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Demo work for later building — Isaiah 16-18
Sometimes demolition is necessary before a better building can be built. Sometimes it’s necessary to break the will to rebuild the spirit. In today’s reading in Isaiah there are certainly judgments that are leveled at Israel’s neighbors for their idolatry … Continue reading
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Tagged Assyria, Babylon, better bulding, broken will, church, demolition, Persia, rebuilding, Rome
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God’s rod of punishment can have a name — Isaiah 10-12
Today’s reading is one that has given me pause for thought. What a great planner God is! What great things He accomplishes through blessing and tragedy, triumph and defeat, good guys and bad buys, lean times and fat. The first … Continue reading
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Tagged Assyria, peace, punishment, Remnant, rod of punishment, root of Jesse, unity
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King Josiah of Judah
[This posting can also be found on another blog of mine, Bible 101, and is offered here as a sample of that series of posts, in case you’d like to follow that one, too.] I hope you had a blessed … Continue reading →