by David Keesling | Feb 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
1 Kings 10:6-7 “’It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom. Nevertheless I did not believe the reports, until I came and my eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. You exceed in wisdom and prosperity the report...
by David Keesling | Feb 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
1 Samuel 5:8(b) “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” Observation: Philistines had captured God’s ark when Israel, in presumption, had carried it into battle. Eli, Israel’s leading priest, had fallen over and died when he heard news (v. 4:18) of the...
by David Keesling | Feb 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Judges 11:36 “My father, you have given your word to the Lord. Do to me just as you promised…(but) give me two months to roam the hills and weep with my friends, because I will never marry.” Observation: Israel had been severely oppressed by the Ammonites for years...
by David Keesling | Feb 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
2 Chronicles 5: “…and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before the Ark, sacrificing so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or counted..” Observation: The temple’s construction was complete. Solomon had...
by David Keesling | Feb 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
Numbers 14:33 “And your children shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years and shall suffer for your faithlessness, until the last of your dead bodies lies in the wilderness.” Observation: Judgment had come upon the Hebrews. Of the twelve spies sent into...
by David Keesling | Feb 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
Genesis 28:8-9 “Also Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please his father Isaac. So Esau went to Ishmael and took…the daughter of Ishmael…to be his wife in addition to the wives he had.” Observation: This odd passage about Esau is tucked into the midst of a...
