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...
