Here we are at the last book of the Old Testament! Truth be told, I'm currently reading Romans, I'm just way behind on the blogging! Anyway, Malachi was around a bit later than Haggai and Zechariah, who were writing as the Israelites returned from their exile to Babylon. Haggai and Zechariah were encouraging the temple [...]
Although Zechariah is concerned for the building of the temple, he encourages people to look beyond the carnage around them and to focus on God and the coming of his kingdom. Good advice for all of us, I should think, whether we find ourselves needing to rebuilding a temple or not. As Jesus says, 'seek [...]
Minor prophet number 10! The author of Haggai was writing into a different setting to all the other prophets so far, which makes his message different too. Although many prophets warned that there would be a distaster, an exile, they also wrote in hope that God would bring the people back home again. This is [...]
Another minor prophet, and this time it's Zephaniah. Zephaniah speaks of some scaty sounding justice and spme particularly beautiful hope. Unlike most of the minor prophets, though, I have a real fondness for this book.. I wrote about my children a lot, but I don't share all that much about Nathan nowadays. But this book [...]
Rev Poppy 