Remember the ten commandments
Reminder of the covenant: Deuteronomy 5–7 Moses had a lot to say before he died and the Israelites invaded Canaan. …
Tag Archives: idolatry
Idols? Don’t go there
Obedience and the price of disobedience: Leviticus 26 No idols. Keep the Sabbath. No worries: Leviticus 26:1-2 Do not make …
On child sacrifice
Rules for moral and holy living: Leviticus 18–20 The first child sacrifice was a near miss: Abraham’s hand was stayed …
Missing out to keep others from sin
Paul’s first letter to the believers in Corinth (Part 3): 1 Corinthians 8–11:1 Yes, we are our brothers’ keeper. And yes, …
Shivering with cold and guilt
Ezra goes to Jerusalem with the support of king Atarxerxes, then he needs to reform local marriage practices with the …
The fall of Babylon
Daniel’s vision of four beasts; the writing on the wall and the subsequent fall of the Babylonian king, Belshazzar: Daniel 7–8, 5 Isaiah, Jeremiah, …
Ezekiel explains Jerusalem’s fall
Ezekiel is told of Jerusalem’s fall then he prophesies over Ammon, Moab, Edom, Philistia, Tyre, Sidon and Egypt: Ezekiel 33:21–33; Ezekiel 25–28 How could Jerusalem have …
No word for the wicked
Israel’s leaders ask Ezekiel for a word from God, and he says ‘No’; Judgement will come on Israel, described in …
Babylon ’empty for generation after generation’
Isaiah prophesies against Babylon, Assyria, Moab and Philistia; and promises Judah a return to Jerusalem: Isaiah 13−16 Assyria was the world …
It’s pride that brings calamity
Isaiah prophesies against Jerusalem and Judah, with (messianic) promises of a future restoration: Isaiah 1:21−5:30 Now Israel had fallen, the prophet’s warnings turned …
Choose your allies carefully
Ahaziah king of Israel/Samaria dies and snubs Elijah (and God); his son, Joram, forms an alliance with Jehoshaphat (of Judah) …
Killed by a random arrow
Micaiah prophesies Ahab’s death in the coming battle against Aram and is gaoled for his efforts, but he was right: …
Ahab’s missed opportunity
Ahab kills Naboth and gets rebuked by God (through Elijah), then forms an alliance with Jehoshaphat to recover Ramoth-gilead from …
The siege of Samaria
Elijah starts a drought, gets fed by ravens, takes on Baal and wins, calls Elisha, enrages Jezebel and Ahab and …
God searches for the committed
Israel and Judah stay split, but both fall away from God, fall into war and are invaded by Egypt and …
From bad to worse
Micah’s idols ensnare Dan; civil war with Benjamin: Judges 17–21 The accounts here are a tragic reminder of the cost …
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