Category Archives: Jeremiah

A Window for Death

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Rick Wadholm

 As I prepare for my course on Jeremiah this fall I noticed that the commentaries I was using (Brueggemann, Feinberg, Harrison, Kidner, Lalleman, Wright) were not covering the Ugaritic connection in Jeremiah 9:21 (English versions; vs. 20 in the Hebrew) … Continue reading →

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Esther 9-10 – The Day of Reckoning and Rejoicing

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Rick Wadholm

9:1-4 – The day arrives.  After all that had been done and the joy of chapter eight, the actual day for the struggle of the Jews had yet to be decided though things were increasingly in the favor of the … Continue reading →

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Daniel 12 – The Vision of the End

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Rick Wadholm

11:36-39 – The king who exalts himself.  This king does have certain levels of overlap with Antiochus IV Epiphanes (and many commentators believe that this individual is one and the same), but the description does not fit as it did … Continue reading →

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Daniel 10 – Prepared for the Final Vision

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Rick Wadholm

10:1 – The Time and General Content of the Vision.  The third year of Cyrus king of Persia would place this vision in approximately 536-535BC.  This would also suggest that the recently begun work on rebuilding the Temple of the … Continue reading →

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Daniel 9 – The Vision of the Seventy Sevens

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Rick Wadholm

9:1-2 – Understanding the date.  This chapter occurs some time after chapter five and perhaps after chapter six.  If this “Darius” the Mede (which seems likely) is “Cyrus” as explained in earlier notes (6:28) then the year would be 538BC … Continue reading →

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The Old Testament for Seventh Graders (in Four Weeks!) 4

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Rick Wadholm

Life Under the Covenant – Joshua-Malachi Story: Living in the Land (Joshua-2 Chronicles) – Israel entered the land of eternal promise, but once they were in the land they failed to live according to the covenant.  The LORD rescued them … Continue reading →

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Daniel 7 – Visions in the Night

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Rick Wadholm

This chapter is considered by most to be the most significant chapter of Daniel and also a key chapter of the Old Testament.  There are some who have proposed that Daniel has borrowed from the ancient Near Eastern mythologies around … Continue reading →

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Daniel 5 – The Writing Is On The Wall

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Rick Wadholm

<!–[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> 5:1-4 – The party that ended it all.  Daniel 5 moves the book forward in time about thirty years after the events of chapter 4.  The date can actually be fixed to October 12, 539BC … Continue reading →

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Blessed be the One Who Grabs Babylon's Babies and Smashes Them on a Rock: A Psalm

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep when we remember Zion. On the poplars in her midst we hang our harps, for there our captors ask us to compose songs; those who mock us demand that we … Continue reading →

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Daniel 3 – The God Who Saves

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

3:1-7 – The image of gold.  Theodotian and the LXX provide an interesting time note that is not included in the Aramaic text found in our Bibles.  They actually state that it was Nebuchadnezzar’s 18th year when what follows happened … Continue reading →

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