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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...
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1 Samuel – Someone to follow, someone to blame The first book of Samuel falls, historically, toward the end of Judges, Samuel himself was probably born while Samson was Judge of Israel. It was a transitional period with the time of the Judges ending and the...
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Ruth – My Redeemer Lives In historical context, the story of Ruth takes place simultaneously with the last few chapters of Judges which were some of the darkest days in the history of Israel. They had forgotten God and were just doing what was right in their own...
