by Jacob D. Gerber | Oct 16, 2018 | 1 Kings, Bible Meditations
Bible Readings for October 16th 1 Kings 19 | 1 Thessalonians 2 | Daniel 1 | Psalm 105 At the end of 1 Kings 18, Elijah might have believed that he had succeeded in bringing the nation of Israel back to Yahweh. And yet, when Elijah returns after defeating the prophets...
by Jacob D. Gerber | Oct 15, 2018 | 1 Kings, Bible Meditations
Bible Readings for October 15th 1 Kings 18 | 1 Thessalonians 1 | Ezekiel 48 | Psalm 104 In the head-to-head showdown of the gods in 1 Kings 18, Yahweh leads the people of Israel to repentance for the sins they had committed. This is one of the more famous stories from...
by Jacob D. Gerber | Oct 14, 2018 | 1 Kings, Bible Meditations
Bible Readings for October 14th 1 Kings 17 | Colossians 4 | Ezekiel 47 | Psalm 103 In 1 Kings 17, we meet the prophet Elijah, a prophet whose life and ministry is marked by a glaring contrast. On the one hand, Elijah is so important that he appears, along with Moses,...
by Jacob D. Gerber | Oct 13, 2018 | 1 Kings, Bible Meditations
Bible Readings for October 13th 1 Kings 16 | Colossians 3 | Ezekiel 46 | Psalm 102 In 1 Kings 16, the northern nation of Israel descends quickly into chaos because of the sin of their many kings. Where Asa, the godly king of Judah, reigns for a total of forty-one...
by Jacob D. Gerber | Oct 12, 2018 | 1 Kings, Bible Meditations
Bible Readings for October 12th 1 Kings 15 | Colossians 2 | Ezekiel 45 | Psalms 99, 100 & 101 The two new kings whom we meet in 1 Kings 15 represent, respectively, the two main kinds of kings we will read about during the age of Judah’s kings. On the one hand, we...
by Jacob D. Gerber | Oct 11, 2018 | 1 Kings, Bible Meditations
Bible Readings for October 11th 1 Kings 14 | Colossians 1 | Ezekiel 44 | Psalms 97–98 The overall sweep of the books of Samuel and Kings builds the case against both the nations of Israel and Judah in order to justify Yahweh’s sending both nations into exile. In many...
