Saturday, August 29, 2015

2015DBRP_242 1Chron9-10 Pro17b 1Thes1


This is the last name chapter at the beginning of this book, bringing us up to the time of the returning exiles. And king Saul’s genealogy is given, because we pick up Israel’s narrative with Saul in the next chapter.

https://www.bible.com/bible/116/1ch.9.nlt

This special verse reminds me of the song we used to sing every Sunday evening at our Danau Bira sing-a-long.

22A cheerful heart is good medicine,

but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.

https://www.bible.com/bible/116/pro.17

The book of Revelation has the reputation of being about the second coming of Christ, but our doctrines about the second coming come much more from the two letters to Thessalonica. Every chapter of 1 Thessalonians ends with a reference to the second coming. And the second coming is mentioned 20 times in these two little letters. Paul, Timothy and Silas spent only three Sabbath days in Thessalonica. They did an amazing work in grounding these believers, and Timothy was sent back soon afterward. But there were problems. Some were worried about believers who had died or would die before Christ’s return. Others were thinking Jesus would return so soon that they need not do any work now. This is a highly personal letter to people who had become dear in a very short time to Paul, and one of his earliest letters, written around 51AD.

https://www.bible.com/bible/116/1th.1


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