by Paul Apple | Sep 17, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: SUCCESS FOSTERS PRIDE WHICH OFTEN LEADS TO IDOLATRY AND STUBBORNNESS WHICH THEN RESULT IN JUDGMENTINTRODUCTION:Raymond Dillard: On the whole the record of Amaziah’s reign is a negative one. Apart from the brief, but clouded, victory over Edom as a reward for...
by Paul Apple | Sep 15, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: PROMISE AND PRIVILEGE CAN QUICKLY DEGENERATE INTO APOSTASY WHEN WE REJECT GOD’S WORD AND FOLLOW WORLDLY COUNSELINTRODUCTION:Andrew Hill: The Chronicler features the reigns of three kings following the execution of the usurper Athaliah: the child-king Joash,...
by Paul Apple | Sep 13, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE THREAT ATHALIAH POSED TO THE DAVIDIC DYNASTY REQUIRED PROVIDENTIAL PROTECTION TO ELEVATE JOASH TO THE THRONEINTRODUCTION:Raymond Dillard: Athaliah represented the one break in the dynastic continuity of the descendants of David. Though the queen mother...
by Paul Apple | Sep 12, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: EVIL COUNSEL AND ECUMENICAL ALLIANCES ALMOST WIPE OUT THE DAVIDIC DYNASTYINTRODUCTION:Iain Duguid: The future of the Davidic throne seemed precarious: the crisis that had brought Ahaziah to the throne is highlighted by repetition of the circumstances that...
by Paul Apple | Sep 10, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: EVIL LEADERSHIP PUTS THE KINGDOM IN JEAPARDY BUT DOES NOT NULLIFY GOD’S COMMITMENT TO THE DAVIDIC COVENANTINTRODUCTION:Iain Duguid: The Chronicler presents Jehoram’s reign as a complete aberration, the reversal of the reigns of kings before him.Raymond...
by Paul Apple | Sep 7, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: UNHOLY ALLIANCES COMPROMISE A SINCERE HEART FOR THE LORD BUT SALVATION CAN STILL COME AS WE SEEK HIMINTRODUCTION:Iain Duguid: Of all the accounts of the kings after Solomon, the account of Jehoshaphat’s reign is second in length only to Hezekiah’s (2...
by Paul Apple | Sep 3, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: SPIRITUAL FAITHFULNESS MUST BE SUSTAINED –IT’S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST START OUT STRONGINTRODUCTION:We see many examples in Scriptures and in life where somebody starts out strong – trusting the Lord alone in times of pressure – but finishes poorly. New...
by Paul Apple | Sep 1, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: WHEN GOD CHOOSES SIDES IT IS FOOLISH TO OPPOSE HIM –ABIJAH TRIES UNSUCCESSFULLY TO GET JEROBOAM TO STAND DOWN FROM CIVIL WARINTRODUCTION:Raymond Dillard: Where Kings describes a sinful king not wholly devoted to God, a king maintained only because of God’s...
by Paul Apple | Aug 31, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE LEADERSHIP FAILURE OF REHOBOAM RESULTS IN THE JUDGMENT OF SHISHAK’S INVASION WHICH IS MITIGATED BY HUMBLE REPENTANCE BUT STILL PAINFUL IN ITS OUTCOMEINTRODUCTION:Andrew Hill: Pharaoh Shishak or Sheshonq I was the founder of the Twenty-Second Dynasty, and...
by Paul Apple | Aug 30, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE KINGDOM OF GOD MUST ADDRESS ITS VULNERABILITIES BY TAKING APPROPRIATE MILITARY, RELIGIOUS, FAMILY AND ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTER MEASURESINTRODUCTION:Andrew Hill: The passage [vv. 5-17] divides neatly into two sections, a summary of Rehoboam’s defensive...
by Paul Apple | Aug 29, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: FOOLISH INSISTENCE ON TYRANNICAL OPPRESSION CAUSES A DIVISION IN THE KINGDOM OF ISRAELINTRODUCTION:Frederick Mabie: Chapters 10-36 of 2 Chronicles constitute the final major section of the Chronicler’s work: the account of the kingdom of Judah following the...
by Paul Apple | Aug 27, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE UNIQUENESS AND SUPREMACY OF SOLOMON’S BLESSED RULE WERE MARKED BY ABUNDANT WEALTH, WISDOM AND FAMEINTRODUCTION:August Konkel: Two of Solomon’s international contacts are described in great detail: Hiram to the north and the queen of Sheba to the south....
by Paul Apple | Aug 25, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: SOLOMON’S IDEALIZED KINGSHIP FOCUSED ON EXPANDING DOMINION AND ENHANCING WORSHIPINTRODUCTION:Martin Selman: The final section of Solomon’s reign (chs. 8-9) concentrates on the theme of praise for all that God has done for Solomon (see especially 9:8). This...
by Paul Apple | Aug 24, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TEMPLE DERIVES FROM THE ABIDING GLORY OF THE LORD – REQUIRING COVENANT FAITHFULNESSINTRODUCTION:Andrew Hill: The circumstantial clause denoting the cause-and-effect relationship between Solomon’s prayer and God’s response clearly marks...
by Paul Apple | Aug 21, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: SOLOMON’S TEMPLE DEDICATION PRAYER HIGHLIGHTS THE EFFICACY OF INTERCESSORY PRAYER BASED ON GOD’S RESPONSIVENESS AND ANTICIPATES THE PERPETUATION OF THE DAVIDIC DYNASTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOD’S COVENANT COMMITMENTINTRODUCTION:August Konkel: Solomon takes his...
by Paul Apple | Aug 20, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: ACCESS TO THE PRESENCE OF GOD SHOULD CAUSE US TO JOYFULLY CELEBRATE AND PRAISE GOD FOR HIS FAITHFULNESSINTRODUCTION:Frederick Mabie: The dedication of the temple is essentially one literary unit, beginning with the assembly of the leaders of Israel in 5:2...
by Paul Apple | Aug 19, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE MAJESTY AND GLORY OF GOD ARE REFLECTED IN THE ORNATE AND PRECIOUS DESIGN OF THE TEMPLE STRUCTURES AND INTERNAL FURNISHINGS AND UTENSILSINTRODUCTION:Raymond Dillard: In light of the dominant role the temple plays in the Chronicler’s history the most...
by Paul Apple | Aug 18, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE GRANDEUR OF THE TEMPLE PROJECT REQUIRES SKILLED CRAFTSMEN AND SPECIAL LUMBER PROVIDED BY HURAM OF TYREINTRODUCTION:J.A. Thompson: With 2 Chronicles 2 the writer reaches the point to which he has been aiming, the building of the temple. The events...
by Paul Apple | Aug 17, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: SOLOMON’S KINGDOM MARKED BY WORSHIP, WISDOM AND WEALTHINTRODUCTION:Frederick Mabie: The idea of divine presence (as reflected in the Chronicler’s note that the Lord God was “with” Solomon, 2Ch 1:1) is an important theological motif that threads it way...
by Paul Apple | Aug 15, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: DAVID’S EXEMPLARY GIVING CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT TEMPLE CONSTRUCTION IN THE CONTEXT OF OVERFLOWING PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING MARKS THE TRANSITION TO THE REIGN OF SOLOMONINTRODUCTION:August Konkel: vv. 1-9 — This address of David has several distinct...
