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6 days ago · We are studying the account given in 2 Chronicles 35:1-19 [skipping the technical material in verses 7-15]. Here are a few notes on this text: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: The entire book of Chronicles is a retelling of the history of Israel, from the earliest genealogy through the announcement of the end of the Babylonian exile (2 Chronicles 36:22-23).
Dec 3, 2008 · A domesticated Jesus embraces the culture’s values without challenging them; He is a “safe” Jesus who is no threat to the established way of doing things. Yet Christ did not come into the world to be “nice” or “safe,” and the Jesus we find in the Gospels cannot be domesticated.
The Theology of Work Bible Commentary explores what the Bible says about faith and work, book by book through the Bible. This robust commentary has been vetted by a team of scholars and practitioners committed to a creating a comprehensive, biblically accurate theology of work.
The phrase 'daughter of Zion' here means Zion itself, or Jerusalem. The name daughter is given to it by a personification in accordance with a common custom in Eastern writers, by which beautiful towns and cities are likened to young females.
12 To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. 13 And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her ...
19 People of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. How gracious he will be when you cry for help() As soon as he hears, he will answer you. 20 Although the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers will be hidden no more; with your own eyes you will see them. 21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind ...
Dec 30, 2020 · Parables such as the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19–31) and the Rich Fool (Luke 12:16–20) portray how God will condemn those who live lives of conspicuous consumption in the face of human need. [5]
