Gilbert House Fellowship #178: Jeremiah 14-21
JEREMIAH’S PROPHECIES get even darker this week, and God tells him to proclaim famine, destruction, and pestilence for the rebellious kingdom of Judah.Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #177: Jeremiah 8-13
CONDEMNATION AND promise are the themes of Jeremiah’s prophecy against Judah in this week’s study.Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #176: Jeremiah 3-7
THE HEARTBREAK of Jeremiah at the prophesied destruction of Jerusalem is evident in this week’s reading: My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh the walls of my heart! My heart is beating wildly; I cannot keep silent, for I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Gilbert House Fellowship #175: Zephaniah; Jeremiah 1-2
YOU’D THINK that prophets of Yahweh during the reign of good king Josiah would have been a little more upbeat. Not so much.Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #174: 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chr 34-35
JOSIAH IS remembered as one of the best kings of the House of David — indeed, he was the last good king of Israel.Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #173: Isaiah 65-66; 2 Kings 20-21
ISAIAH’S PROPHECY of a new heaven and new Earth is the focus of this week’s Old Testament study. We note sections where Isaiah is cited by later prophets, highlight another example of the divine council worldview (God’s condemnation of a ritual meal for the Canaanite gods Gad and Meni), and discuss the parallels between the last chapters of Isaiah and the last chapters of Revelation.Continue Reading