Thurs.’s Devo - The Inside Scoop

Read: 1 Chronicles 1:1-2:17; Acts 23:11-35; Psalm 3:1-8; Proverbs 18:14-15
I looked up the word “chronicle” in the dictionary and it means “a historical record or register of facts or event arranged in the order in which they happened.” That is exactly what 1st and 2nd Chronicles is. It starts all the way back to Adam and gives us the genealogies up to that present time. It is a great tool for seeing what God highlights in the lists. Very little commentary is given among the names so what is given is important. The first he tells us about it Nimrod. He grew to be a might warrior on earth. Nimrod means “we will rebel” which tells us that Ham started the rebellion in his heart and it manifested in his grandson. Ham means “rage”. His son Seth’s name means “terror” which is so true that anger leads to wanting to act out that anger in terrorizing which leads to rebellion.
I thought another interesting thing was that the Casluhites which means “forgiven ones” was who the Philistines came from.
In verse 19 we read about Eber’s two sons: Peleg and Joktan. There was an earthquake that divided the earth during their time and these two sons represent the two sides. Joktan represents the side of evil and his name means “he will be made small”. Peleg represents the side that crossed over to righteousness. His name means “beyond; the other side as having crossed over”. If you read the names and meanings of their sons you will get an even greater picture. One side is blessed and the other cursed much like Jacob and Esau.
The last commentary we get is about Judah’s sons who were so evil that God had to kill his first son was so wicked the Lord put him to death and used his wife to bring seed through her father-in-law. She had twins: Perez and Zerah. That is an interesting story to say the least.
In Acts, God has one more place for Paul to go and that is Rome. Rome will be the seat of the False Prophet in Revelation so it was necessary that Paul not die where all the other prophets had died which was Jerusalem but that he die in Rome. He was the first of the New Testament prophets. Satan didn’t want Paul to get to Rome and it took secret intel and 200 soldiers, 70 horsemen, and 200 spearmen to get him there! God will make sure we get to our destination.
Lord, thank you for your wonderful Word. Let it be a lamp unto our path today.