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Chad Bird is a Scholar in Residence at 1517. He has served as a pastor, professor, and guest lecturer in Old Testament and Hebrew. He holds master’s degrees from Concordia Theological Seminary and Hebrew Union College. He has contributed articles to Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, Modern Reformation, The Federalist, Lutheran Forum, and other journals and websites. He is also the author of several books, including Night Driving & Your God Is Too Glorious.

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October 28 - Mishpat and Murder

Unveiling Mercy
10/28/21

משׁפט - For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry! ISAIAH 5:7

Hebrew

2 Samuel 24:1-25 (Episode 289)

40 Minutes in the Old Testament
10/27/21

The close of 2 Samuel.

October 27 - Torah Not Law

Unveiling Mercy
10/27/21

תורה - “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion…

Hebrew

October 26 - Rebellious Rulers

Unveiling Mercy
10/26/21

סרר - How the faithful city has become a whore, she who was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers. Your silver has become dross, your best wine mixed with water. Your princes are rebels and companions…

Hebrew

October 25 - Love and Mandrakes

Unveiling Mercy
10/25/21

דודאים - Come, my beloved, let us go out into the fields and lodge in the villages; let us go out early to the vineyards... There I will give you my love. The mandrakes give forth fragrance, and beside our…

Hebrew

October 24 - When Christ Knocks

Unveiling Mercy
10/24/21

דפק - I slept, but my heart was awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking. “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is wet with dew, my locks with the drops of…

Hebrew

October 23 - Dark but Lovely

Unveiling Mercy
10/23/21

שׁחר - "I am very dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon. Do not gaze at me because I am dark, because the sun has looked upon me." SONG OF SONGS 1:5–6

Hebrew

October 22 - This Is the All of Humanity

Unveiling Mercy
10/22/21

כל - The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or…

Hebrew

2 Samuel 23:3-39 (Episode 288)

40 Minutes in the Old Testament
10/21/21

Last words and mighty men.

October 20 - The Fool

Unveiling Mercy
10/20/21

כסיל - Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness. The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness…

Hebrew

October 19 - Mega-Vanity!

Unveiling Mercy
10/19/21

הבל - The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. ECCLESIASTES 1:1–2

Hebrew

October 18 - Train up or Dedicate?

Unveiling Mercy
10/18/21

חנך - Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. PROVERBS 22:6

Hebrew

October 17 - Souls and Throats

Unveiling Mercy
10/17/21

נפשׁ - Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. PROVERBS 13:3

Hebrew

October 16 - Covering Sins

Unveiling Mercy
10/16/21

כסה - The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. PROVERBS 10:11–12

Hebrew

October 15 - The Architect of the World

Unveiling Mercy
10/15/21

אמון - "When [God] assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, then I was beside him, like a master workman, and I was…

Hebrew

October 14 - To What Shall I Compare It?

Unveiling Mercy
10/14/21

משׁל - The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity; to give prudence to the simple, knowledge…

Hebrew

October 13 - In the Wilderness

Unveiling Mercy
10/13/21

מדבר - He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into thirsty ground, a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the evil of its inhabitants. He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into…

Hebrew

October 12 - God’s Land

Unveiling Mercy
10/12/21

ארץ - O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. PSALM 104:24

Hebrew

2 Samuel 22:37-23:2 (Episode 287)

40 Minutes in the Old Testament
10/11/21

The sweet psalmist of Israel.

October 11 - Orienting Ourselves

Unveiling Mercy
10/11/21

מזרח - For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from…

Hebrew

October 10 - The Discipline of the Lord

Unveiling Mercy
10/10/21

יסר - Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord, and whom you teach out of your law, to give him rest from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked. PSALM 94:12–13

Hebrew

October 9 - Abba, Father

Unveiling Mercy
10/09/21

אב - He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’ And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. PSALM 89:26–27

Hebrew

October 8 - Prayer

Unveiling Mercy
10/08/21

תפלה - O Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out day and night before you. Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry! PSALM 88:1–2

Hebrew

October 7 - The Kiss

Unveiling Mercy
10/07/21

נשׁק - Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other. PSALM 85:10

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October 6 - A Long Time Ago and Ahead

Unveiling Mercy
10/06/21

עולם - I consider the days of old, the years long ago. I said, “Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my heart.” PSALM 77:5–6

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Christ in the Old Testament

Chad Bird

Why read the Old Testament now that we have the New Testament? When we're reading the Old Testament, we're reading a book that is all about Christ. When Christ talked about himself, and when his earliest believers talked about who he was and what he was accomplishing through his acts of salvation, they referred to the Old Testament. Enroll in…

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40 Minutes in the Old Testament

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Welcome to 40 Minutes in the Old Testament, a show that moves chapter by chapter through the Old Testament, diving into scripture, and conversing about the sinner and saint aspects of God's Word.

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