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Proverbs – Christ Jesus, the Wisdom of God “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding." Proverbs 9:10 Solomon was the principal author of the Proverbs but there was an Author 'behind' the...
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Psalms – The language of the heart Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. Psalm 150:6 While it is entirely valid to pray under our breath in our mind and heart, and equally valid to 'hear' or sense God's 'still,...
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Job – I know that my redeemer lives For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the earth. Job 19:26 The Book of Job is probably one of the earliest stories of the Bible. The Septuagint establishes Job as a historical person at the end of...
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Esther – For such a time as this “If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. What’s more, who can say but that you have been elevated to the palace for just such a time...
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Nehemiah – With God’s help So on October 2 the wall was finished—just fifty-two days after we had begun. When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our...
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Ezra – A brief moment of grace But now we have been given a brief moment of grace, for the Lord our God has allowed a few of us to survive as a remnant. Ezra 9:8 Ezra the priest served among the exiles to Babylon and is a giant of the faith, one of the true...
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2 Kings & 2 Chronicles – The Passionate Commitment of the Lord For a remnant of my people will spread out from Jerusalem, a group of survivors from Mount Zion. The passionate commitment of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will make this happen! 2 Kings 19:31 The...
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1 Kings and 2 Chronicles – The Opposite of Love 1 and 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles cover the same period of history, with 1 Kings reflected in the first part of 2 Chronicles and 2 Kings in the second half. 1 Kings details the life of Solomon, David’s son, who...
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2 Samuel & 1 Chronicles – Remember who you are Now these are the last words of David. Thus says David the son of Jesse; Thus says the man raised up on high, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel: 2 Samuel 23:1 The books of 2...
