Observations from reading the Bible. Not in depth study points, but scriptures that spoke to me especially, while reading.
Nehemiah 5:19 – Remember me, my God. Consider everything that I have done for these people. You know we would want to look at this prayer and think that it is selfish. But truly it isn’t. We might want to say that Yahweh knows everything, and he does. But he does say to ask. He …
Esther 1:17 – The news of what the queen has done will spread to all women, and they will despise their husbands. They will say, ‘King Xerxes ordered Queen Vashti to be brought to him, but she would not come.’ Hmmmm. I think the men knew that the request was wrong. The king was drunk …
Job 4:18 – “You see, God doesn’t trust his own servants, and he accuses his angels of making mistakes. Where did Eliphaz get this from? What was he smoking? At what point did Yahweh ever say he didn’t trust?! He needs to show me that. Job 6:4 – because the arrows of the Almighty have …
Job 11:12 – But an empty-headed person will gain understanding when a wild donkey is born tame. Zophar throwing shade like it’s nobody’s business! What?! Someone who is empty headed, filled with air will never get understanding. Job 12:5 – A person who has an easy life has no appreciation for misfortune. He thinks it …
Job 23:8-9 – However, if I go east, he isn’t there. If I go west, I can’t find him. If I go northward, where he is at work, I can’t observe him. If I turn southward, I can’t see him. Truly in our despair it can be difficult to see Yahweh. He is there, but …
Job 31:9-10 – If I have been seduced by a woman or I have secretly waited near my neighbor’s door, then let my wife grind for another man, and let other men kneel over her. Job!! If I knew your whole government name I would call it. Job of Uz!! Sigh, it does not have the …
Job 37:13 – Whether for discipline, or for the good of his earth, or out of mercy, he makes the storm appear. We often want to believe that the storms we go through are punishment, but there are so many reason, including out of mercy.
Job 38:1 – Then the Lord answered Job out of the storm. Elihu in the previous chapter says for Job and friends to listen to Yahweh’s voice in the storm (Job 37:2) though he was speaking of the thunder, but then Yahweh’s voice actually comes out of the storm. How cool was that? Job 39:1 – Do …
They both have only one chapter. 2 John 1:1 – From the church leader. To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love because we share the truth. I’m not the only one who loves you. Everyone who knows the truth also loves you. The truth? I feel like I’ve never read 2 John. The …
Leviticus 1:15 – The priest must bring it to the altar. He will break its neck and burn the bird on the altar. First, he will drain the blood against the side of the altar. So many times we belittle Jesus’s sacrifice for us because we’ve never seen a sacrifice or don’t understand what the …
