Esther 1:14 “And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king’s face, and which sat the first in the kingdom.” I have heard the story of Esther many times, I have seen it in various movies, filmstrips
Isaiah 15:6: “For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate, for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.” Yesterday was one of those downers for me. We had yet another snow storm in Chicago, the temperature was dropping into single digits and this was not even the
Numbers 14:21: “But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.” “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet.” – Romeo Montague, Romeo and Juliet Act II, Scene II – William Shakespeare The
Zechariah 1:3: “Therefore say thou until them; Thus, saith the Lord of hosts, turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of Host, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of Host. Is it just me or do you get the impression that it is the Lord of Host who is speaking? So
Deuteronomy 26:7: “And we cried unto the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our cries and saw our affliction.” When I was teaching in an academic setting, I never referred to the gematria because it is usually considered very unacademic. The Western world pretty much rejects the gematria and relegates it to
Judges 16:18: “And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, come up at this once for he has shown me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her and brought money in their hand.”
I Chronicles 16:11: “Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.” Whose doesn’t love hidden secrets from satires, allegories to metaphors. Who doesn’t love to search for hidden meanings. Hidden meanings has been a staple in literature from Jonathan Swift’s satire on human nature in Gulliver’s Travels, John Bunyan’s allegory of Pilgrims
Daniel 2:21 “And he changes the times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings: he gives wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding.” “This too shall pass.” Attar of Nishapur Attar of Nishapur, a Persian Sufi Poet, told the story of a great and powerful king
Exodus 33:18: “O’ Let me see your Glory.” Do you ever find yourself asking something from God and then you stop and wonder, “What in the world am I asking for?” Asking to see the glory of God is something I find myself doing when in the heat of worship and then afterwards I
Jeremiah 1:5, “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart for my holy purpose. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.” This is one of those verses you listen to all your life and then one day it just hits you.
