Week 8 – Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 3 – Malachi: Setting the Stage Malachi, the last book of the Old Testament. As stories go, this “final chapter” would be similar to that of a children’s book that I once read. The fair maiden is trapped in the castle tower, held prisoner by the …
OT 8:2 Mordecai’s Influence
Week 8 – Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 2 – Esther Cont’d – Mordecai’s Influence: Esther 2:20; 4:1-17 Esther’s obedience continued even after she had been made queen. Chapter two, verse seventeen tells us that she was made queen in Vashti’s place. The king threw a feast, he gave out money and gifts, made …
OT 7:5 Mordecai’s Care
Week 7 – Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 5 – Esther Cont’d – Mordecai’s Care: Esther 2:7,11 “And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his …
OT 7:3 Zechariah and the Fatherless
Week 7 – Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 3 – Zechariah and the Fatherless: Zechariah 7,8 So, what about the fatherless? Where do they come into this whole picture? Once again, they are at the heart of the issue. Apparently, during the time of the captivity the Jews had been observing a time of …
OT 7:1 – Living a Submitted Life or Building a Memorial
Week 7 – Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 1: Zecharaiah and Ministry Cont’d – Living a Submitted Life or Building a Memorial: Ezra 4-6, Romans 6:16 When Zechariah and Haggai came to the people with this prophecy (See week 6, day 5) God stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel and Joshua and of the …
OT 6:5 Don’t Pour Your Life Into A Bag With Holes
Week 6 – Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 5: Zechariah and Ministry Cont’d – Don’t Pour Your Life Into A Bag With Holes: Haggai 1 The King’s letter brought the rebuilding of the temple to a halt. The response of the Jews to this new situation is very disheartening. In the opening chapter of …
OT 6:4 When the Enemy Frustrates our Purpose
Week 6 – Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 4: Zechariah and Ministry – When the Enemy Frustrates our Purpose: Ezra 4 Zerubbabel took a stand and would not allow the Jew’s adversaries a place in the building of the temple. So, what was their response? They made life miserable: “Then the people of the …
OT 6:3 When the Enemy Volunteers
Week 6 – Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 3 – Zechariah and the Challenges of Ministry – When the Enemy Volunteers: Ezra 4 So, you may be thinking, wait a minute, Zechariah and Challenges of Ministry – so why are we reading from Ezra? The answer is simple. The ministry of Zechariah overlaps the …
OT 6:2 A Man for the Gap
Week 6 – Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 2 – A Man for the Gap: Ezekiel 22:7, 29 Ezekiel twenty-two is a sobering chapter. It addresses Jerusalem and her sin. Verse three gives the short list of offenses: Violence and idolatry. The long list, however, starts in verse seven, to it is added gross …
OT 6:1 lndividual Responsibility
Week 6 – Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 1 – Individual Responsibility, Ezekiel 18:12,17 Ezekiel chapter eighteen is a very important chapter. While much of the material in the books of prophecy is dealing with the sins of Israel, Judah or many other nations as a whole, this chapter deals with the sins of …
