Sermons (Page 2)

Background Information Integrating the books in the latter part of the Hebrew Bible and matching up timelines can be challenging.  Instead of stories about God’s people and their relationship to God, we encounter quite a number of prophets speaking to the people – and even to other kingdoms. As you might recall, the distinction between “major” and “minor” prophets merely refers to the length of their writings. Around 930 B.C., following the death of Solomon and the start of the reign of…

Notes Having spent time reading and reflecting on Samuel and Kings, what about the following book(s) of Chronicles, which was also divided into two sections by the Greeks? From a quick glance, Chronicles appears to be repetitive to the earlier books and the story of Israel’s kingship. There’s truth to that, as about half of the writings overlap. Then again, the Greek designation for this section – “paraleipomena” – means “things left out.” The earlier books were written for the exiled…