by Paul Apple | Nov 4, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GOD GIVES THE VICTORY WHEN HIS PEOPLE UNITE TO ENGAGE THE ENEMY BEHIND THE LEADERSHIP OF HIS ANOINTED COMMANDERINTRODUCTION:Jeff Oliver: Joshua 10 tells the story of Israel’s southern campaign in Canaan, the dominant theme of which is “the LORD fought for...
by Paul Apple | Nov 3, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: WHEN GOD CALLS US TO VICTORY WE MUST FINISH OFF THE ENEMYINTRODUCTION:Nothing aggravates me more in movies than when the good guys fail to finish off the bad guys … who end up rearing their evil heads and renewing the conflict. We want to make sure that we...
by Paul Apple | Oct 24, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GOD EXERCISES CONTROL OVER THE NATIONS UNTIL THE VERY END WHEN HE WILL SAVE AND PROSPER ISRAEL SO REMAIN FAITHFUL NOW IN ANTICIPATION OF FUTURE REWARDINTRODUCTION:Wayne Barber: There are six instructions that Daniel gets for the final days. Things that God...
by Paul Apple | Oct 23, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE CLIMAX OF GOD’S PROGRAM FOR ISRAEL INVOLVES- RESCUE FROM SEVERE TRIBULATION,- RESURRECTION TO ETERNAL LIFE AND- REWARD FOR FAITHFUL SERVICEINTRODUCTION:Stephen Miller: Verse 1 also relates the final deliverance of the saints, followed in vv. 2-3 with an...
by Paul Apple | Oct 22, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: WORLD EVENTS CAUSING ISRAEL TURMOIL ARE PREDICTED FROM DANIEL’S TIME TO DESPICABLE ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES — BEFORE JUMPING AHEAD TO THE ULTIMATE ANTICHRIST IN END TIMESINTRODUCTION:Stephen Miller: In the previous section the vision was introduced; now its...
by Paul Apple | Oct 20, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GLORIOUS CHRISTOPHANY AND STRONG ENCOURAGEMENT PREPARE DANIEL FOR THE CONCLUDING VISION THAT REINFORCES GOD’S CONTROL OVER WORLD KINGDOMSINTRODUCTION:Iain Duguid: Daniel 10 is written to help us understand that life is hard and why life is hard, but also to...
by Paul Apple | Oct 19, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: DANIEL’S PRAYER OF CONFESSION AND PETITION FOR DELIVERANCE PROMPT REVELATION OF GOD’S FUTURE PROGRAM FOR ISRAEL INTRODUCTION: S. Lewis Johnson: It is undoubtedly true that this is one of the great prophecies of the Old Testament, perhaps one of the most...
by Paul Apple | Oct 17, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: EVIL WORLD EMPIRES MAGNIFY THEIR POWER AND INFLUENCE BUT ULTIMATELY WILL ALL BE BROKEN BY THE SOVEREIGN POWER OF GODINTRODUCTION:Stephen Miller: In the previous chapter God had given a preview of world history with emphasis on the end times, particularly the...
by Paul Apple | Oct 16, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: SUCCESSIVE EVIL EMPIRES DOMINATE THE WORLD SCENE UNTIL GOD REIGNS VICTORIOUS WITH HIS SAINTS IN HIS KINGDOMINTRODUCTION:Stephen Miller: For a variety of reasons, “modern commentators are generally agreed that chapter 7 is the single most important chapter of...
by Paul Apple | Oct 5, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE END BECOMES THE NEW BEGINNING INTRODUCTION: Raymond Dillard: Concluding the narrative with these two verses highlights the hopefulness already intimated in 36:20–21 and directs the reader to the continuation of the narrative in Ezra. The book ends with a...
by Paul Apple | Oct 5, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: STUBBORN REJECTION OF GOD LEADS INEVITABLY TO EXILE AND TEMPLE PLUNDERING AS JUDGMENT FALLS ON JERUSALEM INTRODUCTION: Raymond Dillard: The Chronicler has arranged the accounts to portray two themes (cf. Williamson, 412): (1) the common fate of the last four...
by Paul Apple | Oct 4, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD OF GOD ELEVATES WORSHIP CELEBRATION WHILE DISOBEDIENCE EXPOSES ONE TO HARM INTRODUCTION: Andrew Hill: The Passover is the preeminent religious festival for postexilic Judah and the apex of temple worship for the Chronicler. The reason...
by Paul Apple | Oct 3, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE RECOVERY OF THE WORD OF GOD MOTIVATES REFORMATION INTRODUCTION: Iain Duguid: Josiah is another example of faithfulness expressed in temple worship cleansed of idolatry and performed in accordance with the laws of Moses and the prescriptions of David...
by Paul Apple | Sep 30, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: EVEN THE WORST SINNER, IF HE HUMBLY REPENTS, IS NOT BEYOND THE MERCY OF GODINTRODUCTION:Raymond Dillard: Though the Chronicler was heavily dependent on Kings for his account of Manasseh (33:1–10 // 2 Kgs 21:1–10), the two accounts contrast sharply in their...
by Paul Apple | Sep 29, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: DESPITE FEET OF CLAY, HEZEKIAH ENCOURAGES LOOKING TO THE LORD FOR DELIVERANCE RATHER THAN TRUSTING THE ARM OF THE FLESHINTRODUCTION:Iain Duguid: Following his “acts of faithfulness” (as in 2 Chronicles 29–31; cf. 31:20), Hezekiah saw the death of the...
by Paul Apple | Sep 27, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: ADMINISTRATION OF SPIRITUAL WORSHIP AND SUPPORT FOR LEADERS REQUIRES FAITHFUL FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIPINTRODUCTION:John Gill: This chapter begins with the destruction of idolatrous worship, the appointment of the courses of the priests and Levites, and the...
by Paul Apple | Sep 25, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: REPENTANCE, HUMILITY AND CONSECRATION PROMOTE AN INCLUSIVE SPIRIT OF UNIFIED CORPORATE WORSHIP THAT ISSUES IN GREAT JOYINTRODUCTION:Iain Duguid: The end of the northern kingdom resulted in both the rapid increase in Judah’s population due to the influx of...
by Paul Apple | Sep 24, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: SPIRITUAL REVIVAL REQUIRES CONVICTED REPENTANCE, CLEANSING OF GOD’S TEMPLE AND COMMITMENT TO JOYFULLY WORSHIP WHOLEHEARTEDLYINTRODUCTION:J.A. Thompson: The Chronicler had a deep interest in Hezekiah. He devoted more space to his account of Hezekiah’s reign...
by Paul Apple | Sep 22, 2022 | Bible-OT
(Chap. 27) REIGN OF RIGHTEOUS JOTHAM – A GOOD KING BUT STILL CORRUPT PEOPLE BIG IDEA:DESPITE THE POSITIVE REIGN OF JOTHAM AND DIVINE BLESSING OF BUILDING PROJECTS AND INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS, THE PEOPLE FAIL TO REFORMINTRODUCTION:Raymond Dillard: This wholly positive...
by Paul Apple | Sep 18, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: SUCCESS FOSTERS PRIDE WHICH OFTEN LEADS TO SELF-EXALTATION WHICH THEN RESULTS IN JUDGMENTINTRODUCTION:Raymond Dillard: The earlier history [2 Kings] had reported that Uzziah did “right” and enjoyed one of the longest reigns of the Judean kings. The...
