II Kings 3:1-4:7 Dear RTB’ers, The author of II Kings does not have much good to say about the kings in the Northern Kingdom, but today we read a couple of positives. First, [Jehoram] … did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, though not like his father and mother, for he put …
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October 15 / II Kings 1-2
II Kings 1-2 Dear RTB’ers, Leaving John’s gospel, returning to Kings. Ahab is gone and his son, Ahaziah succeeds him. Again, the pattern in the Northern Kingdom, “like father, like son”. Ahaziah follows false gods the same as Ahab had. And he gets the same results that his father had gotten – it would be …
October 14 / John 12:37-50
Dear RTB’ers, In John’s first quote today, he is quoting Isaiah: LORD, who has believed what he heard from us, and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? (Isaiah 53:1) The rest of Isaiah 53 is worth reading. That chapter, together with Psalm 22 is very often quoted with respect to Jesus’ …
October 13 / John 12:20-36
John 12:20-36 Dear RTB’ers, Jesus speaking: “Now is My soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father, glorify Your name.” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” The crowd that …
October 12 / John 11:45-12:19
John 11:45-12:19 Dear RTB’ers, He [Caiaphas] did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, and not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. (vv. 11:52-53) I wonder if the …
October 11 / John 11:28-44
John 11:28-44 Dear RTB’ers, Lazarus, part 2. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” (v. 39a) It’s a simple request by Jesus, yet He is met with opposition from the person who just a few verses earlier had proclaimed Him the Messiah: Martha … said to Him, “Lord, by this time there will be an odor, …
October 10 / John 11:1-27
John 11:1-27 Dear RTB’ers, Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead – His greatest miracle. We all know the story, so I’ll post just a couple of side comments. First, Thomas: So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with Him.” (v. 16) Thomas is often …
October 9 / John 10:22-42
John 10:22-42 Dear RTB’ers, The following verses have always been confusing to me: Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? If he called them gods to whom the word of God came, … do you say of Him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, …
October 8 / John 10:1-21
John 10:1-21 Dear RTB’ers, Today, the Good Shepherd… And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. (v. 16) So, who are the “other sheep”? To whom was Jesus referring? …to people in the crowd who said that He …
October 7 / John 9
John 9 Dear RTB’ers, Today, Jesus’s healing of a man born blind. Carol told me a few years back that she had learned in one of her studies that healing a person born blind was one of the signs that the Jews expected of the Messiah. So we read this today and my thoughts run …