Deuteronomy INTRODUCTIONDeuteronomy is the fifth and last book written by Moses. Deuteronomy, placed historically about 1400 B.C., means “second (repeated) law.” It is written in the form of a second-millennium-B.C. treaty between a ruler and his people.The Israelites had been slaves in Egypt until God intervened about 1450 B.C. God set them free through aContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”
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The 365-Day Devotional Commentary
Zephaniah INTRODUCTIONZephaniah prophesied during the reign of Josiah of Judah (640-609 B.C.). Distressed by the shallowness of Judah’s response to the godly king’s reformation, Zephaniah announced that sweeping judgment was about to fall on Jerusalem as well as on pagan nations.Zephaniah, the last of the preexilic prophets, summarized much of the judgment and salvation teachingContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”
The 365-Day Devotional Commentary
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”
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”
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