Psalm 58 brings two worlds together. It speaks of the spiritual realm where demonic entities work against the things of God, and of the earth where men rage against the Lord. Both will come to utter destruction. David was not ignorant of these separate places and how they worked in conjunction with each other. He…
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Job 2:3 – You Incited Me
When we read in Job 1-2 about the sons of God (bene Elohim) coming to present themselves before Him, we see an interesting dynamic. First, we must understand that these are spiritual beings. They gather before their creator in His divine throne room into an assembly known as the Divine Council. Every entity in God’s…
John 10:16 – One Flock One Shepherd
God didn’t have to do any of this. He had no need that He had to fill. There wasn’t any outside influence on Him. God created us simply because He wanted to. No, maybe I’m wrong. Perhaps He did have a need. That need was to lavish the love bursting in His heart upon someone….
1 Chronicles 1:39 – Genealogical Mayhem
When you come across genealogies in the Bible, do your eyes cross and you begin to nod off, wishing this portion of your daily reading would hurry up and pass? That’s a typical reaction, and one you might have in your first several times reading through the entire Bible in a year and coming across…
Luke 20:36 – Equal to Angels
The scribes and chief priests, the Pharisees and the Sadducees, all came to Jesus with their own agendas hoping to catch Him as a false prophet and thus denounce Him. At one point, the Sadducees tried to trip Him up with questions about the afterlife. As opposed to the Pharisees, they didn’t believe in the…
Judges 6:31 – Contending for Baal
Why is it that those who follow other gods feel they have to protect their god; that he cannot do the work of protecting himself? I’m thinking specifically of Islam right now with the followers of Allah, but this certainly applies to every other god. All of them apparently need their followers to act in…