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Category Archives: missions
expanding technology
Hosea 10 Hosea’s people had prospered, and they chose to use that prosperity to fund new and more efficient ways to sin. Eventually, the LORD said “enough is enough” and condemned them. In this age of rapidly expanding technology and … Continue reading
recommitment
Jonah 2 Jonah had to get to the point of death before he would surrender to the LORD’s will. Verse 7 says “As my life was slipping away, I remembered the LORD. And my earnest prayer went out to you … Continue reading
light for the nations
Isaiah 48-49 The Servant who will restore Israel will gather his children from all the nations. The Israelites will look upon the masses saved and wonder, because this is God at work. His redeemed will return with singing, accompanied by … Continue reading
why missions will succeed
Isaiah 45 Isaiah was one of the first to predict that people from all over the world would come to the LORD and be saved. In this passage he tells us why this will happen. Missions will succeed because of … Continue reading
recovery
Isaiah 11-12 Looking far into the future, Isaiah sees a felled forest which is the LORD’s own people. Judgment has taken place. But out of the stump of Jesse sprouts a branch. A new king arises. He will gather together … Continue reading
universal worship
Psalm 96 The LORD is worthy of the worship of all the earth for what he alone has done. The other gods are worthless idols, but he has made the heavens (1-6). The LORD is worthy of the worship the … Continue reading
saved to share
Esther 8 Mordecai had been rescued from the gallows so that he could make the decree that would allow his people to defend themselves from sure destruction. Just as Esther had been providentially placed so that she could make a … Continue reading
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born there
Psalm 87 Jerusalem is celebrated because of its glorious future. It will some day be said that people from all the nations will be “born there.” The psalm speaks in faith of a time when Jerusalem is seen as the … Continue reading
ten percent
Nehemiah 11:1-12:26 This section records the effort to repopulate Jerusalem, and the proof that levitical duties were carried out during the entire time of the restoration. It is interesting that the goal was to put a tithe of the people … Continue reading
the great harvest
Psalm 67 The beginning words of this psalm sound like the Aaronic blessing (Numbers 6:24-26). Every Israelite would be familiar with these words. They stand as a kind of national motto. Yet, the psalm is not about national identity as … Continue reading
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