GOD’S PRIZED POSSESSIONMalachi 3–4 ” ’They will be Mine,’ says the LORD Almighty, ’in the day when I make up My treasured possession. I will spare them, just as in compassion a man spares his son who serves him” (Mal. 3:17). The little Jewish community in Judea may have strayed from the Lord. But GodContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”
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The 365-Day Devotional Commentary
Malachi INTRODUCTIONMalachi is the last of the three postexilic prophets. He ministered to descendants of those who returned to Judea from the Babylonian Captivity. When Malachi wrote, priests and people had become lax in their worship at the rebuilt temple, which had been completed in 515 B.C. Through a series of sharp rhetorical questions MalachiContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”
The 365-Day Devotional Commentary
Haggai INTRODUCTIONHaggai was the first of the postexilic prophets. When a company of Jews returned from Babylon in 538 B.C., they laid the foundations of a new temple. But for the next 18 years members of the community concentrated on building their own houses, leaving the house of the Lord unfinished. Haggai urged the peopleContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”
The 365-Day Devotional Commentary
EVENTS OF DAVID’S REIGN2 Samuel 21–24 “The LORD lives! Praise be my Rock! Exalted be God, the Rock, my Saviour!” (2 Sam. 22:47) When you tell someone the story of your life, there are some things that just won’t fit in a chronological report. Here in an appendix the writer of 2 Samuel relates moreContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”
The 365-Day Devotional Commentary
DAVID’S PERSONAL FAILINGS2 Samuel 11–14 “I have sinned against the LORD” (2 Sam. 12:13). The biblical text reports David’s triumphs. But it just as honestly relates his troubles. There is no attempt here, as in other ancient documents, to disguise the human failings of one who was admittedly Israel’s greatest king. Definition of Key TermsSin.Continue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”
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