by David Keesling | Dec 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
Acts 7:57 “At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, dragged him out of the city and began to stone him.” Observation: Stephen had been brought before the Sanhedrin under false charges of blasphemy against God and...
by David Keesling | Dec 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
Revelation 7:15–16 “…and He who sits on the throne will spread His tent over them. Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat upon them nor any scorching heat.” Observation: Rev. 7 movingly focuses on God’s ability to...
by David Keesling | Dec 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Revelation 5:4 “I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll.” Observation: In Revelation 4 John reported seeing someone sitting on the throne, but the chapter’s focus is on what was occurring in its vicinity. Swirls of light and booming...
by David Keesling | Dec 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Revelation 4:11 “…for You created all things and by Your will they were created and have their being.” Observation: This passage was written by John after God invited him to “come up here” (v. 1) to see heaven’s throne room. John reported seeing someone sitting on the...
by David Keesling | Dec 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
2 Chronicles 25:9 “Amaziah asked the man of God, ‘But what about the hundred talents I paid for those Israelite troops?’” Observation: Amaziah, king of Judah, was preparing to war against Edom. To augment his army he hired a hundred thousand fighting men from Israel...
by David Keesling | Dec 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Hosea 4:7 “The more the priests increased, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for something disgraceful.” Observation: Through the prophet Hosea, God condemns both the nation of Israel and their priests. They had rejected knowledge, so God had...