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“‘The days are coming,’ declares the LORD, ‘when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land.’”
Jeremiah 23:5 NIV
Old Testament prophets tended to get in trouble. Not because they were bad people, but because they often spoke uncomfortable truths to people in... See more
“‘The days are coming,’ declares the LORD, ‘when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land.’”
Jeremiah 23:5 NIV
Old Testament prophets tended to get in trouble. Not because they were bad people, but because they often spoke uncomfortable truths to people in... See more
“Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood” (Acts 20:28 NIV).
Timothy Z. Witmer • Shepherd Leader
the Hebrew book of Exodus, when Moses approaches the burning bush, the divine Voice orders, “Shed your sandals.” This is ordinarily translated as “take off” or “remove” your sandals, the way we would typically talk about our own shoes. But the original verb is more radical. Shed. Cast off. Leave behind. This is the verb we use for the great
... See moreLyanda Lynn Haupt • Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit
Abiding leads to knowing the truth. And the truth will set me free. It’s not just abiding anywhere though. it’s abiding in Jesus. What we abide in will lead to a truth. But it’s only The Truth that can set me free.
... See more“So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and
40 For on my holy mountain, the mountain height of Israel, says the Lord GOD, there all the house of Israel, all of them, shall serve me in the land; there I will accept them, and there I will require your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your sacred things. 41As a pleasing odor I will accept you, when I bring you out from the
... See moreC. S. Lewis • The C. S. Lewis Bible: For Reading, Reflection, and Inspiration
the Davidic covenant, which has two parts: David’s dynasty and Solomon’s Temple.
Tara-Leigh Cobble • The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible
31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel? 32There was war between Asa and King Baasha of Israel all their days.