Category: Teaching

In Deuteronomy Chapter 33, we find the blessing of Moses over the people. Interesting enough several tribes are left out of this blessing and the birth order of the tribes is completely ignored. God doesn’t do things according to our idea of fairness. He blesses according to purposes can be discovered however if you look […]

Habakkuk 2 (cont) With Habakkuk standing with arms folded, confident in his argument against God, the Father answers in verse 2, telling him to get a stylus and tablet, and prepare to record the answer that will be given. The answer, God explains is for a time to come, but that it will surely be […]

In Habakkuk 2, Habakkuk indicts the Faithfulness of God. Have you ever wondered why God isn’t acting on His promise in your life? Do you feel you have acted in faith and believed to the best of your ability, and now it is time for God to move in your circumstance? Habakkuk feels the same […]

Habakkuk 1 (cont) In the first part of the chapter he describes the violence and deceit of the nation of Judah, contrasting it by pale comparison in v. 9 to the utter abandonment to violence, cruelty and brutality that typified the armies of Babylon in every nation that they invaded. In other empires, when nations […]

In Habakkuk 1, the prophet sees the coming invasion of the Babylonians, and questions God as to how He could ever allow such monumental suffering among His people. These are the same questions we ask ourselves during times of difficulty, therefore Habakkuk is a very relevant study for anyone facing contradiction to God’s promise in […]

Luke 2:25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name [was] Simeon; and the same man [was] just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. 26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had […]

In Luke 2, we find the narrative of Jesus birth and early childhood. It is interesting that the announcement of Jesus’ arrival is not given to heads of state, but to simple shepherds keeping their flocks by night. Jesus grows to maturity and gives evidence of His unusual nature, while Mary and Joseph marvel and […]

Micah Chapter 2 (cont) 7 O [thou that art] named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? [are] these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly? 8 Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the […]

In Chapter 2 of Micah, the nation is described as descending into difficulty and downturn because of selfishness and greed. Consequences are predicted to come, but at the same time a Messianic promise of great deliverance is given. [Mic 2:1-13 KJV] 1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when […]

Nehemiah Chapter Two (cont) Nehemiah is given permission and resources to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the walls of the city and the gates as well. The king sends captains of his army with Nehemiah so he obviously knows that there is danger involved and not everyone in the city would be pleased to see […]