Dear Friends,
Man’s key problems are that of
Unbelief & Rebellion against God.
And the Grand Theme of the Bible
is that the solution is to Trust God
& accept Christ as Lord & Saviour.
We have been systematically
meditating through the bible to
see and appreciate how the Mega
Theme develops thro each book.
We Alternate between OT & NT
to add variety & more importantly
to remind ourselves that the
central theme is all about Christ.
The Bible is a collection of books
sorted according to categories
(Laws, History, Poetry, Prophets..)
and therefore not chronological.
And readers may be somewhat
unclear of the context, especially
when they come to 1 & 2 Kings,
1 & 2 Chronicles as well as the
major & minor prophetic books.
To help PrayerThots viewers have
a better understanding of the
context of each Biblical book,
we have been covering the Bible
by Time sequence, phase by phase.
It also deepens our insight on the
development of the mega themes.
For instance, we cover 1 Chronicles
which occur earlier ahead of Kings.
And we group Job after Laws,
Psalms after 1 Chronicles,
wisdom poetry after 2 Chronicles,
and Obadiah & Joel after 1 Kings.
So, we covered the 5 books of
Laws to appreciate the plan of God
and the poetry book of Job (which
occurs in the time of Genesis) to
understand the sovereignty of God.
We then meditated on the six
historical books up to King David
(the high point of Israel history) and
the poetry book of Psalms where
we learn to pray and praise God.
We then go on to the next phase
of the reign of King Solomon
in 2 Chronicles as well as cover
the wisdom poetry in Proverbs,
Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes.
We continued to I Kings, where
King Solomon’s life & construction
of temple is recorded in first half.
But Solomon’s zeal for God cools
as pagan wives turn his heart away
from godly worship. He leaves
behind a nation divided physically.
The next century sees the decline
of the two nations, indifferent to
God’s prophets and precepts.
Next, we will cover the two
prophetic books during the times
of I Kings,namely Obadiah & Joel.
Shalom/Chris
Prayers for You
