Timing

Moses Carefully Carried Out God’s Commands - Exodus 40:17 – 40:33 (commentary)

This must have been what it was like for Moses and the Israelites. The book of Exodus has given a list of the various components for the tabernacle and the assembly instructions are given. Picture one of the Israelites finishing one of the component parts and bringing it to Moses …

God’s Timing is Very Evident to Paul - Acts 23:23 – 23:35 (commentary)

The chief captain did not want to have to explain to his superior the assassination of a Roman citizen in his charge. Taking no chances, he summoned two-hundred foot soldiers, seventy cavalry, and another two hundred spearmen to see that Paul had a safe exodus from Jerusalem (v. 23). God ...

Division Between David And Ishbosheth - II Samuel 2:1 – 2:11 (commentary)

Now that Saul was dead there was a powerful vacuum in the land, particularly in Judah. Saul and three of his sons by his wife Ahinoam were gone. (Saul had two other sons by his concubine Rizpah, 2 Sam. 21:8, 11). David and most people including Israel’s enemies knew that David wo …

David’s Prayer of Thanks - I Chronicles 17:16 – 17:27 (commentary)

This chapter dealing with David’s ambition to build a worship center for the Lord and the Lord’s response and promise concerning it is almost identical to 2 Samuel 7:1- 29. Expressing a desire to provide the Lord with a temple was right, but his timing was wrong. David went into the tent he ...