Category: TalkofJESUS.com – OLD Testament
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Ezekiel An Unbelievable Scene
Ezekiel 1: the word of Jehovah came expressly unto Ezekiel Ezekiel 1:3a Darby translation Context: TIME ~570 years Before Christ; PLACE – Tel-Abib in Babylonia, [later Persia, then Seleucid Empire (Greek) in 21st c. Iraq; PROPHET – yᵊḥezqē’l, captive priest and prophet of Israel taken to Babylon while in his 30’s along with his wife…
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Nehemiah 9 – The People Confess Their Sins
Today’s Short Take on Scripture focuses on confession. Yesterday this personal conviction came to mind from imprinted corporate confession of the church. (You’re church may not use such a confession, but should they lead us in this way?) Confession of Sin Before Communion From the Anglican BCP [Book of Common Prayer] (public domain, source not…
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Confidence in Troubled Times – Psalm 94
(from times Before Christ) You give them relief from troubled times until a pit is dug to capture the wicked. Psalm 94:3 New Living Translation Confidence in troubled times (even Before Christ) WE THE PEOPLE of every nation have heard it before. ‘NO CONFIDENCE’ Today’s Short Take on Scripture for ASH WEDNESDAY in the year…
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σκληροτράχηλος – a stiff-necked people
I must confess that one of my favorite phrases of conviction today comes from one of several sermons which was not well-received by its audience: Stiff-necked! “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you. Acts 7:51 ESV – from Stephen preaching to…
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Wailing in all the Public Squares (Social Media?)
Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. Amos 5:16a – Berean Study Bible and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The Public Square and our Platforms of Wailing WE…
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Understand today the discipline of the LORD your God
Do YOU, (children) claiming God as your Father and Jesus Christ as YOUR Lord know this one? 11:1 וְאָהַבְתָּ אֵת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְשָׁמַרְתָּ מִשְׁמַרְתּוֹ וְחֻקֹּתָיו וּמִשְׁפָּטָיו וּמִצְוֺתָיו כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃ Devarim (Deuteronomy) 11 :: Westminster Leningrad Codex (WLC) Keep in mind that I am not talking now to your children, who have never experienced the discipline of…
