Isaiah 17:7--8: “In that day man will have regard for his Maker and his eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel. He will not have regard for the altars, the work of his hands.” Observation: Isaiah’s prophecies, like most prophecies, generally addressed two time...

Isaiah 9:7: “There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace.” Observation: The people of God had been plundered, scattered and defeated; impoverished, left without hope. But Isaiah prophesied of a time of restoration and deliverance for them, not...

Micah 6:6--8: “With what shall I come to the Lord and bow myself before the God on high? Shall I come to Him with burnt offerings, with yearling calves? Does the Lord take delight in thousands of rams, in ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my...

Micah 4:6: “In that day,” declares the Lord, “I will assemble the lame and gather the outcasts, even those whom I have afflicted.” Observation: Judah had been in such rebellion that God sent Micah to prophesy destruction of the nation and judgment against the people....

Hebrews 5:8: “Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered.” Observation: Do you find it odd that God had something to learn? Isn’t He the all-knowing One, the very Source of knowledge itself? Yet here, speaking of Jesus, the Bible...

Hosea 10:1: “Israel is a luxuriant vine; he produces fruit for himself. The more his fruit, the more altars he made.” Observation: The context of Hosea 10:1 is that as the people became more prosperous, they had less need to rely upon God and began to build their own...

Hosea 6:3: “So let us know; let us press on to know the Lord. His going forth is as certain as the dawn; and He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.” Hebrews 3:6, 14: “Christ was faithful as a Son over His house—whose house we are,...

Hebrews 2:9: “But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.” Observation: Hebrews 2 exalts the most...

John 5:7: “The sick man answered Him, ‘Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” Observation: The man had been sick for thirty-eight years. He had taken his daily trip to the Pool of...

1 Chronicles 25:1, 8:  “David and the commanders of the army set apart for service some . . . who were to prophesy with lyres, harps and cymbals. . . . They cast lots for their duties, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the...