Euangelion

WTW 2021
March 12
Isaiah 40

You who bring good news (basar) to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who bring good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns of Judah, “Here is your God!” Isaiah 40:9

The euaggelion, that sweet word. The evangel, het evangelie, da evangelium, good tidings, glad tidings, what we English call gospel, godspell, the Good News message of JESUS.

What a joy to see the truth of the new in the old concealed and that of the old in the new revealed! ¹ ² ³

39

WTW 2021
March 11
Isaiah 39

Isaiah 39 (Micro Bible)

“And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.” Isaiah 39:7

Book 39 (Bible)
“Because of you I will rebuke your descendants; I will smear on your faces the dung from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it.” Malachi 2:3

End of the Old Testament
Book 39 of the Christian Bible
Chapter 39 of Isaiah, the Micro Bible

Although…the Hebrew Scriptures, known as the Tanakh, do not end with Malachi but with Nehemiah (though there is no standard final order) .

Tanakh comes from the acronym TNK

Torah (תּוֹרָה‎) – Teaching
Neviim (נְבִיאִים) – Prophets
Ketuvim (כְּתוּבִים) – Writings

Torah
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

Prophets
Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

Writings
Chronicles, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, Esther, Daniel, Ezra/Nehemiah

Isaiah Chapter 39

At that time Marduk-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of his illness and recovery. Hezekiah received the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his storehouses—the silver, the gold, the spices, the fine olive oil—his entire armory and everything found among his treasures. There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them. Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked, “What did those men say, and where did they come from?” “From a distant land,” Hezekiah replied. “They came to me from Babylon.” The prophet asked, “What did they see in your palace?” “They saw everything in my palace,” Hezekiah said. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.” Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord Almighty: The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and all that your predecessors have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the Lord. And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.” “The word of the Lord you have spoken is good,” Hezekiah replied. For he thought, “There will be peace and security in my lifetime.” Isaiah 39:1‭-‬8

Nehemiah (Book 39)

On that day the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people and there it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever be admitted into the assembly of God, When the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all who were of foreign descent. Before this, Eliashib the priest had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God. He was closely associated with Tobiah, and he had provided him with a large room formerly used to store the grain offerings and incense and temple articles, and also the tithes of grain, new wine and olive oil prescribed for the Levites, musicians and gatekeepers, as well as the contributions for the priests. But while all this was going on, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had returned to the king. Some time later I asked his permission and came back to Jerusalem. Here I learned about the evil thing Eliashib had done in providing Tobiah a room in the courts of the house of God. I was greatly displeased and threw all Tobiah’s household goods out of the room. I gave orders to purify the rooms, and then I put back into them the equipment of the house of God, with the grain offerings and the incense. Nehemiah 13:1‭, ‬3‭-‬9

Although…of course there are actually 24, not 39 books in the Tanakh and so the cute 39 loses all meaning 🙂

God’s WORD, however, stands firm!

Torah (5 books)
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

Prophets (8 books)
Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel

Minor Prophets (1 book): Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

Writings (11 books)
Chronicles, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, Esther, Daniel, Ezra/Nehemiah (1 book)

Parashah (פָּרָשָׁה) – Portion

Mortality

WTW 2021
March 10
Isaiah 38

In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what Yahweh says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”
Isaiah 38:1

Wisdom shows us the miracle of life by reminding us of our mortality.

JESUS shows us the miracle of eternal life by inviting us to His resurrection.

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die.
John 11:25

JESUS Cancel Culture

When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with CHRIST. He forgave us all our sins, having CANCELED the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a PUBLIC spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. Colossians 2:13‭-‬15

Man’s Sin & Yahweh’s Wrath

Isaiah 34

Yahweh saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. Yahweh regretted that He had made human beings on the earth, and His heart was deeply troubled. So Yahweh said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” But Noah found favor in the eyes of Yahweh. Genesis 6:5‭-‬8

Come near, you nations, and listen; pay attention, you peoples! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, the world, and all that comes out of it! Come near, you nations, and listen; pay attention, you peoples! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, the world, and all that comes out of it! Yahweh is angry with all nations; His wrath is on all their armies. He will totally destroy them, He will give them over to slaughter. Isaiah 34:1‭-‬2

Desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and wild goats will bleat to each other; there the night creatures will also lie down and find for themselves places of rest. The owl will nest there and lay eggs, she will hatch them, and care for her young under the shadow of her wings; there also the falcons will gather, each with its mate. Look in the scroll of Yahweh and read: None of these will be missing, not one will lack her mate. For it is His mouth that has given the order, and His Spirit will gather them together. He allots their portions; His hand distributes them by measure. They will possess it forever and dwell there from generation to generation. Isaiah 34:14‭-17

The Fear of Yahweh

Isaiah 33

Woe to you, destroyer, you who have not been destroyed! Woe to you, betrayer, you who have not been betrayed! When you stop destroying, you will be destroyed; when you stop betraying, you will be betrayed.

Yahweh, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress. At the uproar of your army, the peoples flee; when you rise up, the nations scatter. Your plunder, O nations, is harvested as by young locusts; like a swarm of locusts, people pounce on it.

Yahweh is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with his justice and righteousness. He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of Yahweh is the key to this treasure. Isaiah 33:1‭-‬6

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