When read in the Hebrew order, the final book of the Old Testament is Chronicles; which, of course, our Bibles break into two separate books. I want to share why Chronicles makes so much more sense when it is read as the last book rather than reading it immediately...
Yesterday I read the book of Kings (1 and 2 Kings). It is a tremendous and heartbreaking story. But most importantly, it is a story which we must know if we are going to understand what it means to be a part of the kingdom of God. Jesus’ story has a backstory...
When someone became king in Israel, a priest would pour oil on that man’s head and he would then be known as the Lord’s “anointed.” The Hebrew word for “anointed” is “messiah.” So this is the story of two messiahs, Saul...
