Satan
Proverbs 8:1-36, Prov. 9:1-6. Prov. 2:1-22, Prov. 3:13-24, Prov. 1:20-33, Prov. 9:13-18, Prov. 4:1-27 Ryan: If you ever wanted to better understand the words of John in the gospel according to John 1:1-4, simply read and study Proverbs 8:22-31. In this passage, Solomon personifies Wisdom as being present before, during, and after creation. The commentator [...]
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2 Sam. 21:1-14, 1 Chron. 21 (2 Sam. 24), 1 Chron. 22, Psa. 30, Ryan: As I read through today’s reading, I ran across the name “Satan” in 1 Chronicles 21:1. I thought to myself, “Well, there’s a name I haven’t heard in a while.” So, I went to the handy biblegateway.com and searched for [...]
“They tried to seize him…” After Jesus taught at the Festival of Tabernacles, the people were confused by a great many thing. Firstly, they were confused that no one was trying to stop him from teaching, if this was the guy the Jews were out to kill. They thought that perhaps the “authorities” had already [...]
I just finished reading Aesop’s Fables and one of the very last ones, called The Buffoon and the Countryman, really hit a sore spot with me: At a country fair there was a Buffoon who made all the people laugh by imitating the cries of various animals. He finished off by squeaking so like a [...]
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Disaster from the North Because of the beauty of arbitrary chapter/verse numbers, chapter 4 begins by concluding the thought from Chapter 3 about Israel and Judah repenting and returning to God. That said, there’s a lot packed in to only those four verses. In essence, God again warns them that if they don’t repent (they [...]
Sign of the End Times I know why Jesus said these things that we’re about to look at, but sometimes I wish that he hadn’t. Ever since he died, people have been claiming that we are in “the end times.” In one manner of speaking, it is true; however, there will be a huge decrease [...]
Jesus begins his ministry Jesus is now a man, and is ready to begin his ministry (Matthew doesn’t spend as much time on Jesus’s childhood as some of the other gospel writers). He goes into the desert to fast for 40 days and at the end of the fast, he is tempted by Satan three [...]
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