Morning Light – October 2nd, 2015 Today: [1 Chronicles Eight] The Tribe of Benjamin. This chapter is the second to last lengthy genealogy in 1st Chronicles which is an accounting of the tribe of Benjamin. Benjamin descends from Jacob as the last of his sons whose birth Jacob saw as a consolation for losing Joseph […]
READ MORE Morning Light – October 1st, 2015 Today: [1 Chronicles Seven] Are You of the Tribe of Dan or Judah? The genealogies continue. In this chapter we find the genealogies listed from Issachar to Asher. Strangely from Ezra’s accounting Dan is omitted. Dan is also omitted from any New Testament prophetic passages about the 12 tribes. […]
READ MORE Morning Light – September 30th, 2015 Today: [1 Chronicles Six] The Genealogy of Levi. In this chapter the line of Levi is given. The linage of Levi is the most well studied family line from a Jewish standpoint because it contains the family tree of Moses and also Aaron who was God’s high priest. For […]
READ MORE Morning Light – September 29th, 2015 Today: [1 Chronicles Five] Reuben, Gad and Mannesseh. In this chapter we see the genealogy and reference to Reuben, Gad and Mannesseh who were treated together because they comprised a separate colony in the history of Israel for having settled on the eastern banks of the Jordan rather than […]
READ MORE Morning Light – September 28th, 2015 Today: [1 Chronicles Four] The Genealogies Continued. In this chapter we find a jewel of truth in the genealogies about Jabez who was cursed from birth whose destiny changed when he cried out to God. We also read of Caleb who was only one of two men who survived […]
READ MORE Morning Light – September 25th, 2015 Today: [1 Chronicles Three] The Genealogy of David. In this short chapter we find a recitation of the sons of David down through the exile and captivity in Babylon. There was some notable omissions and interesting reordering particularly of the sons of Bathsheba. David had two groups of sons, […]
READ MORE Morning Light – September 24th, 2015 Today: [1 Chronicles Two] The Genealogies, Continued. In this chapter the genealogies continue referencing Jacob through Heman the father of the Rechabites. Several ignominies are cited such as Achan who died in the valley of Achor as the “troubler” of Israel, and also Er the firstborn of Judah who […]
READ MORE Morning Light – September 23rd, 2015 Today: [1 Chronicles One] The Genealogies. 1 Chronicles begins without introduction with a recitation of genealogy from Adam to the Dukes of Edom. Chronicles begins at the creation of man and continues through the time of monarchies of Israel. Jewish and Christian traditions hold that it was written by […]
READ MORE Morning Light – September 21st, 2015 Today: [2 Kings Chapter Twenty-Five] Judah Goes into Captivity. In this chapter the puppet king of Judah by the name of Zedekiah attempts to revolt against his master the king of Babylon. Nebuchaddnezzar successfully besieges the city. The walls are destroyed. All the principal houses are burned. The temple […]
READ MORE Morning Light – September 18th, 2015 Today: [2 Kings Chapter Twenty-Four] The Sons of Josiah Reign – Sort of. In this chapter we see the sons of Josiah attempt to hold the kingdom together while refusing to live for God. The sins of Mannesseh have brought a pall over the southern kingdom while they suffer […]
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