by David Keesling | Feb 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
Ezra 4:13-16 “Now let it be known to the king, that if that city is rebuilt and the walls are finished, they will not pay tribute…and it will damage the revenue of the kings…It is not fitting for us to see the king’s dishonor…You will have no possession in the...
by David Keesling | Feb 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
John 19:2-3 “The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe and went up to Him again and again, saying, ‘Hail, king of the Jews!’ And they struck Him in the face” (NIV). Observation: Pilate, the Roman...
by David Keesling | Feb 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
Luke 11:27-28 “And while Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, ‘Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts at which You nursed.’ But He said, ‘On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God...
by David Keesling | Feb 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Zechariah 7:5 “Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years, was it actually for Me?’” Observation: This was a question from God posed through Zechariah to the nation of Israel. ...
by David Keesling | Feb 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
1 Samuel 13:8, 13-14 “Now he waited seven days according to the appointed time set by Samuel…Samuel said to Saul, ‘You have acted foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God…The Lord has sought out for Himself a man after His own heart, and the...
by David Keesling | Feb 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Deuteronomy 30:4(b) “From there the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back” (NIV). Observation: God spoke in this passage of restoration. Through Moses, He predicted that Israel would stray even though they were now poised to enter Canaan, their land of...