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Daily Readings: Daniel 6 and Psalm 147 When Daniel’s colleagues in government became envious of his success and plotted to usurp his authority, they looked for some moral failing or irregularity to pin on him. But, v.4-5 says, “they could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent. Finally these
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Daily Readings: Daniel 5 and Psalm 146 What we’re told by ancient historians, but not by Daniel 5, is that while King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine with them from the sacred golden goblets from the temple in Jerusalem, his kingdom was actually at war with
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Daniel 4 and Psalm 145 Neither Daniel’s miraculous revelation and interpretation in Daniel 2, nor the miraculous rescue of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego by the fourth man in the furnace in Daniel 3 had been enough to convert king Nebuchadnezzar. He had been impressed by Yahweh. He had praised Him as the God of gods
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Daily Readings: Daniel 3 and Psalm 144 One can only imagine the pressure Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were under. The external social pressure was on, as everyone around them obeyed the king’s order to worship the great idolatrous statue; yet they refused. The internal pressure of fear was on, as defying the order was punishable
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Daily Readings: Daniel 2 and Psalm 143 By God’s grace, Daniel and his companions had been found to be “ten times better” than all the magicians and enchanters of Babylon in every matter of wisdom and understanding (1:20). They were now classed among the “wise men” of Babylon. Later, however, when a group of royal
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Daily Readings: Daniel 1 and Psalm 142 Today, having just completed 1 & 2 Kings, rather than starting 1 & 2 Chronicles (which repeats the historical events of 1 & 2 Kings from a different perspective) we’re jumping in to the prophetic book of Daniel, which gives us insight into life in exile for the
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Daily Readings: 2 Kings 24-25 and Psalm 141 In the original Hebrew of 2 Kings 25, the first twelve verses of the chapter are one long sentence. Each verse begins with the word, ‘and.’ Each successive moment in the eventual fall of Jerusalem is added to the list by the word “and”, as if each
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Daily Readings: 2 Kings 23 and Psalm 140 The reformation of Judah under King Josiah was truly a work of the Lord’s sovereign power. Imagine a nation where God and His Word have been so thoroughly ignored and rejected that they have become unheard of. It’s not that very few are following Him – no
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Daily Readings: 2 Kings 22 and Psalm 139 As if to prove yesterday’s point, the young King Josiah bucked the trend of his father Amon and grandfather Manasseh and turned his heart towards the Lord again. He made his own choice- as we all must – and pursued God. Shockingly, it was not until Josiah
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Daily Readings: 2 Kings 21 and Psalm 138 Repentance, revival, and reformation among God’s people are not permanent conditions. Each generation, each leader and each individual has the responsibility to choose which God we will worship and which King we will serve. This is seen with great clarity in the way the new king, Manasseh,
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