by Ray Viola | Nov 10, 2019 | Devotionals
Ezekiel 14.23 and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD. God was explaining to Ezekiel that the horrific judgments that were happening in the land were not done rashly, or for no reason. Both the land and the...
by Ray Viola | Apr 6, 2019 | Lessons from the Old Testament
The book of Ecclesiastes is one of the Wisdom Books of the OT, along with Job, Psalms, Proverbs and the Song of Songs. The English Bible adopted the title of the book from that employed by the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament, known as the Septuagint:...
by Ray Viola | Mar 19, 2019 | Devotionals, Lessons from the Old Testament
Paul tells us that there are lessons that the church can learn from the history of the nation of Israel. One of those important lessons is seeing how quickly they forgot what God had done for them. Psalm 106 records Israel’s “spiritual amnesia”,...