SCRIPTURE: Zechariah 14 OBSERVATION: This is a vision of the end of history, when the Lord returns and finally and fully restores His kingdom on earth. It is written in language that the Jews of the day would understand (the nations, the temple and its furnishings, the feast of Tabernacles, Jerusalem). I would not read this…
reading Haggai
Background for Reading the Prophecy of Haggai Taken from “How To Read The Bible Book by Book” by Gordon Fee and Douglas Stewart Content: Four oracles encouraging God’s people to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem. Prophet: Haggai, a postexilic prophet in Jerusalem and contemporary of Zechariah (see Ezra 5:1; 6:14). Date of prophetic activity: A four-month…
God can help us all
Hey, this is NOT the way to help your kids. Before we can help our kids, we need to allow God to help us. You may not understand your kids, but do you understand you? The best thing we can offer others is not a ‘fix-up’ at church, but our own open, honest and teachable…
resisting or assisting Him
SCRIPTURE: Zechariah 12-13 OBSERVATION: These messages speak about God’s plan to restore His people to an important place in the world (12:1-9), the grief His people experience for rejecting (piercing) God, an anticipation of the crucifixion (12:10-14), God’s promise to remove the impurity of false teachers and prophets who were misleading His people (13:1-6) and the…
please leave your comments
Hey everyone, just a reminder… Please leave your comments!!! Say ‘hi’, ask a question (try to stump me, its not hard), share a story, sing a song, ask for prayer, give me a good idea, share a God story, start a discussion… whatever. The fun of a blog is people sharing anything, anytime. HOW? Just…
what I need, not what I want
SCRIPTURE: Zechariah 11 OBSERVATION: This is a scary message. It basically says that the people prefer to follow worthless leaders and teachers (shepherds). In the vision Zechariah tries to help the flock by getting rid of the bad shepherds and caring for the sheep, especially the weak. But they rejected and detested him (symbolic of all…
let the church help
Unfortunately… … more true than they realize!
bible readings (september)
Here is the list of bible readings for September 2008. We are finishing the 3 year cycle and looking at the last books of the old and new testament. Learn more about the SOAP method of bible reading here. SEPTEMBER 1. 2 John 1/ 3 John 1 2. Jude 1 3. Malachi 1 4. Malachi 2 5. Malachi 3-4 6. Psalms 147 7. Psalms 148
Jesus is my hope
SCRIPTURE: Zechariah 10 OBSERVATION: The leaders and teachers were guilty of misleading the people, giving them false direction and false comfort. This is why the whole nation was in exile. But God will restore His special community, and once again use them to shine for the world to see. He will do this Himself, by coming…
like a jewel in His crown
SCRIPTURE: Zechariah 9 OBSERVATION: For many years the nation of Israel was battered and beaten, exiled and defeated by the surrounding nations. But things are about to change. Their enemies will be defeated by the Lord, and He will come in person (i.e. the messiah) and proclaim peace and restore order. The weak will be strengthened,…