Amos 1:1 "...Amos, who was among the sheepbreeders..." Not a prophet by profession. Some were called the sons of the prophets. Amos worked at something else when God called Him with a message to tell. 1 "...two years before the earthquake" Either written down after the fact or, as commentary suggests, inserted by a later …
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Bible Study Notes on Jonah 4 – 20171019
Jonah 4:1 "...it displeased Jonah exceedingly..." The fact that God had relented of the destruction planned for Nineveh. 2 "...was not this what I said when I was still in my country..." Have to read between the lines here. Jonah's a prophet. His credibility rests on events happening exactly as he predicts or prophesies. When …
Bible Study Notes on Jonah 3 – 20171017
Jonah 3:2 "...preach to it the message that I tell you" We're not told the message. Chapter one gives a bit of explanation for the message, but nothing specific about it other than to preach against the city. 3 "...a three-day journey..." Some disagreement on the exact meaning. Most take it to describe the circumference …
Bible Study Notes on Jonah 2 – 20171016
Jonah 2:1 "...Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the fish’s belly" Looking for clues as to whether Jonah was alive in the fish or dead and speaking from Sheol. Nothing yet. His body would have been in the belly of the fish at this point even if his soul was elsewhere. But he's …
Bible Study Notes on Jonah 1 – 20171012
Jonah 1:3 "...Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD..." Unknown as to the exact location of Tarshish. Found many ideas, some farther away than others. One as far as Spain. I think the idea Jonah had was to go as far away from where God told him to go as …
Bible Study Notes on Habakkuk 3 – 20171011
Habakkuk 3:1 "...prayer of Habakkuk...on Shigionoth...I have heard Your speech and was afraid...In wrath remember mercy" New prayer or actually a song of Habakkuk. Will be more of praise than the earlier questioning. Commentaries aren't sure about the meaning of Shigionoth. May be descriptive of the type of praise song. At any rate, he has …
Bible Study Notes on Habakkuk 2 – 20171008
Habakkuk 2:1 "I will stand my watch...And watch to see what He will say to me..." After questioning God about the answer he received, Habakkuk says he's going to just wait and see what God says. He expects a rebuke of some sort for the audacity of questioning God. Wonder what God saw in his …
Black & White with Shades of Gray 