(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 of our LORD 2022 may help your perception of confidence in these contemporary troubled times.

Our Scriptures from Psalm 94 and another context from history in 2 Chronicles 15 are linked to 5 language translations:

• English: Authorized (King James) Version
• Псалми Ukrainian Bible
• Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
• 诗篇 Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition
• Псалтирь New Russian Translation

Click here for Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (incorrectly linked on link below)

Psalm 94:

O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth;
O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself..

They break in pieces thy people, O Lord,
and afflict thine heritage.
6 They slay the widow and the stranger,
and murder the fatherless.
Yet they say, The Lord shall not see..

2 Chronicles 15:

Prophesy of Troubled Times:

And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:

³ Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

During those dark times, it was not safe to travel. Problems troubled the people of every land. Nation fought against nation, and city against city, for God was troubling them with every kind of problem.

2 Chronicles 15:5-6 New Living Translation

12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; that whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

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Confidence in Christ Jesus

Things to Come from the Good News of Mark:

And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.”

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And Jesus began to say to them, “See to it that no one misleads you. Many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He!’ and they will mislead many.

Mark 13:5b-6 NASB20 [Click for context]

“And the gospel must first be preached to all the nations.
“Watch out, stay alert; for you do not know when the appointed time is…

Mark 13:10 & 13;33 – The word of the Lord Jesus..

What’s your short take on these Scriptures and events of Ash Wednesday,

in the year of our Lord 2022?