by FES | Jan 4, 2017 | Blog
The people were living in an uneventful period where God seems to be far away or have forgotten His people. It was after the exile and the Israelites have finished rebuilding the temple and the wall, but the land they live in is still barren and life is hard. So the...
by FES | Jan 4, 2017 | Blog
Some Tips on How to Read the Book of Haggai Haggai can be read in one sitting. To read Haggai, we need to know the history of the people of God. Background : THE RETURN TO JERUSALEM Haggai was a great encourager to the depressing situation in Jerusalem. When King...
by FES | Jan 4, 2017 | Blog
Some Tips on How to Read the book of Zephaniah “The LORD has taken away your punishment…” ~Zephaniah 3:15~ The book of Zephaniah is an oracle given to the people of Judah to warn them of the day that the Lord will come and bring His judgment on them and also an oracle...
by FES | Jan 4, 2017 | Blog
No, I’m not sure if he’s a cook but he is definitely a prophet of Judah! His name means ‘embrace’, thus he embraces what he saw around him and had conversations with God over the injustices that he saw. Later on he also embraces what God is going to do. As you begin,...
by FES | Jan 4, 2017 | Blog
Some Tips on How to Read the Book of Nahum The book of Nahum is a carefully crafted, brilliantly executed piece of poetry in which a whole variety of prophetic forms – hymn, salvation, doom, taunt, dirge – are carefully interwoven so as to effect what is basically...
