Category Archives: violence
other peoples’ future
Deuteronomy 2:22-23 (JDV) Deuteronomy 2:22 This was just as he had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when he exterminated the Horites ahead of them; they took possession from them and have lived in their … Continue reading
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Psalms 10:5-7 5 The roads he takes are always safe; your high judgments have no effect on him; he scoffs at all his enemies. 6 He says to himself, “I will never be moved –from generation to generation without disaster.” … Continue reading
Posted in destruction in hell, future, judgment, violence, written on the Appalachian Trail
Tagged Psalm 10
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double violation
devotional post # 2129 Hosea 10:8-10 Hos 10:8 The high places of Aven, the mistake of Israel, will be made useless. Thorn bush and thistle will grow up on their altars, and they will say to the mountains, “Cover us,” … Continue reading
hot hearts
devotional post # 2114 Hosea 7:4-11 Hos 7:4 They are all cheaters; they are like a heated oven whose baker can stop stirring the fire, from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened. Hos 7:5 On the day … Continue reading
Posted in dependence upon God, faithfulness, idolatry, self-control, violence
Tagged Hosea 7
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bloody path
devotional post # 2112 Hosea 6:8-11 Hos 6:8 Gilead is a city of criminals, marked out with blood. Hos 6:9 As raiding bands lie in wait for a man, so the priests band together; they murder on the way to … Continue reading
aftermath to Jezreel
devotional post # 2099 Hosea 2:21-23 Hos 2:21 “And in that day I will answer, this is what Yahveh says, I will answer the skies, and they will answer the land, Hos 2:22 and the land will answer the grain, … Continue reading
police brutality
devotional post # 2072 Luke 22:63-65 Luk 22:63 Now the men who were tormenting Jesus were ridiculing him as they beat him. Luk 22:64 They also blindfolded him and kept telling him, “Prophesy! Who is it that struck you?” Luk … Continue reading
our real problem
Isaiah 59:1-6 Watch, Yahveh’s hand is not too short from delivering,[1] nor his ear too dull from hearing. 2 Instead, your iniquities have caused a division between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, … Continue reading
Posted in deliverance, dependence upon God, depravity, hypocrisy, repentance, violence
Tagged Isaiah 59
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no mercy, no pity
Isaiah 13:14-18 14 And this will happen: like a hunted gazelle or sheep and without one who gathers them, they will each turn to his people, and they will each flee to his land. 15 Everyone who is found will … Continue reading
Posted in atonement, destruction in hell, evangelism, judgment, violence
Tagged Isaiah 13
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when these days are past
Isaiah 2:1-4 1 What Isaiah son of Amoz saw and wrote concerning Judah and Jerusalem: 2 And it shall happen when these days are past, when the mountain of the house of Yahveh is established; it will be over the … Continue reading
