Tag: God’s faithfulness
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12/25/24 “An Everlasting Word” (Zech. 1-6)
Reading Time: 2 minutesZechariah the prophet, a contemporary of Haggai, begins his writing with a call to return to the Lord and then with a series of visions that represent a future hope for Judah and Jerusalem. The present exiled generation is tasked with turning to the Lord unlike their ancestors who consistently rejected the…
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12/10/24 “Taking God at His Word” (Dan. 9-10)
Reading Time: 2 minutesGod is presented on page after page of the Scripture as a promise-making and also a promise-keeping God. In Isaiah, the Lord states concerning His word, “it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it”…
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11/9/24 “Appealing to God’s Nature” (Lam. 3-5)
Reading Time: 2 minutesLamentations is truly filled with the vivid horrors of Judah’s destruction. It’s much easier to talk about it when we weren’t there, we don’t see the effects of Babylon’s siege. Yet, in clear terms the suffering of the people is explained in Lamentations. It’s described as worse than the destruction of Sodom…
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11/1/24 “The Fearful Faithfulness of God” (Jer. 39-41)
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn previous weeks we’ve seen time and time again how the prophet Jeremiah had warned the people of Judah. He told them if they continued in their sin that God would deliver them over to the Babylonians. Then, when the people didn’t turn to God, God’s judgment was pronounced as sure to…
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10/29/24 “The Security of Covenant” (Jer. 33-34)
Reading Time: 2 minutesOnce again, we see that in the midst of turmoil, Jeremiah is given a message of hope. This time about the security of God’s covenant. Back in 2 Samuel 7, King David was given a promise from God. David had purposed to build God a house, a temple for worship. God forbids…