Tag: destroy
Biblical Principle #177: Israel Destroyed the Canaanites of Arad
Biblical Principles List Principle Israel defeated the Canaanite king of Arad and destroyed their cities. Explanation Israel was refused passage through the land of Edom—Esau’s descendants. So they turned southward towards the Red Sea and took the long route around Edom. This path brought Israel into conflict with the Canaanite king of Arad.
Biblical Principle #164: Israel Grumbled Again and Got Burned
Biblical Principles List Principle Israel grumbled (again) and God burned some of them to death with fire. Explanation Just as when they left Egypt, Israel quickly began complaining after they left Sinai. GOD heard: 1 Now the people were grumbling evilly before the Lord, and the Lord heard them and was provoked to anger. So…
Biblical Principle #80: Homosexuality is Sinful
Biblical Principles List Principle Homosexuality has always been sinful (because it is inconsistent with God’s designed order). Explanation Genesis 18-19 records how GOD and two angels came down to inspect Sodom and Gomorrah based upon the outcry that had come up to GOD against them. As GOD remained back with Abraham, He sent the two…
December 22 – GOD’s Will for You
Reading 2 Pet. 1:1-3:18 Devotional Today’s reading is the second letter of Peter. As mentioned yesterday, this letter was written to all Christians living at the time and its focus was to: 1.) refute the false teaching which had arisen and thereby remind the Christians what their responsibility and mission for life was, and 2.)…
November 23 – Jesus Calls Saul of Tarsus
Reading Acts 8:1b-9:31 Devotional On the day that Stephen was killed there arose a great persecution against the Christians in Jerusalem. Everyone except the apostles fled Jerusalem to the surrounding regions of Judea and Samaria. Saul of Tarsus was a key part of those persecuting the Christians. He went into Christians’ homes and dragged off…
August 28 – Jerusalem Falls
Reading 2 Kings 25:2-4a Jer. 39:2-5a; 52:9-11 2 Chron. 36:17 Jer. 52:12-14, 24-27a, 17-23; 39:9-10; 52:15-16, 27b-30 2 Chron. 36:20-21 2 Kings 25:22 Jer. 39:15-18, 11-14; 40:1-6 Devotional In 586 B.C., Babylon broke through the wall of Jerusalem and captured the city. The famine was so bad that there was literally nothing to eat. Apparently…
August 22 – King Zedekiah Refuses Mercy
Reading Jer. 21:1-14; 22:1-9; 34:1-7; 32:1-44; 33:1-9 Devotional Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, has surrounded the city of Jerusalem. Zedekiah, king of Judah, sends men to Jeremiah to inquire of GOD, hoping that GOD would all of a sudden deliver them from Nebuchadnezzar even though Jeremiah had been prophesying of these very events for years. Instead,…
August 13 – GOD Will Destroy Babylon
Reading Jer. 51:59; 50:1-40 Devotional GOD gave Jeremiah a message which was to be sent to the captives in exile in Babylon regarding the coming destruction of Babylon. 1 This is the word the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Babylonians: 2 “Announce and proclaim among the nations,…