All is Vanity
2025-02-02
LIFE IS SHORT and then you die. That’s the surface-level interpretation of the opening chapters of the Book of Ecclesiastes.Continue Reading
Intercession of the Archangels
2025-01-26
The author(s) of the Book of the Watchers saw the punishment of the rebellious Watchers resulting from the intercession of the four archangels. Continue Reading
Iron Sharpens Iron
2025-01-19
ACCEPTING CORRECTION and wise counsel can be difficult, but it can save us from a world of trouble.Continue Reading
It is the Glory of God to Conceal Things
2025-01-12
THE CONTRAST between God and kings, and between wisdom and folly, are a central theme of these proverbs of Solomon.
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The Lord Appears to Solomon a Second Time
2024-11-03
YOU’D THINK an appearance by God Himself would be enough to keep even a king on the straight and narrow for the rest of his life.Continue Reading
And They Were, All of Them, Two Hundred
2024-10-27
THE SINS of the “sons of God” mentioned in Genesis 6:1–4 are listed in detail in chapters 6 through 8 of the Book of 1 Enoch.Continue Reading
Put Not Your Trust in Princes
2024-10-20
TRUSTING IN other people will usually disappoint. This week’s reading in Psalms is timely, giving that we’re less than three weeks away from electing a new president in the United States.Continue Reading
His Steadfast Love Endures Forever
2024-10-13
SOLOMON’S prayer of dedication for the Temple includes a phrase we read often in the Psalms, “steadfast love,” which is sometimes translated “mercy,” “favor,” “loyalty,” or “lovingkindness.”Continue Reading
The Prayer of Solomon
2024-10-06
SOLOMON’S PRAYER of dedication is a wonderful petition to God, asking Him to listen to the prayers of His people.Continue Reading
Indictment of the Watchers
2024-09-29
THE SIN OF THE WATCHERS is framed by the Book of 1 Enoch as a violation of the natural order.Continue Reading