History
The History of Patriarchal Genealogies
Date: November 17, 2019
Passage: 1 Chronicles 1:1–54
Genealogies often introduce stories, but in Chronicles genealogies seem to be the story. We find in this chapter the historical records from Adam to Abraham …
Nineveh’s Comeuppance
Date: September 29, 2019
Passage: Nahum 3:8–13
The prophet declares that Nineveh’s fate is as certain at that of the Egyptian city of Thebes, which Assyria had conquered in 663 B.C. Both cities depended on their rivers: Thebes had the Nile, and Nineveh had the Tigris. Unlike Nineveh, Thebes had many allies: (1) Cush refers to Southern …