Psalm 80 is among the Psalms of Asaph that can be classified as a community lament. A song of sadness and loss yet offered to a savior capable and merciful. Ultimately Asaph places his hope for resto…
A fitting conclusion to a paradigm expounding expert treatise on the glories of the gospel of Jesus Christ comes to us by way of benediction in Hebrews 13. This concluding prayer of blessing summariz…
The threat of war at the gates of their flagship city would have been dismissed out of hand by the average Assyrian when Nahum was writing his prophecy. After all, Ninevite armies had pushed the fron…
The ministry of the prophet Nahum serves in some part to show that the wicked city of Nineveh is a particular instance of the universal truth that God will dismantle the collective idolatry of His fo…
Nahum is given the task of delivering the message of the irrevocable judgements of God against a city/nation of infamous war-mongers. God has set the reckoning date for Nineveh's war crimes on His ca…
Asaph rises in defense of God's honor even as he expresses the anguish of his people's sufferings. He recognizes whatever his enemies have done to take advantage of him, they are infinitely more culp…
From Psalm 110 to the book of Hebrews, the Bible has emphasized and anticipated the
glories of the resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ. Psalm 110 is cited 5 times in the context of Hebrew's
co…
As we follow the historical record of the dealings of God with His people featured in Asaph's song, we have now moved from the wilderness to the promised land. In spite of blessings promised and rece…
Mindful of the prologue of Asaph's Psalm in verses 1-8, we dig deeper into the history text book assigned for children of believers or more precisely: children of the covenantally faithful. We have e…
Hebrews features the Calvary moments of the gospel by way of closing admonition for the church. In our text (and its referent in the life and ministry of Christ), it becomes apparent that what is oft…
Isaiah prophesied to a people that fell under the condemnation of Psalm 78 and
illustrated well its abiding truth. Is 29:13-16 “And the Lord said: Because this people draw near with their mouth and h…
The tone of the greater portion of Psalm 78's historical record is sobering indeed as it demonstrates the fearful consequences of sinful rebellion against the Lord and His anointed. Though these sect…
Our text today is a “historical” psalm. Psalm 78 records at length, the consequences of ignoring Psalm 77. Whereas the Psalmist cries in his distress in (77:11-12): “I will remember the deeds of the …
Following the apostolic pattern of laying out detailed instruction in the doctrine of the faith followed by exhorting the practice the faith demands, the author of Hebrews shifts gears toward applica…
Scriptural history combined with prophecies like the oracle and vision of Nahum
provide examples of the very obvious and inevitable judgments of God against the most self confident and
apparently s…
Nahum is the sequel to Jonah in many ways. The calling of this prophet was to
proclaim the imminent judgement Nineveh would not escape and doubly deserved. The revival sparked by Jonah’s preaching in…
The authors of scripture were no strangers to mental anguish. Depression is not a condition only recently identified and addressed by modern medicine. Asaph prescribes “medicine” for the distraught h…
Our text today, follows a pattern throughout the book of Hebrews which has proven a favorite persuasive device of the author. At moments like this in the text, he will call our attention to consider …
Jesus Himself identifies Jonah and aspects of the prophet's experience as typological or symbolic of the Christ. Matthew 12 in fact provides divine hermeneutical insight into the record of scripture …
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