PERSPECTIVES

  MEASUREMENTS By now Job and his friends know that God is speaking by the power of the tornado and of his voice.  They have nothing to say in the presence of the creator of the universe.  God checks to see if they are proposing to be his teacher. Moreover the LORD answered Job, and

REVEALED

  HORRORS FOR HAMAN The banquet of Esther came as the queen prepared to make a brave request.  The king had offered her half of his kingdom, but she waited until now to make her request.  Women in Persia were not treated better than they are today in modern Iran.  The previous queen had been

AFFAIRS OF STATE

FILLING THE VOID The king of Persia has divorced his uppity woman.  Now he lacks companionship, and the nation has no queen.  The king’s advisors know how to keep the boss happy though.  They suggest the original bachelor reality show contest.  After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti,

LEFT AND RIGHT AGAIN

FOLLOW THE LEADER Manasseh is the son of Hezekiah, and he has a tough act to follow.  He has seen his father live as unto the Lord, with a few exceptions.  His father’s life was prosperous and his son will make a choice not to follow this good example. Manasseh was twelve years old when

THE HONOR ROLL

REFLECTIONS David offers some last words for us:  Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,  The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his

THE STRONG AND THE REPENTANT

PROBLEMS WITH PHILISTINES   Philistines (Palestinians) are in Gaza to this day.  They were trouble for Samson too.  But then going in to a harlot is trouble for anyone.  He was disappointed with his first experience with a Philistine woman, and seems to be determined to find one even in the wrong places.  Then went Samson

THE SLAUGHTER

DECEPTION, DIPLOMACY AND DESTRUCTION  The world saw the work of God, and the Canaanites sought deliverance any way they could. And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the