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Category Archives: destruction in hell
business as usual
2 Kings 21 Two evil kings came after Hezekiah, and proceeded to undo all his good work, and send Judah closer to judgment. The pressure to conform to the idolatry of the nations around them must have been great. There … Continue reading
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death while worshipping
2 Kings 19 The prophet Isaiah sends word to Hezekiah that his prayers had been answered. Assyriah would not take Jerusalem. The angel of the LORD struck down 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. and Sennacherib went home. His own sons would put … Continue reading
for God so hates…
2 Kings 10 Sometimes I weary of all the talk of God I hear today. There seems to be something left out. We hear a lot of God’s love, but little of his wrath. Passages like today’s text remind us … Continue reading
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a dark day
2 Kings 9 Who is responsible for the deaths of these kings, and Jezebel? An inscription at Tel Dan claims that the king of Syria did it. This passage says it was Jehu. But the prediction – particularly of how … Continue reading
Abraham: seeing smoke
Genesis 19. Early in the morning, Abraham went to the place where he had pleaded with God over the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah, and he got his answer. Smoke from where Sodom and Gomorrah had been went up like … Continue reading
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Abraham: intercessor
Genesis 18:16-33. One of the three “men” who had visited Abraham at Mamre turns out to have been the LORD himself. He sends the other two off to evaluate the spiritual condition of Sodom and Gomorrah. Abraham stays back with … Continue reading
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first look at a second chance
Genesis 8:1-19. The imagery and wording of this section echoes Genesis 1. God is making a new heavens and a new earth. The Hebrew verb in 8:10 suggests that Noah anxiously longed for this, like a woman in childbirth. Noah … Continue reading
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first look at destruction by justice
Genesis 7. The flood that came upon the earth in Noah’s day was a cataclysmic event beyond all proportions. It cannot be compared with any natural disaster that has happened since. God in his grace has allowed Noah to rescue … Continue reading
first look at deliverance by grace
Genesis 6. We have already seen in Genesis how God’s grace is present even in the midst of his judgment. Here we see grace at work delivering people from the consequences of their own sins. The judgment is real and … Continue reading
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judgment and the future
Revelation 20. Christians differ on how they interpret the binding of Satan. I cannot bring myself to believe that Satan is bound in any way now, so that makes me a premillenialist. At the end of this chapter is the … Continue reading
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