Nov 10, 2022
DANIEL 2:
In
the first chapter of Daniel, we heard how Daniel, Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah were faithful to God in not wanting to be
defiled by the king’s food, and later they were found better than
their companions and chosen for service to King
Nebuchadnezzar.
ISAIAH 23:
Yesterday we heard two dramatic messages. One
was about the failure of Jerusalem to appropriately respond to
God’s impending judgment (which was remarkably like Nero fiddling
while Rome burned). Then there was the message to Shebna, the
palace administrator. Eliakim would take his place and be like a
nail firmly driven in a wall, and the holder of the key to David’s
house. He can be understood as a figure of Christ.
2CORINTHIANS 3:12—4:
We’ll start reading today by reviewing the
greater glory of the new covenant Paul spoke of at the end of
chapter 3.
GNT Translation
notes:
2Cor. 3:14 Their
minds, indeed, were closed; and to this very day their minds are
covered with the same veil as they read the books of the old
covenant. The veil is removed only when a person is joined [in
union with//to] Christ.
4:12
This means that death is at work in us [apostles], but life is at
work in you.
13 The
scripture says, “I spoke because I believed.” In the same spirit of
[belief//faith] we also speak because we believe.