The Field's Musings

Josiah continued Josiah smashes the bones of the priests to demonstrate that there is no future life for them- no resurrection to life. Hebrews 11:17-22- God is able to raise men even from the dead. By faith Joseph gave orders concerning his bones. Joseph like Isaac understood that God could raise the dead. Joseph believed that he would live forever. Psalm 34:15-20. Quoted in John 19:32-36 V20 ‘He guards all his bones; Not one of them is broken’ Bones being preserved pointed to the bodily resurrection form the dead. Christ was the first to be raised bodily from the dead. He broke open the gates of heaven. Poetry What is poetry? Words can be used in two ways: 1) Denotative - direct explicit meaning of a word 2) Connotative- an idea suggested by a word in addition to the explicit meaning a) His father stood over him while three problems of subtraction. b) The little cousin is dead by foul subtraction. In b) a mathematical term has tragic overtones. Poetry is taking denotative ideas and v...

Elisha Contd Evil Kings during Elisha’s time: Ahab 1 Kings 16:30 Ahaziah 1 Kings 22:52-53 Jehoram 2 Kings 3:2-3 Jehu 2 Kings 10:31 Joash 2 Kings 13:2 Jehoash 2 Kings 13:11 There is a great spiritual famine during the time of Elisha. Elisha was granted the ability to perform miracles to fight the great apostasy. The typology in 2 Kings 4 is predictive. Meaning it points to a greater climax. See Matthew 14:14-21 (John 6) Both stories contain a crowd of hungry people A few loaves are a principle part of both meal. In John 6 John says that the loaves are made of barley same as the loaves in the story of Elisha. Elisha and Jesus the same wording: ‘Give them that they may eat’ John 6:7- in both stories an objection is made. Jesus’ feeding of the multitudes was modelled on Elisha’s miracle. Jesus and Elsiah were both bringing sustenance to a spiritually ravished land. Jesus’ miracle was greater than Elisha’s. Jesus doesn’t say ‘thus say YHWH’ He does it with His own power because He is YWHW. ...

The Prophetic Institution contd Numbers 23:23 For there is no sorcery against Jacob, Nor any divination against Israel. It now must be said of Jacob And of Israel, ‘Oh, what God has done!’ No need for sorcery as God will reveal His will at His time. People don’t need to search for His voice; God speaks. Deuteronomy 18:12 12 For all who do these things are an abomination to the LORD, and because of these abominations the LORD your God drives them out from before you. The sin is not separated from the sinner. We are what we do. When people commit abominations they became abominated. The superstitions of Canaan have nothing to do with Israel’s prophetic institutions according to Duet 18. Israel was not permitted to use the methods of the Canaanites. Instead they were to listen to the prophet. 15 “The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear, The prophet had to be an Israelite 16 according to all you desired of the LORD y...

Judges 8 = First try at building a monarchy in Israel (tribe of Ephraim) Judges 9 = Second try at monarchy (Abmilech in Ephraim) Psalm 78 describes the rivalry between Judah and Ephraim: 67 Moreover He rejected the tent of Joseph, And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim, 68 But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved. And He built His sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which He has established forever. 70 He also chose David His servant, And took him from the sheepfolds; 71 From following the ewes that had young He brought him, To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel His inheritance. Evidences for the split of Israel and Judah 1 Sam 11:8 (during the reign of Saul) When he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. 1 Sam 18:16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them. 2 Sam 5:5 In Hebron he reigned over Juda...