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 [...]
Remember Jonah getting grumpy that God was willing to save the city of Ninevah when they changed their ways? Here is somebody else's take on Ninevah, Nahum. It's not a very happy book, but then most prophecies aren't, as we are learning! My Ninevah was the capital of the Assyrian Empire and they were particularly [...]
Another day, another prophet! Well, what to say about the shortest book of the Old Testament? Obadiah's prophecy is about the coming judgement upon Edom and the Edomites (the people of Esau), and the restoration of Israel and the Israelites (the people of Jacob). Although the Edomites and Israelites go way, way back because Esau [...]
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