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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Jeremiah 49-50

OK, this was not the most exciting read.  I read a commentary and the guy said, "You will all get an A+ for just making it through".   Loved it!  Then I couldn't resist and read Patricia's blog and even SHE did not think this was exciting and she LOVES all scripture!!!!  I'll just share her comments, and her group didn't make  but one comment....they come alive when it is something controversial...


Posted August 23, 2010 by Patricia in Jeremiah.
How do I read Chapters like this?  I am not going to lie; they are not the most fascinating chapters(for me).  What I do is:  as I read them I circle all the stuff I “get” not that I would never have “gotten” had I not started back from Genesis.  I make a note as to why I understand it because as sharp as my memory is now on remembering: who, what, where, when, and why… I know I will forget!
So here is an example of what I did:
Ch 49 I circled Ammon, and noted they are the birth cousins from Lot to Moab (Gen 19).
Edom (VS 7), from the Esau, Jacob’s brother.  Teman was a city known for its Wisdom and Philosophy, which makes sense since Job’s friend Eliphaz was from there.
Vs 16, the scripture referred to Edom as eagle’s nests, remember from Obadiah the picture of the city built on the side of a red mountain.
Anyway, this is how I creatively get through the not so interesting chapters AND know that when all this escapes my brain, and it will, my homework is done.
Chapter 50 by the way is really important and if you go back and read it in a month it will make a lot more sense.  50:3..A nation from the North will attack Babylon (Medo-Persia WILL attack and conquer Babylon), also when you read these chapters always look for the Remnant spared :)

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  1. Posted by Penny on August 23, 2010 at 8:35 am
    True, today’s reading was not the most fascinating. Chapter 50 was long. I need to mark my calendar to reread it a month from now.
    I felt like the big idea of the reading was if we worship something else besides God, then we will not be happy. That’s my take on yesterday’s and today’s reading since I combined them.

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  1. BonnieAugust 23, 2011 at 5:37 PM

    Ok....I'm really getting ready for new testament........not long.....

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