Tag: chronicles
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Looking Back – Nations in the eyes of the LORD
“So nation was destroyed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every adversity. – 2 Chronicles 15:6 NKJV History from an eternal perspective We have begun this year of our Lord, 2018, in consideration of eternal time. Time beyond years and measurement shows a perspective of man peering beyond the beginning…
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Feasts: Thanksgiving to God
“These are the appointed feasts of the LORD, the holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them. – Leviticus 23:4 Feasts, Fasts & Festivals Americans view Thanksgiving as a defining national holiday, complete with feasts focused on our Utopian culture of American families. Yet a stark reality lingers as a less than an alternative…
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Banquet of the King in the House of Wisdom – 5
Wisdom and King Solomon 2 Chronicles 1: Solomon the son of David established himself in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him and made him exceedingly great. In case you came into our series late, Part 1: We have explored great wisdom shared with us mostly from Proverbs, wisdom of kings and…
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Israel’s First King
Israel. Let us first recall that Israel is a person, a people and a place. A nation with the promise of God bears that name and witness of the LORD’s covenant with Abraham and the generations. Israel is the LORD’s name for Jacob, son of Issac, son of Abraham; not any other of the forefathers…
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Reflections: Jerusalem – a city of Kings
talkofJesus.com [ Lament over Jerusalem ] “O Jerusalem,Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! – words of Christ Jesus – Mathew 23:37 1 Chronicles…
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Sojourners
Psalm 39:12 KJV Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. I have just moved, again: this time just across town near to my church family still, near to my wife and son, nearer…
