Today's passage of Scripture is Ezra 8:22 which reads: "The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.."

Today's words from a theologian are from E. Stanley Jones. He said: "God, to redeem us at the deepest portion of our nature -- the urge to love and be loved, must reveal His nature in an incredible and impossible way. He must reveal it at a cross."

Our first topic for today is titled "What Characteristics of Himself Does God Share With Humans? (Part 1)" from the book, "Understanding Theology in 15 Minutes a Day" by Dr. Daryl Aaron.

Even the characteristics of himself that God shares with humans—communicable attributes—are not quite the same in us. All of these are perfect in God but imperfect in people. Nevertheless, it is with regard to these attributes that we as humans can most relate to God.

--- Justice/Righteousness

Closely related to God's holiness is his justice or righteousness  Both English words are used to translate the Hebrew and Greek terms that are biblically applied to this aspect of God's being, and while they share a moral sense, there are other nuances as well.

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Our second topic for today is titled "Theology of the Prophetic Era (Part 1)" from "The Moody Handbook of Theology" by Dr. Paul Enns.

--- FUNCTION OF THE PROPHET

The prophets of Israel played an important role in declaring Israel's future kingdom blessings regarding the original promise given to Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3 and amplified under the Palestinian covenant and the Davidic covenant.

The prophetic office was instituted in Deuteronomy 18:15-18 and immediately anticipated the greater prophet, Messiah, to whom the people would listen. Several different terms are used to describe a prophet. The Hebrew term "nabhi" means a spokesman or a speaker and denotes "one who has been called or appointed to proclaim as a herald the message of God himself."' A second Hebrew term describing the prophet is "roeh", which means "to see"; it is the older word for prophet and is basically synonymous with "nabhi." "Roeh" was the popular designation, whereas nabhi was the technical term.; A third term, seer, means "to see or behold," and is also synonymous with "roeh." All three terms are used in 1 Chronicles 29:29, suggesting they are synonymous.

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