Jul 10, 2022
2KINGS 9-10:
Yesterday we heard one of my favorite Old
Testament stories: The one about the three lepers and the famine in
Samaria. Elisha's prophecy was so dramatically fulfilled, and the
scoffing officer could be a parable for modern times. Then we heard
how the woman from Shunem returned and was blessed a second time.
The narrative switched briefly to the kingdom of Judah and
Ahaziah's reign.
PSALM 127:
About ‘children/sons’ in v. 3, NET’s note says
this:
Some prefer to translate this word with the gender-neutral “children,” but “sons” are plainly in view here, as the following verses make clear. Daughters are certainly wonderful additions to a family, but in ancient Israelite culture, sons were the “arrows” that gave man security in his old age, for they could defend the family interests at the city gate, where the legal and economic issues of the community were settled.
This psalm would not be considered politically correct in today’s world. Let’s understand it with a historical perspective learn from it.
JOHN 12b:
Following the raising of Lazarus, the Jewish
leaders became even more firm in their plans to kill
Jesus.
GNT Translation note:
2Kings 9:22 “Are you coming in peace?” Joram asked him. “How can there be peace,” Jehu answered, “when we still [hold on to//have] all the witchcraft and idolatry that your mother Jezebel started?”
28 His officials [put//took] his body [in a chariot and took it//0] back to Jerusalem [0//in a chariot] and buried him in the royal tombs in David's City.
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Ps. 127:2 It is useless to work
so hard for a living, getting up early and going to bed late. For
the Lord provides for those he loves, [even] while they are
asleep.
3
[Sons//Children] is a gift from the Lord; they are a real
blessing.
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John 12:24 I am telling you the
truth: a grain of wheat remains no more than a single grain unless
it [falls//is dropped] into the ground and dies. If it does die,
then it produces many grains.
25
Those who love their [life in this world//own life] will lose it;
[but] those who [have no regard for//think nothing of (NLT)//hate]
their [0//own] life in this world will keep it for life
eternal.
42 Even then, many Jewish
authorities believed in Jesus; but because of the Pharisees, they
did not talk about it openly, so as not to be expelled from the
synagogue[s].