Monday, December 1, 2014

DBRP_Dec02_2014 Est9-10 Is43 2Tim1


We have heard how Esther’s request was granted, the king and Haman came to the second banquet, where Esther revealed her identity. The eunuch Harbona just happened to have pertinent information about Haman’s plans for Mordecai, and Mordecai was killed and hung using the pole planned for Mordecai. Mordecai, now in possession of the king’s signet ring, writes an edict that allowed for the Jews to organize and defend themselves against their enemies.

 

https://www.bible.com/bible/116/est.9.nlt

 

 


 

 

In Isaiah 42 we heard twice about ‘the servant of the Lord’. The first passage is quoted in the New Testament about Jesus. However in the second, the servant (singular) pictures the people of Israel. Before Christ came, the Jews would have read the first section understanding it also to refer to the people of Israel. This is one of the ways God used to reveal his message to us in this age and conceal it before the time for revealing had come.

 

https://www.bible.com/bible/116/isa.43.nlt

 

 


 

 

Today we start Paul’s final letter, 2 Timothy, and it is our final letter from Paul this year. This letter includes some practical instructions for Timothy’s ministry. It also includes precious statements about the inspiration of Scripture and the Lord’s reward for obedience and endurance. I love this letter because it is so very personal. Paul is in a very different imprisonment now, not under house arrest. He knows his time on earth is short. So each personal message to ‘his son’ Timothy is precious to me.

 

It is fitting today that the oldest member of Gale’s family read the first chapter. Norman Chapin, Gale’s father, is 91 years old. He is a fitting reader also because, throughout his life, he has been a faithful soldier of Christ, as a US Navy veteran, as a pastor, as a tool and die maker, and as a missionary with Campus Crusade on military bases.

 

https://www.bible.com/bible/116/2ti.1.nlt




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