Aug 29, 2024
1CHRONICLES 9-10:
This
is the last name chapter at the beginning of this book, bringing us
up to the time of the returning exiles. And king Saul’s genealogy
is given, because we pick up Israel’s narrative with Saul in the
next chapter.
PROVERBS 17b:
This
special verse reminds me of an old song we used to sing every
Sunday evening with fellow missionaries.
Pro.
17:22 NLT A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a broken spirit saps a person’s
strength.
1st THESSALONIANS 1:
The
book of Revelation has the reputation of being about the second
coming of Christ, but our doctrines about the second coming come
much more from the two letters to Thessalonica. Every chapter of 1
Thessalonians includes a reference to the second coming. And the
second coming is mentioned 20 times in these two little letters.
Paul, Timothy and Silas spent only three Sabbath days in
Thessalonica. They did an amazing work in grounding these
believers, and Timothy was sent back soon afterward. The believers
had questions. Some were worried about believers who had died or
would die before Christ’s return. Others were thinking Jesus would
return so soon that they need not do any work now. This is a highly
personal letter to people who had become dear to Paul in a very
short time, and one of his earliest letters, written around 51
AD.
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