Wednesday, February 13, 2019

More than A Collection of Books 2




Joshua continued where Moses had left off
And presided over the conquest of Jericho,
After a great defeat in the campaign at Ai
He conquered the lands where his feet did go.

Judges demonstrates God’s strength
Particularly in the light of human weakness
And each of these leaders that He used
Showed it was God who passed the test.
  
Ruth is the love story of a Gentile girl
Who was married to a prominent Hebrew man,
What is significant with this Old Testament book
Is Boaz and Ruth’s role in the redemptive plan.

1st Samuel chronicles the acts of two kings
King Saul is the first and king David’s the next,
It begins with Samuel’s birth and childhood
Then the acts of those kings both bad and good.

2nd Samuel is dedicated to David the king,
Part one records his victories and conflicts,
Part two shows his defeats when out of God’s will
And his consequent punishment when he slipped.

1st Kings tells of the close of king David’s stint
And of the golden reign of king Solomon,
The dividing of Israel into North and South
And of the successive kings of those kingdoms

2nd Kings continues along this track
And shows the spiritual decline of the leaders,
It chronicles the miraculous ministry of Elisha
And the captivity of Israel and of Judah.

1Chronicles starts out with the genealogies
From Adam to Abraham and Abraham to Israel,
Its focus is spiritual rather than historical
While appearing to repeat 1st and 2nd Samuel.

2Chronicles continues from 1st Chronicles
With a coverage similar to 1st and 2nd Kings,
Of Judah’s nineteen kings seven were good
None of Israel’s twenty rulers for God ever stood.


Stewart Russell © March 2017 

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