by Justin Marple | Aug 21, 2011 | Deuteronomy Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
Last time we finished the stipulations of the covenant treaty between God as the powerful sovereign and Israel as his servant vassal. In such treaties you will find the main elements that we are going to see today. The main difference is that Deuteronomy sees beyond...
by Justin Marple | Aug 21, 2011 | 2011 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 39 is how Isaiah wants us to remember Hezekiah. We are not to remember him as a good king but as mortal (Isaiah 38) and especially as fallible (Isaiah 39). Not even just able to make mistakes, but that he made mistakes and one huge one at that. The big...
by Justin Marple | Aug 16, 2011 | Deuteronomy Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
What we find in these chapters of Deuteronomy continues to prove the thesis demonstrated in the last post. That is, Deuteronomy seeks to explain the Torah and emphasize particular themes. This is particularly the case with regard to the time coming when they will...
by Justin Marple | Aug 14, 2011 | Deuteronomy Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
The laws of Deuteronomy fit into a larger scheme of the laws of the Torah. We have discussed the relationship of the laws from other angles in other posts. Here we will simply compare the similar regulations in Deuteronomy to other books in the Torah to show that what...
by Justin Marple | Aug 14, 2011 | 2011 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 38 includes a poem by King Hezekiah after he was told that he would die from his illness but then he prayed and God gave him another 15 years. If you could read this book without having heard the good news about the coming of Jesus Christ and you see the...
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