This morning, I finished reading the book of Job. I had already planned to begin rereading it from tomorrow as the richness of this book’s symbolic use of the natural world is utterly breathtaking. I don’t feel ready to leave it yet! But it is instead the book’s end – Job’s daughters specifically – whichContinue reading “The Daughters of Job: An Inheritance Among Our Brothers”
Category Archives: Hebrews
On Types and Shadows
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was offering up his only begotten son; 18 it was he to whom it was said, “In Isaac your descendants shall be called.” 19 He considered that God is able to raise people even from the dead, from which he also received him back as a type. 20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau,Continue reading “On Types and Shadows”
40
Today marks my 40th post about the Bible. This is a major milestone for me because when I started this blog, writing 40 posts was one of the goals I had in mind. There is nothing magical about the number 40. The Bible doesn’t require us to set aside 40 days of doing anything inContinue reading “40”
Behold the Clouds of Heaven
“I kept looking in the night visions,And behold, with the clouds of heavenOne like a Son of Man was coming,And He came up to the Ancient of DaysAnd was presented before Him.Daniel 7:13 Sometimes, and lately in particular, when I am reading the Bible or just sitting and puzzling over a text, something catches the cornerContinue reading “Behold the Clouds of Heaven”
No Longer a Slave, More than a Slave
How can I say anything about 1 Kings, about the Temple of Solomon, without talking about slavery? How can I encounter slavery yet again in 2 Chronicles without eyeing up this bitter pill and figuring out what to do with it? Then Solomon took a census of all the aliens who were residing in theContinue reading “No Longer a Slave, More than a Slave”
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