Aug 31, 2022
1CHRONICLES 11-12:
In
yesterday’s reading, we heard of the people who returned after the
exile. Then, starting with the genealogy of King Saul, we jumped to
the story of how he died. This prepares us for the stories about
King David.
PROVERBS 18a:
Our
highlighted verse today:
Pro. 18:10 [GNT The Lord is like
a strong tower, where the righteous can go and be safe.//The name
of the LORD is a strong fortress;
the
godly run to him and are safe.]
[The
GNT translates the Jewish metonymy of ‘the Lord’s name’ correctly.
This way of translating will prevent readers who don’t understand
how metonymy works in Scripture from supposing that Christians
should use the name of the LORD (‘YHWH’) as a magic
charm.]
1THESSALONIANS 2:
Chapter 1 ended with Paul saying what other
people were saying about the Thessalonians:
1Th. 1:10 NLT And they speak of how you are looking forward to the coming of God’s Son from heaven—Jesus, whom God raised from the dead. He is the one who has rescued us from the terrors of the coming judgment.