Jeremiah: The Reluctant Firebrand (Part 2)
Jeremiah wrote the longest book of prophecy in the Bible, full of more biographical insights than any other. To summarise it is to do it an injustice, but here it is anyway.
The prophet’s early messages to the people were condemnations and ca…
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The song of Exodus 15 changes from past tense to future tense, indicating that the song contains prophecies about times to come. Some predictions were fulfilled within 100 years, and some are still waiting to be accomplished. The final fulfilment will come when another power like Pharaoh wil…
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Jeremiah: The Reluctant Firebrand (Part 1)
[table id=BabylonianCaptivityTheEcclesiaInExile4_1 /]Imagine, for a moment, a Jerusalem Bible Class in around 610BC. Maybe it’s even a special weekend. The room is very full and some of the people in it will be world famous in the next …
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Structure
What is the structure of this song of Moses in Exodus 15? One suggested structure could be a chiastic structure, one that has reflected ideas around a central point, as follows:
V1 Introduction
A: v2-3 Desire of a personal relationship with God
B: v4-5 De…
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Ezekiel – Man of Vision, Son of Man
Ezekiel was a man of vision. God showed him the future so clearly that at times he must have felt that he was actually living it. The first vision was perhaps the most stunning of all. Its noise was like a giant storm engulfing the world. It was full of i…
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In the kingdom age, we hope to sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb—“Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints” (Rev 15:3). These words are just a brief selection from an earlier song of victory…
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Ezekiel – Man of Vision, Son of Man
If he were alive today, he would likely be called an eccentric genius. He was a Bible student and a wise priest—sought out for advice even by those who would be his enemies. He was a memorable mime, and only a talented artist could recall and write down…
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Paul’s epistle to the Romans is all about the righteousness of faith as opposed to gaining salvation through meritorious works of law. Paul marvelled at the anomaly that Jews, who strove so determinably to keep the law, had not attained to the righteousness of faith, whereas the seemingly …
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Saul’s second test concerning the Amalekites has been likened to a ‘final exam’ that would determine his fate once and for all.1 The Task given to Saul was to ‘devote to destruction’ the Amalekites and all they had. ‘Haram’ against Amalek had to be specifically commanded, as it no…
In first century Palestine, if you aspired to be a tax collector you could expect to earn a very good standard of living. There was a problem though—to be successful you would have to cheat, swindle and be dishonest. Oh, and be good with extortion. On the other hand, those who were on the …
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