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May 30

Reading 1 - Joshua 16

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v.10 - This is a slightly different comment from ch.15:63, which suggests that they were unable to drive out the Jebusites. This one simply says they didn't, though in both cases they are presented as simple facts, no value judgement being made for us. It was in the same passage in Numbers that told them to divide the land that they are told that they are to drive out all of the inhabitants of the land (33:52-55). They had the warning, and so do we. Let us heed it.
Peter Cresswell
It is clear that, for all their faults, the people accepted the inheritance that God had given them. If only people these days would recognise that it is God who gives and God who takes away, so much war would be avoided.
Peter Cresswell
v.7 Jordan v.8 river Kanah. Continuing our theme of marking out the borders of the inheritance of the tribes the mention of rivers provides us with very clear and unambiguous markers. If we know where these rivers are then we can know for certain where the boundary was.
Peter Forbes
16:1 The 'waters of Jericho' is not the Jordan - is it the spring referred to (2 Kings 2:19-22)
Peter Forbes
:2 Notice 'Bethel' and 'Luz' are separate towns by the time of Joshua though in Abraham's time Luz was the old name and Bethel the name that Jacob gave to the town (Genesis 28:19) Maybe the old inhabitants that did not want to be associated with Jacob moved out and built another city?
Peter Forbes

Reading 2 - Isaiah 22

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v.11 - We are constantly reminded to give God the glory for what we do, and, to turn it round, to do all to the glory of God. Isa.17:7, 31:1, Jer.33:2,3, Mic.7:7.
Peter Cresswell
v.12-14 - Continuing from above, we see that the consequence of not giving God the glory is that we are rejected - God has to give us up to death - by not recognising His hand in all aspects of our lives, we sacrifice our salvation. Let us be careful never to say 'I have done this'. Let us place our confidence instead in the hands of God and recognise that in all we do, it is Him that has given us the power to perform.
Peter Cresswell
v.10 It is possible today to see the effects of Hezekiah breaking down houses. Hezekiah built what is called ‘The Broad Wall’ to protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the onslaught of the Assyrian army. This work is now excavated and visible in the Old City of Jerusalem. Further evidence of the truth of the Bible.
Peter Forbes
22:22 'The key of the house of David' continues the them of the promise of Isaiah 9:6,7 which we also saw in 16:5. Maybe we should list all the occasions when Isaiah speaks of things being done because of David and the promises

9:7 Throne of David
16:5 Tabernacle of David
22:22 Key of the house of David
37:35 Defend for David's sake
38:5 The God of David thy father
55:3 The sure mercies of David

God worked in Isaiah's day because of what he said to David.
Peter Forbes

:13 'let us eat … we shall die' are words that Jesus puts into the mouth of the 'fool' in the parable of the bigger barns (Luke 12:19) - so we see from the way that Jesus uses the words that the attitude in Israel at the tie of the Assyrian invasion was one of complacency.
Peter Forbes

Reading 3 - Hebrews 1 & 2

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1 v.11,12 - Ch.12:27 emphasises this. One day those things which are not firm and sure will perish, but the believers will remain, and not wax old - i.e. live for ever. Rev.20:11.
Peter Cresswell

Chapter 1 - This chapter emphasises the supremacy of Jesus after his resurrection. He is 'the express image' of God [1:3]. He is 'better than' angels [1:4]. This 'betterness' is emphasised first because the Apostle is writing to an audience who are tending to revert to the Law of Moses. The whole of the letter to the Hebrews is designed to counter this tendency.

Chapter 2 - This chapter focuses on the humanity of Jesus 'lower than the angels' [2:6-7] in order to explain the sacrifice of Jesus. Again this becomes a theme in Hebrews which shows that Jesus sacrifice is 'better than' all the animal sacrifices.
Peter Forbes

ch 1 - That Jesus is presented as a priest after the order of Melchisedec is so obvious in Hebrews. 1:3 'Majesty on high' - quoting Genesis 14:18 provides our first quotation in Hebrews linking the risen Christ with Melchisedec.

ch 2

2:1 Let them slip Isaiah 8:6
2:4 signs and wonders Isaiah 8:18
2:18 Behold I and the children which God hath given me Isaiah 8:18
2:14 Forasmuch Isaiah 8:6

The multiple quotations from Isaiah 8 show how the rebelliousness of Ahaz is typical of the rebelliousness of Israel in the first century - they ran the risk of missing the 'sign' and thus rejecting the salvation available through the risen Jesus.
Peter Forbes

1:8-9 The quotation from Psalm 45:6-8 here, in a chapter which speaks of the resurrected Jesus, shows us that Psalm 45 is a Psalm about the resurrection.

ch 2 - The multiple use of Psalm 8 in this chapter - see the list of quotations on the Bible Study papers Site - gives us an insight into the way in which the Holy Spirit expounds Scripture.
Peter Forbes