Zechariah 1:3 Therefore, say to the people, `This is what the LORD Almighty says: Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD Almighty. I liked how this commentary by Chuck Smith puts it: “This basically is God’s message to the people through the ages. “If you’ll turn to Me, I will…
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Shepherd Prophets
I started reading Joel today. It’s similar to Hosea and Jeremiah and Isaiah in that it also warns Israel’s enemies of their coming doom. But Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Bible says something interesting: “GOD employed a shepherd, a herdsman, to reprove and warn the people. Those to whom God gives abilities for his…
Perfect
Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect – rough version of the Leviticus verse used in Matthew 5:48. Skip points out that in Leviticus it says to be holy, but that’s not the point. Skip also digs into the word that was originally used for “perfect” or “holy.” I always thought when it said…
