Author: Daniel

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Atonement Discussions Prophets and Writings

Jonah 1: Beginning look at the ‘sign of Yonah’

Studies in Prophets and Writings

The book of Jonah is the Haftarah reading during the Day of Atonement/Yom Kippur. The main theme of Jonah is how God deals with different kinds of sinners and brings them into His fold: repentance and sacrifice. We have been taught this idea that all sinners are equal and because all sinners are equal, all sinners require the same remedy, but it’s not that simple. As Yonah sets out to run away from God’s mission, we discover that the more we know, the more God requires. Although God saved both the mariners and the people of Nineveh from His wrath, He did not use the same method to do so.

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Prophets and Writings

Book of Jonah drama

Daniel Agee

In preparation for a study of the small Bible book of Jonah in connection with an exploration of the missions of Yonah and other prophets to the kings of Israel and Yehudah (Judah), we take a light-hearted overview of a serious and perplexing battle between God and His prophet to bring a message of mercy to a foreign people.

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Discussions Prophets and Writings

2nd Kings 14: Amaziah allows Yehudah to slide back into idolatry; enter Yonah

Daniel Agee

Amaziah king of Yehudah (Judah) started out good but didn’t remove the pollution of the land — “high places,” places to worship other gods. This historical account helps provide the backdrop for the messages of a number of prophet-writers in the Bible, such as Yonah (Jonah), Amos and Yeshiyahu (Isaiah).

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Discussions Prophets and Writings

2nd Kings 13: Messianic prophesy of death, resurrection of Israel

Daniel Agee

Death and life after a series of three is always a messianic prophesy, as we see in 2nd Kings 13. Elisha doesn’t know it yet but he isn’t just speaking a prophesy, his death will be a part of the prophesy. The prophesy is the death and resurrection of the nation of Israel itself.

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2nd Kings 12: Shadow of Messiah cleaning God’s house

Daniel Agee

In 2nd Kings 12, we read how king Yehoash (Joash) cleaned the house of God. This is a picture of God’s cleaning His house — His people — through the work of His Spirit and the Messiah.

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Discussions Prophets and Writings

2nd Kings 11: Fall of the House of Ahab

"Illustration depicting a royal couple wearing ornate crowns and regal attire, symbolizing King Ahab and Queen Jezebel from biblical history. The image is overlaid with the text 'The Fall of the House of Ahab, 2nd Kings 11' in bold red letters. The scene suggests a moment of significance, reflecting themes of judgment and transition in the biblical narrative."

Yehu (Jehu) was told by God to kill all of the male’s of Ahab’s family line. He was able to do that in Israel, but he had no control over the land of Yehudah (Judah). Why are there descendants of Ahab in Yehudah? Despite the confusion about God that Ahab had spread in the northern kingdom of Israel, one of his descendants, Yoash (Joash), actually rolled back some of that damage early in his life.

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Discussions Prophets and Writings

2nd Kings 10: Yehu and Yehonadab: What God respects in a person

Daniel Agee

In 2nd Kings 10, we will see the difference between Yehu (Jehu) and Yehonadab (Jehonadab) the son of Rechab. Yehu respected Eliyahu (Elijah) and Elisha and he hated the Baal, but he did not respect and love the true God. Yehonadab the son of Rechab understood and loved God. It’s useful to see what God respects in a man and what he does not because God never changes, we do.