by Justin Marple | Mar 28, 2013 | General Teachings, TEACHING
This first-thoughts review is only going to scratch the surface of the issues that this episode raises and really serves as a launching pad for me to make some points that I have not posted about elsewhere. In this episode one of the best things is simply seeing...
by Justin Marple | Mar 25, 2013 | Book of 12 Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
Haggai and Zechariah, which is the book after Haggai in The Twelve, both begin by dating their books by the reign of King Darius. Haggai begins, “In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of YHWH came by the...
by Justin Marple | Mar 20, 2013 | Book of 12 Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
Zephaniah is the only prophetic book with a genealogy of such depth – “The word of YHWH that came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah…” (Zephaniah 1:1). Hezekiah is not identified as the king of Judah, but that is...
by Justin Marple | Mar 18, 2013 | Former Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, Samuel Commentary, TEACHING
The section we will look at here concerns the rise of Absalom, David’s son. His rise parallels the rise of Saul in the structure of the book of Samuel. But his rise is much worse than Saul’s early years. It begins when Amnon, another of...
by Justin Marple | Mar 18, 2013 | General Teachings, TEACHING
The third episode of the miniseries The Bible on the History Channel opens by recapitulating the roles of Abraham, Moses, and David. The theme: “The nation of Israel has been forged in faith by heroes.” The episode rather effectively begins by...
by Justin Marple | Mar 17, 2013 | Former Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, Samuel Commentary, TEACHING
In this post we will look at the fall of David. In the chiastic structure of the book this section answers the fall of Saul. Chapter 10 shows us Israel’s defeat of the Ammonites and the Syrians. I might have included chapter 10 under the previous section where...
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