Ryan Verghese

Day 32

What a relational turnaround! This scene doesn't seem at all possible of the Jacob and Esau we see just a few chapters earlier. Things I often forget when I try to recall the Jacob story: 1. 20 years…

Genesis 33:1 (HCSB), Esther 9:1 (HCSB), Esther 10:1 (HCSB), Mark 4:1 (HCSB), Romans 4:1 (HCSB)

Day 321

The statement about the ten men in v10 seems contrasting to the God who said of Sodom that he would save it, if even there were ten faithful in the city. The whole passage is a striking condemnation on…

1 Chronicles 9:1 (ESV), 1 Chronicles 10:1 (ESV), Psalm 87:1 (ESV), Psalm 88:1 (ESV), Amos 6:1 (ESV), Hebrews 12:1 (ESV)

Day 319

v1-5 seems to be doing a similar thing to chapter 3, in condemning all these other nations. I wonder if there is some sort of veiled attack to Israel in this. It all gets fairly accurate and pointed by…

1 Chronicles 5:1 (ESV), 1 Chronicles 6:1 (ESV), Psalm 85:1 (ESV), Amos 4:1 (ESV), Hebrews 10:1 (ESV)

Day 313

Joel just starts. There's a very bare intro and it just launches. The vine image is back, and seems tied with the fig tree concept. I assume the "Day of the Lord" that it speaks of here is the coming…

2 Kings 22:1 (ESV), Psalm 77:1 (ESV), Joel 1:1 (ESV), Hebrews 4:1 (ESV)

Day 312

I'm not sure who is speaking here. It feels like something ascribed to God, but seems to be spoken from Hoseas perspective... Also the narrative element of this is left hanging. We don't really get conclusion…

2 Kings 21:1 (ESV), Psalm 75:1 (ESV), Psalm 76:1 (ESV), Hosea 14:1 (ESV), Hebrews 3:1 (ESV)

Day 307

I wonder if Ephraim and Israel are just used interchangeably... It certainly seems that way at times, especially. As an amusing aside, I very randomly started listening to Brooke Frasers, "Hoseas wife"…

2 Kings 16:1 (ESV), Psalm 69:1 (ESV), Hosea 9:1 (ESV), Titus 2:1 (ESV)

Day 307

I wonder if Ephraim and Israel are just used interchangeably... It certainly seems that way at times, especially. As an amusing aside, I very randomly started listening to Brooke Frasers, "Hoseas wife"…

2 Kings 16:1 (ESV), Psalm 69:1 (ESV), Hosea 9:1 (ESV), Titus 2:1 (ESV)

Day 306

I reckon this is the place where the phrase, "reap the whirlwind" came from. Pretty cool that the Bible can be ascribed with it! This section is sad. It starts with Israel knowing God but ignoring him,…

2 Kings 15:1 (ESV), Psalm 68:1 (ESV), Hosea 8:1 (ESV), Titus 1:1 (ESV)

Day 305

I forget why Ephraim is separate to Israel/Judah. I know that Edom becomes a separate nation in 2 kings, but they aren't the same. I do remember someone once telling me that there are two Ephraims, the…

2 Kings 14:1 (ESV), Psalm 66:1 (ESV), Psalm 67:1 (ESV), Hosea 7:1 (ESV), 2 Timothy 4:1 (ESV)

Day 301

Poor Hosea. His life pretty much becomes an example for the rest of israel. Yet you don't really see him complain here. He knows he is going to marry a prostitute who is going to be unfaithful but he…

2 Kings 9:1 (ESV), Psalm 58:1 (ESV), Psalm 59:1 (ESV), Hosea 1:1 (ESV), 1 Timothy 6:1 (ESV)

Day 300

Daniel 12 seems to end pretty abruptly for the close of a chapter. If someone was reading this out to me, I would be pretty unsatisfied with the lack of conclusion. But perhaps that is intentional. The…

2 Kings 8:1 (ESV), Psalm 56:1 (ESV), Psalm 57:1 (ESV), Daniel 12:1 (ESV), 1 Timothy 5:1 (ESV)

Day 298

First note to self is to get more sleep, because bible reading is being distracted by drowsiness. l wonder if the son of man that Dan sees here is one of the OT christophanies... Anyway, here he affirms…

2 Kings 6:1 (ESV), Psalm 52:1 (ESV), Psalm 53:1 (ESV), Psalm 54:1 (ESV), Daniel 10:1 (ESV), 1 Timothy 3:1 (ESV)

Day 297

Flip! I didn't realise the gospel trajectory of 2 kings 5 before! Although I usually focus on the other OT writing, today I was gobsmacked by the 2 kings passage. It was so refreshing and gospel-centered,…

2 Kings 5:1 (ESV), Psalm 51:1 (ESV), Daniel 9:1 (ESV), 1 Timothy 2:1 (ESV)

Day 294

the scene with Daniel and the lions den is pretty well remembered from Sunday school, which means it is fairly hard to divorce it from that image. I guess key thing that we see in here as well as most…

2 Kings 2:1 (ESV), Psalm 48:1 (ESV), Daniel 6:1 (ESV), 2 Thessalonians 2:1 (ESV)

Day 293

The parallel between the death of Belshazzar and Ahaziah is interesting. both are clearly ordained by the lord. sucks to be them. it seems a lot of chapter 5 is like a recap of what has happened. the…

2 Kings 1:1 (ESV), Psalm 46:1 (ESV), Psalm 47:1 (ESV), Daniel 5:1 (ESV), 2 Thessalonians 1:1 (ESV)

12/01/2011

Genesis 13 - It seems like here we are seeing God's promises to Abraham in action. He has some sweet blessings particularly in his abundance of livestock, that seems to have developed somewhat rapidly…

11/01/11

Genesis 12 - First it always strikes me as odd that Sarai was objectively beautiful even at 70. Perhaps because of the way that people seemed to age slower at this period of the OT. The more important…