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The overall theme of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon is succinctly stated in Proverbs 9:10: "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding." Concisely put, to know God is what knowledge means and such understanding should prompt fearful awe of Him. In his early years, Solomon's son learned that "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom...
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Jerusalem. 730 B.C. Living in a corrupt kingdom with foreign invasion on the horizon, Isaiah's wife longs to take refuge and find strength in the Holy One of Israel.
She turns to the holy writings her husband has collected and is immersed in the heart-thoughts of Eve and Elisheba, Rizpah and Gomer. Will their praises and witness provide the strength she needs?
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A broken-hearted queen, a lyric prophet, a promised Messiah... be immersed in the prophecies and promises of the Lord through Isaiah
Jerusalem. 685 B.C. Hepzibah, Queen Mother of Judah, is distraught, when her son orders the death of her father, the Prophet Isaiah.
Now her son is returning from Assyrian prison and she will have to face him... can she forgive him? Will her father's life and teachings about the healing power of the promised Messiah...
4) In His Hand
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A doomed city, a Prophet with God's word in his bones, and a Prophetess who tells the story...
Egypt. 592 B.C. Huldah, once a teacher in Jerusalem, is now a refugee in Egypt. She worries about her granddaughter who lost her husband when the Babylonians stormed Jerusalem. As she relates memories and stories of King Josiah, her nephew the Prophet Jeremiah, and the ever-present invitations of the Lord to trust in His care, will her granddaughter accept...
5) Strengthened
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An injured lamb, a rebellious wife, a valley of dry bones, and a river of healing... the Lord is speaking to his people.
Samaria. 425 B.C. When Ezra the scribe taught that the Jewish men should divorce their foreign wives and children, Ruth's father was one who followed Ezra's counsel. Now, thirteen years later, Ruth's half-sister appears on her doorstep with a record she says her sister needs to read. It spans the past one hundred and fifty years,...
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First and Second Samuel trace the lives of three Jewish men in the eleventh century B.C.: Samuel, the last of the judges and the first of the prophets; Saul, the first of the kings, but rejected by God; and David, the beloved shepherd-king. Hannah, whose name means grace, "asked of the Lord" (the meaning of Samuel's name) and received a male child who selflessly served the Lord's people his entire life. Saul's name means "asked for," but he was not,...
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Kings and Chronicles cover the era of Israel's kings, which spans almost four centuries. Kings picks up with the last days of David, while Chronicles commences with the death of Saul, Israel's first king. Chronicles follows only the Davidic dynasty; references to Israel's kings occur only as a necessary part of the narrative. The writers of Kings and Chronicles had different objectives. The writer of Chronicles intended to encourage disheartened Jews...