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What’s the signficance of Judges 10:6-17
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Verse: Judges 10
The Israelites rebelled against Yahweh and worshipped other gods. As a result, Yahweh withdrew his protection of them and “sold them into the hands of te Philistines and the Ammonites” (Judg. 10:6-7). The Israelites eventually…
What is the significance of Judges 10:13–16?
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Verse: Judges 10
The Israelites cry out to God because of their oppression from foreign rulers. The Lord refuses to deliver them because they have abandoned him (vs. 13–14). The Israelites repented, put away their foreign gods and…
What is the significance of 1 Samuel 2:27–31?
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Verse: 1 Samuel 2
Because Eli “scorned” God’s sacrifices and did not punish his sons for their vile behavior, the Lord says, “‘I promised that your house and your father’s house would minister before me forever.’ But now the…
What is the significance of 1 Samuel 13:13–14?
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Verse: 1 Samuel 13
Because of Saul’s rebellion, Samuel tells him, “The Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever but now your kingdom will not continue.” The biblical narrative depicting God’s dealings with Saul up to this…
What is the significance of 1 Samuel 15:10?
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Verse: 1 Samuel 15
In light of Saul’s sin the Lord says, “I regret that I made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me.” Common sense would suggest that one can only regret a decision one…
Huckabee on Amending the Constitution
Category: General
Well, you may have already heard about it. Huckabee publicly proclaimed that we need to amend the constitution to bring it into conformity with “God’s standards.” You can check out the minute and a half…
What is the Warfare Worldview?
Category: Essays
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Topics: Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict
The warfare worldview is based on the conviction that our world is engaged in a cosmic war between a myriad of agents, both human and angelic, that have aligned themselves with either God or Satan….
Old Testament Support for the Warfare Worldview
Category: Essays
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Topics: Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict
Rebuking Hostile Waters Satan plays a minor role in the Old Testament relative to the New Testament. Instead, the warfare worldview in the Old Testament is expressed in terms of God’s conflict with hostile waters,…
What is the warfare worldview?
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Topics: Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict
The warfare worldview is based on the conviction that our world is engaged in a cosmic war between a myriad of agents, both human and angelic, that have aligned themselves with either God or Satan….
What is the significance of 1 Samuel 15:35?
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Verse: 1 Samuel 15
“…the Lord was sorry that he made Saul king over Israel.” (see 1 Sam. 15:12). Once again, the Lord expresses his regret over having made Saul king of Israel, an emotion which is inconsistent with…
What is the significance of 1 Samuel 23:9–13?
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Verse: 1 Samuel 23
“David heard that Saul knew that he was hiding in Keliah. Saul was seeking to kill David, so David wisely consulted the Lord as to what he should do. David said, ‘O Lord, the God…
What is the significance of 2 Samuel 24:12–16?
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Verse: 2 Samuel 24
The Lord gives David three options of how Israel will be judged. “Three things I offer you; choose one of them, and I will do it to you.” This verse reveals how the Lord gives…
What is the significance of 2 Samuel 24:17–25?
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Verse: 2 Samuel 24
“So the Lord answered [David’s] supplication for the land, and the plague was averted from Israel.” The passage suggests that the Lord intended the plague to judge Israel further but David’s supplication persuaded him to…
What is the significance of 1 Kings 21:27–29?
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Verse: 1 Kings 21
Because of Ahab’s great sin the Lord tells him, “I will bring disaster on you; I will consume you…” (vs. 21). Ahab repents and the Lord responds by telling his messenger prophet, “Have you seen…
What is the significance of 2 Kings 13:3–5?
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Verse: 2 Kings 13
The Lord judged the Israelites by allowing them to be oppressed by King Hazael of Aram (vs. 3). “But Jehoahaz entreated the Lord, and the Lord heeded him; for he saw the oppression of Israel,…
What is the significance of 2 Kings 20:1–7?
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Verse: 2 Kings 20
The Lord tells Hezekiah “[Y]ou shall die: you shall not recover” (vs. 1). Hezekiah pleads with God and God says, “I will add fifteen years to your life” (vs. 6). If everything about the future…
What is the significance of 1 Chronicles 21:7–13?
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Verse: Chronicles 21
The Lord gives David three options of how Israel may be judged. “Three things I offer you; choose one of them, and I will do it to you.” Paralleling 2 Samuel 24:12–16, this passage reveals…
What is the significance of 1 Chronicles 21:15?
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Verse: Chronicles 21
“And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; but when he was about to destroy it, the Lord took note and relented concerning the calamity; he said to the destroying angel, ‘Enough! Stay…
What is the significance of 2 Chronicles 7:12–14?
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Verse: Chronicles 7
The Lord says to Solomon, “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, if my people who…
What is the significance of 2 Chronicles 12:5–8?
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Verse: Chronicles 12
The Lord allows King Shishak of Egypt to almost conquer all of Israel because of King Reheboam’s rebellion. “You abandoned me, so I have abandoned you to the hand of Shishak” (vs. 5). The officers…