by David Keesling | Apr 18, 2013 | 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...
by David Keesling | Apr 17, 2013 | 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...
by David Keesling | Apr 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
Hosea 2:6-7(a) “Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way. She will chase after her lovers but not catch them; she will look for them but not find them.” Observation: Israel is portrayed as an...
by David Keesling | Apr 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Hosea 1:2 “When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him, ‘Go, take yourself an adulterous wife and children of unfaithfulness, because the land is guilty of the vilest adultery in departing from the Lord.’” Observation: Hosea’s family...
by David Keesling | Apr 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
1 Kings 22:8(b) “…but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good about me, but always bad.” Observation: Ahab, king of Israel, was preparing to war when an allied king, Jehoshaphat, encouraged Ahab to first seek God’s counsel. Ahab maintained a...
by David Keesling | Apr 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
1 Kings 20:42 “He said to the king, ‘This is what the Lord says. You have set free a man I had determined should die. Therefore it is your life for his life, your people for his people.” Observation: A prophet is speaking to Ahab king of Israel, condemning...
