(REFLECTIONS ON Jonah 2:1-10) Yes, Jonah’s prayer is significant. It shows Jonah sinking deeper and deeper into the sea and then the Lord saving him from death by appointing a great fish to swallow him. Perhaps what is more significant than Jonah’s prayer, is from where the prayer took place. 1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Jonah 1:1-17) Jonah was called to go to Nineveh, the future capital city of Assyria, the enemy of the Israelites. How could he go to the enemy to proclaim a message of repentance from the Lord? So, although the word of the Lord came to Jonah saying, “Arise” and “go“, Jonah tried to flee […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Obadiah 1:1-21) The vision of Obadiah concerning Edom. Who is Edom? The nation of Edom is the descendants of Esau. Esau was the older twin brother of Jacob, who later became Israel, father of the Israelites. Esau was deceived by his brother Jacob of his blessing and birthright, and even before birth they were […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Amos 9:11-15) 11 “In that day I will raise up the fallen booth of David,And wall up its breaches;I will also raise up its ruinsAnd rebuild it as in the days of old; The fallen booth of David as written in the New American Standard Bible translation refers to the fallen dynasty and kingdom […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Amos 9:1-10) In Psalm 139, the psalmist contemplates, 7 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? Yes, the Lord is everywhere, and at all times. There is great comfort in this because there is no where, no situation, no time or space that we aren’t under […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Amos 8:1-14) What did Amos see? A basket of summer fruit. A basket of summer fruit left out in the sun will quickly over ripen and start to rot and decay. Yes, the time of judgment is near for Israel, “The end has come for My people Israel, I will spare them no longer.” […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Amos 7:7-17) In today’s Scripture, we read about a plumb line in the hand of God. A plumb line is a tool made by tying a heavy weight to a string and is used to check if a building wall is perfectly straight and vertical. The Lord is symbolically holding a plumb line against […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Amos 7:1-6) God’s judgment was coming down upon Israel in the form of a locust-swarm and an all-consuming fire, and Amos twice interceded for them. 2 And it came about, when it had finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said,“Lord God, please pardon!How can Jacob stand,For he is small?”3 The Lord […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Amos 6:1-14) In Romans 1:25, Paul writes, 25 For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. This is the fundamental problem with humanity in the face of the God that created all of creation. There is a […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Amos 5:1-27) 3 For thus says the Lord God,“The city which goes forth a thousand strongWill have a hundred left,And the one which goes forth a hundred strongWill have ten left to the house of Israel.” Ten percent. Yes, only ten percent will remain. Doesn’t ten percent remind us of something? Tithe? Yes, tithe, […]