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Hosea 9:10-14 meaningJune 27, 2023
Hosea tells Israel that although He was pleased with her in her youth, her disobedience and devotion to Baal worship and its attending culture of exploitation will cause her to go into exile. There she will experience harsh conditions that will result in barrenness and death of her offspring.
Hosea 9:7-9 meaningJune 27, 2023
Hosea tells Israel that the time of judgment has arrived. It has come upon her because she has been hostile toward God’s prophets and has sunk very low in morals, even to the level of gross exploitation and murder, as evidenced by reference to a story from Judges.
Hosea 9:1-6 meaningJune 27, 2023
Hosea urges Israel not to rejoice with pagan feasting of prostitutes during their plentiful harvest because the Suzerain (ruler) God will send them into exile in the land of Assyria, where they will remain. Those that escape to Egypt will do so in haste, leaving behind their silver treasures and tents, which will be destroyed by weeds and thorns.
Revelation 20:11-15 meaningJune 24, 2023
The dead are judged by their deeds and those whose names are not found in the book of life are thrown into the lake of fire, which is the second death
Revelation 20:7-10 meaningJune 24, 2023
After the thousand years of the first resurrection of the dead, Satan is released. The devil and his fellow conspirators are relocated to their final destination: the lake of fire.
Hosea 8:11-14 meaningJune 24, 2023
The LORD pronounces judgment on Israel because she has offered sacrificial rituals to Him while ignoring His covenantal laws. The nation will be disciplined for having forsaken her covenant agreement, per the terms of the agreement.
Hosea 8:8-10 meaningJune 24, 2023
The LORD states that Israel is swallowed up because she has intermingled with foreign nations. She is not fulfilling her role as a priestly nation, so has become like a worthless vessel, that is no longer useful for its intended purpose.
Matthew 26:55-56 meaningJune 23, 2023
Jesus's Surrender: Jesus boldly submits to arrest. As He does, He confronts the armed crowd sent to arrest Him by the secret of night. He points out that by arresting Him at night and not by day that they are violating the law, and that everything has happened this way to full the Messianic prophecies. The disciples abandon Jesus.
Matthew 26:51-54 meaningJune 23, 2023
Peter's Attack: A disciple pulls out his sword to defend Jesus to the death. His swing cuts off the ear of the high priest's servant. Jesus tells His disciple to stop, because this is part of His Father's plan.
Matthew 26:45-50 meaningJune 23, 2023
Judas’s Betrayal: Jesus awakens His disciples to inform them that Judas has betrayed Him. Judas is accompanied by an armed crowd who have been sent by the priests and elders to arrest Jesus. Judas identifies His master with a kiss.
Matthew 26:40-44 meaningJune 22, 2023
As Jesus is praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, He checks on His disciples and finds them sleeping during His hour of grief. Jesus continues to pray and tells His Father that He will obey Him. The disciples fall back asleep again, as Jesus returns to pray more.
Matthew 26:39 meaningJune 22, 2023
In the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus prays to His Father. He asks for another way to be made for Him to complete His mission of saving the world that would not require Him to suffer and die. But having made this request, Jesus tells His Father that He will submit to His will.
Matthew 26:36-38 meaningJune 22, 2023
Jesus led the disciples to a place called Gethsemane and asks them to pray. He takes Peter, James, and John further into the garden and confesses that He is grieved to the point of death. He asks them to remain and stay awake with Him.
Psalm 27:13-14 meaningJune 22, 2023
God is the very essence of good and David knows he is in God’s good hands
Psalm 27:7-12 meaningJune 22, 2023
An inextricable part of an enduring relationship with God is the human willingness to respond with obedience to God’s gracious act of engagement.
Psalm 27:4-6 meaningJune 22, 2023
David directs us to perceive and seek our access to God in spirit through prayer.
Psalm 27:1-3 meaningJune 22, 2023
Placing one’s trust utterly in the Lord for all of life’s experiences results in a deeper understanding about life, the good as well as the suffering.
Luke 10:36-37 meaningJune 16, 2023
Jesus asks the religious lawyer which of the three travelers was a neighbor to the injured man. The lawyer responds, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus counsels the Lawyer to be like this Samaritan if he wishes to inherit the blessings of eternal life.
Luke 10:30-35 meaningJune 16, 2023
Jesus tells the lawyer a parable in response to his self-justifying question: Who is my neighbor? The story is about a traveler who is attacked, robbed, and left for dead on the side of the road. Three men come by. The first two pass by and deliberately avoid the dying man. The third, a despised Samaritan, not only stops to help him, but also goes above and beyond to ensure that he is taken care of so that he can recover his health.
Luke 10:25-29 meaningJune 16, 2023
A lawyer comes to put Jesus to the test by asking Him what he must do to inherit eternal life. Jesus deftly flips the question back to the religious expert: "What does the law say?" The lawyer answers with the two greatest commandments: Love God and Love Others. Jesus tells him that he has answered correctly and to do this to inherit eternal life. The lawyer wishes to justify himself to these commandments and asks Jesus: "Who is my neighbor?"
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