by Your Adventist Friend | Jan 15, 2024 | English, Old Testament, Understanding the Bible
The Story of Moses in the Bible: What His Life Teaches Us A baby on death row, an outcast prince, a humble shepherd, and an unlikely deliverer. All these titles describe the individual that led Israel out of slavery in Egypt to the borders of the Promised Land. This...
by Your Adventist Friend | Jan 12, 2024 | English, Old Testament, Understanding the Bible
The 42 Kings (and 1 Queen) of Israel and Judah in the Bible Conspiracies, royal scandals, dictatorships—history is full of them. And Bible history is no different when we stop to look at the kings of ancient Israel in the Old Testament. In total, there were 43...
by Your Adventist Friend | Jan 12, 2024 | English, Old Testament, Understanding the Bible
What We Can Learn from the Life of Joshua Joshua was an iconic leader in the Old Testament of the Bible. As a successor to Moses, starting in the book of Joshua, he was both a humble servant of God and a strong warrior. God called Him to lead the nation of Israel to...
by Your Adventist Friend | Jan 12, 2024 | English, Old Testament, Understanding the Bible
Who Was Abraham in the Bible? And Why Is He So Important? Abraham is known for being the first patriarch of the Hebrew people. God communicated directly with Abraham and made a covenant with him that would provide land, protection, and fruitfulness for his...
by Your Adventist Friend | Jan 11, 2024 | English, Old Testament, Understanding the Bible
King David: How Was He a Man After God’s Own Heart? War, bloodshed, murder, adultery—all of these crimes overshadowed the life of a biblical Old Testament man named David. Yet he was called a man after God’s own heart, not to mention one of Israel’s greatest heroes...
by Your Adventist Friend | Jan 11, 2024 | English, Old Testament, Understanding the Bible
Lessons from the Life of Joseph in the Bible Joseph is one of the more well-known people from the Bible’s Old Testament. He showed remarkable strength, faith, and patience—even while facing great difficulty and injustice. All because he let God lead. There’s a lot we...