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History - Esther 6-10

When we started reading the book of Esther, I mentioned that God’s hand was evident in the book although His name was not mentioned at all. Today, as we read the other half of the book, let us consider the ways through which God worked to save His people and punish the wicked. Bible Passage:  Esther 6-10 Seeming coincidences That night the king could not sleep. So one was commanded to bring...

History - Esther 1-5

We’ve finally come to the last history book! There’s something very strange about this book though, let’s read and see if you can figure out what it is. Bible Passage:  Esther 1-5 Have you realised what is strange about it? Not because of the fact that the main character is a female (though that is pretty rare ) but have you noticed there is no mention of God at all? In fact, it...

History - Nehemiah 10-13

Bible Passage:  Nehemiah 10-13 aquillofGod: Hello everyone and welcome back to Extraordinary People. For our last segment, we are very pleased to have Mr Nehemiah with us again for the third and final part of his interview. Hello, Mr Nehemiah! Nehemiah: Hello!:) AQOG: Now that we have finished talking about your work of rebuilding the city walls and setting everything into place, what are you going...

History - Nehemiah 5-9

aquillofGod: Hello everyone! Welcome back to Extraordinary People. Once again, we are very pleased to have Mr Nehemiah on-air with us today for the second part of his interview. Hello, Mr Nehemiah! Nehemiah: Hello aquillofGod! And hello everybody! AQOG: It’s really good to see you again! We shall be discussing some of the other problems you faced in your work of rebuilding, shan’t we?...

History - Nehemiah 1-4

Bible Passage:  Nehemiah 1-4 aquillofGod: Hello everyone! Welcome to today’s segment of Extraordinary People. We are very pleased to have Mr Nehemiah on-air with us today for an exclusive interview. Hello, Mr Nehemiah! Nehemiah: Hello aquillofGod! And hello everybody! AQOG: It’s really good to see you! Before we start with the interview proper however, would you like to give a brief introduction...

History - Ezra 6-10

Bible Passage:  Ezra 6-10 Scribe and Priest Ashamed! In a stunning turn of events, Ezra, the priest and scribe recently returned from Babylon, was seen tearing his garments and robes yesterday. “He tore his garments and robes, plucked out some of the hair of his head and beard then sat down in great bewilderment.” cited one source. “He sat there till it was time to make the evening...

History - Ezra 1-5

Bible Passage:  Ezra 1-5 First Year of Cyrus of Persia, First Month We’re finally returning to Jerusalem! After so many years in a foreign land and being subject to Babylon then Medes and Persia, we can finally go back to the land YHWH gave our forefathers. All these years, abba and ima have reminded me time and time again the land we live in now is not our real home. It is sad really, that...

History - 2 Chronicles 33-36

By today’s reading, we would have completed reading 2 different accounts of the kings of Israel and Judah.  What are your thoughts after reading about the kings the second time? It’s easy to get jaded with familiar stories but I am sure we can find something that strikes a chord with us today again. Bible Passage:  2 Chronicles 33-36 I know my past few Bible blog entries have been way...

History - 2 Chronicles 29-32

The main king we are reading about today is Hezekiah.  While we have read about him already in our readings of Isaiah and Kings, I feel that his life serves as a great example and warning in our life of faith.  What do I mean? Let’s read first and find out together… Bible Passage:  2 Chronicles 29-32 It was only this month that I discovered that in our church, we have so many October...

History - 2 Chronicles 25-28

I was a lousy history student.  Somehow the idea of dates, past events, drama etc never excited me. But history was written for a purpose… so that we might learn from the past… and hopefully not commit the mistakes of the past but repeat the successes - although history (pun fully intended) has shown us otherwise. (: However, the History books of the Bible are different.  Cause although...