Category Archives: Commentary

1 Kings

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE BOOK OF FIRST KINGS   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22   O U T L I N E – The Reign of King Solomon 1 Kings 1 – 11 – Adonijah’s Rebellion Put Down 1 […]

John 9

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Healing a Blind Man: Jesus as Light of the World Awakens a Remnant John 9   John 9. In John 8 we saw that the Light (Jesus) “appeared in the darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.” By the end of John 8, the religious leaders heard His declaration “I AM” and have taken up […]

Revelation 22:6-21

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Closing Exhortations Revelation 22:6-21   Three Announcements of Christ’s Coming. In this passage we get repeated proclamations of the coming of Christ. It is the coming of Christ, not the fulfillment of prophecy that we wait for! In each announcement we have a practical effect that it should have in the lives of believers. […]

1 Corinthians 14

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Exercise of Gift in the Assembly 1 Corinthians 14   1 Corinthians 14. Having taken up the subject of divine love in a parenthesis (ch.13), Paul now returns to the subject of gift, more specifically gift in exercise in the local assembly meetings. Often “the assembly” is mentioned, and the term “in assembly” is […]

1 Kings 8

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Dedication of the Temple 1 Kings 8       CHAPTER 8 1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out […]

Jeremiah

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE PROPHET JEREMIAH   1 2 3 …   O U T L I N E – Moral Appeals to the People Jeremiah 1 – 25 – The Prophet’s call Jeremiah 1 – Israel’s Sin in Light of Jehovah’s Tender Kindness Jeremiah 2 – 6 – Israel’s Perpetual Backsliding, Call to Repent Jeremiah 7 […]

Hosea

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE PROPHET HOSEA   1 2 3…   O U T L I N E – The Dispensational Ways of God with Israel Hosea 1 – 3 – A History of Israel Pictured by the Names of Gomer’s Children Hosea 1 – A History of Israel Pictured by Gomer Slipping back into Harlotry […]

Colossians 2:1-19

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Double Threat Facing the Saints: Philosophy and Tradition Colossians 2:1-19   Colossians 2. We have the power of the cross in ch.2 – the work of Christ; whereas in ch.1 it was the Person of Christ that was primarily in view. Often in scripture the Person of Christ comes before the work […]

Judges 17-18

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Appendix: The Corruption at Heart Manifest Judges 17 – 21   O U T L I N E – Appendix: The Corruption at Heart Manifest Judges 17 – 21 – Sin Against God: Will-worship in Dan Judges 17 – 18 – Sin Against Man: the Man from Ephraim Judges 19 – Man’s View […]

Acts 24

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Paul’s Defense before Felix Acts 24   Acts 24. In this chapter we have Paul’s defense before Felix, as well as his private audience with Felix and Drusilla. In vv.1-9, the high priest and elders appeared before Felix and employed the orator Tertullus, who flattered the governor and leveled political and religious charges […]

Psalm 5

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 5 A Meditation on Jehovah’s Righteous Dealings   Psalm 5. The inscription indicates that this is a psalm of David. It was written in the style of “Nehiloth”, meaning “flutes”, or “wind instruments”. In the progression of Psa. 3-8 we are now in the night, looking forward to the future morning; “in the […]

Psalm 21

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 21 The Joy of Messiah in His Victories and Reign   Psalm 21. This is Psalm of David, and it is a natural sequel to the previous psalm. In Psalm 20 we have the desire and prayer of the godly remnant on behalf of their Messiah, and in Psalm 21 we have […]

Psalm 37

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 37 The Path of the Wicked and of the Righteous   Psalm 37. This is a Psalm of David, and it presents the comfort to the faithful that the government of God is, in considering the contrasting paths of the wicked and the righteous. If the saints did not apprehend the government […]

Psalm 53

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 53 The Wicked Surrounding the Remnant   Psalm 53. The inscription indicates that this is a psalm of David. It was written to the tune of “Mahalath”, meaning “sickness”. This psalm describes the diseased state of the nation of Israel, and the remnant’s acknowledgement of it before God. See also Psalm 88. […]

Psalm 69

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 69 Christ Suffering Reproach Because of Israel’s Trespasses   Psalm 69. This is a Psalm of David, written to the tune of ‘Shoshannim’, meaning “Lilies” (Psalms 45). It is a Messianic Psalm that gives us the expressions of the suffering Savior on the cross (v.21), although it does not exactly focus on […]

Psalm 85

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 85 The Restoration of Israel   Psalm 85. This Psalm of the sons of Korah give us the prophetic fulfillment of the Day of Atonement, as Psalm 84 was of the Feast of Trumpets, and Psalm 87 is of the Feast of Tabernacles. Psalm 85 is connected with Psalm 88, and it […]

Psalm 101

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 101 The Righteous Principles of the Kingdom   Psalm 101. This Psalm of David describes the principles that will characterize the Millennial kingdom when Christ reigns in Zion. The chief characteristic brought out in Psalm 101 is that of righteous judgment. Historically this would have been a prayer that David prayed at […]