Evening Prayer (Part 2)

For Psalm 18, Prof. Calvin comments on God as David’s refuge. ISBE on Exodus: Prof. R. K. Harrison comments on the Hyksos reign which the New Dynasty sought to erase—an ancient cancel culture in art, literature, etc. For Genesis 2.10-14: Prof. Keil continues to discuss the geography surrounding Eden/Paradise. For Joshua 24, Joshua is near death. Judges is at hand in a few days. For Isaiah 7.1-9, Prof. Henry notes that Rezin of Syria and Pekah of Israel from the north are on the move towards Judah and Jerusalem. The Prof. theorizes that there are other, unrecorded sermons dating from the death of Uzziah, through Jotham’s reign, and, now, 740 BC, in Ahaz’s reign. Now, this one is recorded. ISBE on Mark: Dr. R. P. Martin notes that soft statements in Jesus’s eschatological comments over Jerusalem’s fall indicate a 60s-70s date. We reject this old brouhaha. For Mathew 5.13-16, Prof. Jamiesson comments on Christians or Beatitudinal Christians as “lights of the world.” For Romans 3.18, Prof. Hodge mercifully ends this section. For Revelation 16.1-7, Prof. Henry eschatologizes the reader and, implicitly, rebukes the modern scholars who demythogized and de-eschatologize theology. EDT on the Enlightenment: essentially an 18th century movement, although the phrase, “Age of Reason,” covers the 17th-18th centuries. In the Global Anglican, Matthew Payne continues to defend the proposition that “perseverance of the saints” is integral to Anglican formularies, including the Homily of Religious Decline. For Systematic Theology (locus 2), Prof. Hodge discusses Anselm and the role of faith and reason. I believe in order that I may know.