well into the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem, we will see God begin to orchestrate events that will accomplish His will.
Isaiah 37:1-7 meaningDecember 29, 2023
King Hezekiah sends a delegation to Isaiah the prophet for advice and to seek the Lord’s direction during this seemingly hopeless turn of events.
Zechariah 12:10-14 meaningDecember 26, 2023
All of the Jewish people, its rulers and priests and commoners, will mourn for God, whom they pierced. They will mourn so profoundly as though they had lost their firstborn son. Because of this mourning, God will pour His favor on all of Israel. This is a clear allusion to the future event of Israel one day recognizing Jesus as their Messiah and repenting for rejecting Him. It seems that in doing so, then Jesus will return and deliver Israel, and rule as her King and God.
Zechariah 12:6-9 meaningDecember 26, 2023
The LORD promises to defeat the adversaries of Judah and protect the weakest Israelites first. He will give every Israelite strength, so that they will be like fire burning in overwhelming force against their enemies. Even the poorest and weakest Israelite will fight with the strength of King David, and as an army they will fight with the power of God and His angel. The hostile forces who have gathered against Jerusalem will be destroyed that day. This prophecy likely looks to the End Times, when Jesus will save His people from their enemies.
Zechariah 12:1-5 meaningDecember 26, 2023
There will be a siege against Jerusalem in the future. The world will attack Judah, but the Lord God will guard Judah. He will cause blindness and confusion upon those who attack His people. This likely looks to a siege in the End Times, where Jesus will save His people from their enemies.
Zechariah 11:15-17 meaningDecember 13, 2023
The LORD instructs Zechariah to act as a foolish leader who cares nothing for his people to illustrate the wicked behavior of a future leader He will install. He then pronounces judgment on that leader for his evil deeds of exploiting the people he was assigned to serve.
Zechariah 11:7-14 meaningDecember 13, 2023
Zechariah cares for the oppressed Judeans using two staffs: one is called Favor and the other Union. He then dismisses the inadequate leaders and renounces his commission to allow the people to receive the fate awaiting them. Finally, he breaks the two staffs, signifying that God will temporarily remove His favor from the people and will not unify Judah and Israel for a while.
Zechariah 11:4-6 meaningDecember 13, 2023
The LORD commanded Zechariah to care for His covenant people because, like sheep destined for slaughter, they are at the mercy of dishonest merchants and shepherds. The LORD will punish the people, causing strife within the community.
Zechariah 11:1-3 meaningDecember 13, 2023
Zechariah urges the leaders of Lebanon and Bashan to lament the destruction of their forested land because the LORD will come to them with judgment.
Matthew 27:1-2 meaningDecember 9, 2023
Matthew summarizes Jesus's third, and official, religious trial. He says it took place in the morning and tells us that it resulted in condemning Jesus to death. After the predetermined trial concluded, Jesus was immediately brought to Pilate, the Roman governor. This event is known as Jesus's Sunrise Trial.
Matthew 26:67-68 meaningDecember 9, 2023
Having reached their guilty verdict, the priests mock and physically abuse Jesus.
Matthew 26:59-66 meaningDecember 9, 2023
The cohort of priests conduct their trial of Jesus. It consists of false and conflicting testimonies. Jesus does not answer their accusatory questions, to their frustration. But when the high priest demands to know if He is the Messiah and the Son of God, Jesus affirms that He is. Ignoring the truth of His claim, they use this as evidence to condemn Him to death. This event is known as Jesus's Night-Time Trial in the Home of Caiaphas
Matthew 26:57-58 meaningDecember 9, 2023
Jesus is brought to the house of Caiaphas, the high priest, for His Night-Time Trial in this narrative transition from the Garden of Gethsemane. Peter secretly follows from a distance to see the outcome and waits in the courtyard of the high priest's home.
Luke 22:66-71 meaningDecember 9, 2023
The Sanhedrin Council convenes in their temple courtroom to officially try Jesus at dawn. They expeditiously follow the same line of arguments that Caiaphas employed to condemn Jesus of blasphemy in Jesus's second religious trial a short while earlier. As soon as Jesus confirms He is the Christ and Son of God, the Council is ready to convict and condemn Him without any further testimony. This event is known as Jesus's Sunrise Trial
2 Corinthians 1:23-24 meaningDecember 1, 2023
Paul affirms his integrity by calling upon God as his witness and naming the Corinthians as his ministry partners.
2 Corinthians 1:15-22 meaningDecember 1, 2023
Paul gives reason for his change of travel plans to return to Corinth. He defends his integrity and character as his basis for what he does to follow Christ. His foundation is Christ, Who is the Amen and the Yes of God. All believers can share in this by receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit.
2 Corinthians 1:12-14 meaningDecember 1, 2023
Paul declares that his confidence comes through a clear conscience. He defends his actions to the Corinthians, that he was not acting by the wisdom of man, but by the grace of God.
2 Corinthians 1:8-11 meaningDecember 1, 2023
Paul specifies that he and Timothy suffered persecution in the province of Asia, to the point where they thought they were going to die. But God delivered them from death. God will ultimately deliver all believers from death by resurrecting us. Paul thanks the Corinthians for praying for him.
2 Corinthians 1:1-7 meaningDecember 1, 2023
Paul writes his second letter to the church at Corinth. He greets the believers there with blessings of grace and peace. He shares some of his own sufferings for the sake of the gospel, but declares that we have a God of mercies who will comfort us in the measure of our sufferings. We will be delivered in these sufferings by a God who raises the dead.
Acts 12:24-25 meaningNovember 24, 2023
The good news about Christ Jesus's death and resurrection continues to spread. More and more people believe in it. Barnabas and Saul (Paul) leave Jerusalem and take Barnabas' cousin, John Mark, with them.
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