The Victory of Love
Read Zephaniah 3:14-20 and Matthew 23:37 “The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will...
What Might Have Been
Read Zechariah 12:10-11 and John 19:31-37 “…they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son”...
The Wonderful Reversal
Read Isaiah 50:3-6 and Matthew 27:27-31 “I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face...
My Shepherd
Read Jeremiah 31:31-34 and Matthew 26:28 “The days are coming…when I will make a new covenant with the people…I will put my law in their minds and write it on...
Through Blood, by Grace
Read Zechariah 11:12-13 and Matthew 27:6-10 I closely follow the news about refugees, asylum seekers and other immigrants, people made in the image of God. I read about conflicts resulting...
Merciful Suffering
Read Daniel 9:25-26 and Galatians 1:3-5 “… the Anointed One will be cut off…” (Daniel 9:26) What a disturbing message Daniel received from the archangel Gabriel. The long-awaited Messiah will...
Despised
Read Isaiah 53:3 and Luke 4:28-29 “He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he...
God’s Glory on Display
Read Zechariah 9:9 and Matthew 21:8-10 “Then Jesus said, ‘Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?'” (John 11:40) This is one...
Holy Week, Week 7: Seeing the Suffering and Rejection of Jesus in the Old Testament Prophets
Despite the many prophecies pointing to the coming Messiah’s suffering, the extent to which Christ would suffer was shocking. However horrible, Christ’s suffering is significant. Without His rejection, without Him being beaten and ridiculed, bound...
Keep His Words
Read Isaiah 13:9-11 and John 12:44-48 “If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the...