This essay will show that the overall message of Isaiah is redemption by showing that God is Omniscient, Omnipotent and He gives us chances of repentance.      Isaiah’s writings can be broken up into two groups chs.1-39, before the captivity which focus on judgement and chs. 40-66 post captivity where salvation and comfort are…

            The words of Amos can be summed up into five words “Prepare to meet thy God (4:12b).” This sounds harsh, but it is true. The message of Amos is condemnation.      Condemnation may be the message but he ends with hope.[1] The condemnation of Syria is first (1:3-5), followed by Philistia (1:6-8), Tyre (1:9-10),…

     In his address to the Ephesians, Paul uses a commandment given at Mt. Sinai and restated in Deuteronomy. The letter is mostly about relationships and the “family according to God’s originally intended design for it.”[1] Paul is using a quote from the Old Testament law for instructing the New Testament Ephesians, that can be…

     The second Psalm starts by talking about the earthly rulers raging against God’s anointed king. They do not seem to realize that when they make war with God’s anointed that “they are making war against God.[1]” It speaks about the anointed king who is David, and it skips to a king who is the…

Sometimes we may be surprised at what we find. We should also be encouraged when we occasionally meet the unexpected in Scripture—that is, when the Scriptures convince us of the truth of something that changes our minds or leads us down paths once hidden from view. If we acknowledge the authority of Scripture, we must…