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Bible Commentary: World's Smallest Bible Fit For Twitter. by winner01(m): 12:00pm On Jun 19, 2016 |
Australian writer and theologian, Ben Myers, started tweeting summaries of each book of the Bible. What emerged was ‘the world’s smallest’ Bible commentary. It’s poetic, informative and refreshing. Enjoy… Old Testament Genesis Under numberless stars an old man stands amazed; his wife cries out in the pain of childbirth, laughing. Exodus Barefoot on the hot sand, he stares into the flame and haggles with a god whose name he cannot say. Leviticus At the mountain they wait in love and terror, while holy words pass through them like a sword. Numbers Count the murmuring tribes, count their slain, count the wandering long years. Deuteronomy I love you, I love you. Not because you are so good or great, but because you are so lost and little. Joshua In the walled city a prostitute undresses to the music of trumpets and the sound of many feet. Judges As soothing as a therapist, she runs her fingers through his hair and says, "Now lie back and tell me everything." Ruth He wakes in the night to find a woman, a foreigner, touching his feet. He rubs his eyes. He had been dreaming of kings. 1 Samuel Grief + God = Samuel Israel - Eli + Samuel = Monarchy Monarchy - Saul = David David - Jonathan = 0 2 Samuel Victory! A riot of joy! The victor covers his face: O Absalom, my son, my son. 1 Kings So, you really want a monarchy huh? Don't say I didn't warn you. 2 Kings I told you so. 1 Chronicles And behold, in those days all the begetting was done by the menfolk. 2 Chronicles If we build it, he will come. Ezra When we saw the Temple we thought we must be dreaming, or that all our lives had been a dream from which we had awoken. Nehemiah When he read the scroll it was as if, after a long dementia, I remembered my name and wept to hear it spoken. Esther The orphan queen is glorious at her feast. In her glittering eyes are sex and armies. Job He scrapes himself with broken pots, cursing his mother's womb. In the distance, Leviathan circles silently in the deep. Psalms The invention of antiphony: when my heart broke in two, I taught both parts to sing. Proverbs What a fabulous woman! I'll marry her! (She left her fingerprints all over me.) Ecclesiastes Life is an empty sink. Someone has pulled the plug and all the meaning has drained out of it. So enjoy yourself! Song of Songs With the turtledove singing above them in the apple tree, the lovers took off their clothes and made beautiful poems together. Isaiah When the four corners of creation are picked up like a tablecloth, all the crumbs will slide into the middle, into Zion. Jeremiah The Word is at the bottom of the well, burning like a naked flame in the mouth of the weeping prophet. Lamentations A Bear Crouches. Destruction Envelops. Flee God's Holy Implacable Judgment! Killed! Lament! Mourn Nakedly! O Pray! Ezekiel Four flashing creatures, four wheels rimmed with eyes, one scroll, one Spirit, one Temple, one million creeping bones. Daniel I pray (each day) towards the city of the Son of Man; to him all kings (all things) shall bend like grass in the wind. Hosea She has given birth. Another son! Tenderly her humiliated husband gathers the little prophecy into his arms. Joel Through the cracks in our broken hearts the grasshoppers have come swarming in. Amos Hallelujah! The Lord is here! Run for your lives! Obadiah I made you as numerous as the stars. Watch now while I rub out every star and wrap the world in darkness. Jonah When the prophet disobeys, even the fish of the sea are against him. When Nineveh repents, even the animals fast and pray. Micah We call you a minor prophet. But you are mountains rising behind mountains; all the world's wealth is minor next to you. Nahum Grinning from ear to ear, he sings a lament for the fall of Nineveh. Habakkuk He sings of joy in God's salvation, his face wet with indignant tears. Zephaniah Cry out with horror, for I will sweep you from the earth. Cry out with joy, for I will sweep you into my arms. Haggai After the return from exile, the prophets spoke in prose. It took captivity to wring the poetry from their souls. Zechariah If only you could have lived to see the day he read your scroll, and loved it, and told his friends to fetch a donkey. Malachi You've got a new temple; now get new hearts to go with it, before the temple's Lord appears and turns the tables on you. New Testament Matthew We thought his teaching was a mirror of God's Law, but we were wrong. The Law is the mirror, reflecting him. Mark Just as we were killing him, God whispered a secret. No one heard except the soldier who raised his bloodied hands in awe. Luke After careful research I have prepared an objective scholarly account of what happened. It all began with an angel... John Because we could not find the way to God, he used a spear to open a door in his side, and said, "Look, I am the way!" Acts Proof of the resurrection: the powers of this world submit to a handkerchief on which an apostle has blown his nose. Romans Adam lost it, Christ found it, the Spirit gives it, faith holds it, creation yearns for it, death yields to it. 1 Corinthians When the last trump sounded we didn't hear it. We were too busy arguing and bragging about our spirituality. 2 Corinthians O how I love you, you darling scalawags, you dear sweet blockheaded scoundrels, you infuriating puppies! Galatians We felt insecure without our chains so we hired experts to repair them. Then Paul came back, wielding a sledgehammer. Ephesians When the human race had split apart, God (who loves to renovate) took wood and nails and fastened it back together. Philippians Even in chains, Paul is freer than wild horses. Even in prison, his joy is boundless as the skies. Colossians God assembled all the pieces of the universe as one huge jigsaw puzzle, a perfect picture of Christ. 1 Thessalonians In Christ there is no night but only one eternal morning in which the living and the dead awake and embrace. 2 Thessalonians When I told you, brothers, that he's coming back soon, what I really meant was soonish. 1 Timothy Dear Paul, Thanks for your letter & for all the advice. The part about wine: ok! The part about women: huh? Yours, Tim. 2 Timothy The dying apostle writes his will: "To my dear son Timothy I leave all that I possess: my gospel and these chains." Titus Don't adapt the gospel to your life. Adapt your life to the pattern of the gospel. Philemon Then one day, for the first time in history, a slave and his master cried out in stunned recognition: "Brother!" Hebrews Look in the mirror to see the face; follow a shadow to find the thing; wade through blood to a place where bloodshed ceases. James Faith is a picture taken by the beggar at your door, not a selfie. 1 Peter In the midst of a strange land all the strangers assembled in one place, and called it Home. 2 Peter "Paul's letters are hard to understand": the calm judgment of a pseudonymous letter full of riddles and obscurities. 1 John Love is the order of things; hatred is rebellion against reality. 2 John Pure spiritual love is a delusion. Love has come among us in the flesh. It's with our bodies that we walk in love's way. 3 John Oh my dear friend, I need to see you face to face to tell you what love means. Love can't be sent by mail. Jude If ever the world is burned to ashes in a nuclear holocaust, let the last human being recite the epistle of Jude, and die. Revelation When she finally arrived at the wedding, she kissed him and said, "Sorry I'm late. The traffic was hell." I hope you enjoyed that. Happy sunday and God bless you. lalasticlala Source: https://www.biblesociety.org.uk/explore-the-bible/articles-about-the-bible/a-bible-commentary-fit-for-twitter/ |
Re: Bible Commentary: World's Smallest Bible Fit For Twitter. by winner01(m): 8:12am On Jul 03, 2016 |
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