Category: Writings by Daniel C Snaddon
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The Book of Genesis, The Creation of Man, by Daniel C Snaddon
Genesis 1:26-27 Genesis 2:7, 21-22 We have already noticed that God spoke 10 times in chapter 1. Each time He spoke something was created or made. Genesis 1 is the actual timetable of God’s creatorial work. Each day was characterized by some new development. On the 5th day God created…
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The Book of Genesis, Genesis 2:7, 24, by Daniel C Snaddon
The creation of man. The creation of woman. The Garden of Eden. The first marriage. verse 7—“The Lord God ‘formed’ man of the dust of the earth.” The word “formed” in the Hebrew gives us the figure of the potter moulding the clay—Jeremiah 18:3-4. Man’s body was fashioned from the…
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The Book of Genesis, Genesis 1:2, by Daniel C Snaddon
I would like to return to the phrase “And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” In order to follow through with our subject chronologically we must begin here. The Spirit of God moved. This is where hope begins to dawn for a ruined universe. The…
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The Book of Genesis, Genesis 1, by Daniel C Snaddon
Verse 1—“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” This is all that is said about the original creation. God did not put a date on this—it could have been many thousands or many millions of years ago. verse 1—“In the beginning.” The author takes us back into…
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The Book of Genesis, Beginnings, Chapter 1, by Daniel C Snaddon
Written by Moses, 1500 years B.C. With Genesis began the progressive revelation of God, which culminated in Jesus Christ. Genesis is the seed plot of the Bible. In it we have in germ form almost all of the major doctrines which are fully developed in the various books which follow.…
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The Book of Ezra, Ezra 9 & 10, by Daniel C Snaddon
Ezra 9 At the end of chapter 8 we see a separated people rejoicing in God. This was the day they had prayed for. In Babylon they had “sat down and wept when they remembered Zion.” Psalm 137. How can we sing the Lord’s song in captivity? Hung their harps…
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The Book of Ezra, Ezra 7 & 8, by Daniel C Snaddon
Summary of Ezra thus far: 1—The Lord moving in the heart of the king. He also stirred the hearts of many people. 2—The list of those returning. Certain men disqualified from the priesthood. A description of the offerings for the building of the temple. 3—There was unity of purpose, they…
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The Book of Ezra, Ezra 5 & 6, by Daniel C Snaddon
God raised up two prophets at this time: Haggai and Zechariah. These servants of God stood in the midst of confession and exhorted the remnant to consider their ways, to be strong and recommence the word. Haggai dealt with the consciences of the people, his are cutting, stirring words. Consider…
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The Book of Ezra, Ezra 3 & 4, by Daniel C Snaddon
There is an unspecified period of time between chapters 2 and 3. During which time the people built temporary shelters for themselves. They built three things: an altar, a temple, and a wall. The first thing they did corporately was to build an altar. verse 1—“They gathered themselves together as…
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The Book of Ezra, Studies in Ezra 1, by Daniel C Snaddon
Ezra was a descendant of Hilkiah, the high priest who found a copy of the law during King Josiah’s reign. (See Ezra 7:1 and 2 Chronicles 34:4) Ezra could not serve as a priest during the captivity because there had not been a temple since the exile, but he studied…
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The Book of Ezra, Ezra 1 & 2, by Daniel C Snaddon
Date: 5th century B.C. Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther are the last of the historical books. Both Ezra and Nehemiah write of events in Palestine which took place after some of the exiles returned from the Babylonian captivity. Both books cover a period of approximately 100 years. The emphasis of Ezra…
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The Book of Esther, Esther 8, 9, & 10,by Daniel C Snaddon
In the book of Esther, we find many characters and a valuable story with lessons of application to our own spiritual lives. Let us look specifically at Esther 8-10 and what these events teach us. First, in Esther 8:1-4, we see that Mordecai is exalted after his run-in with Haman,…
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The Book of Esther, Esther 6 & 7, by Daniel C Snaddon
verse 1—The king’s insomnia. “Although the name of God is not mentioned in this book, the hand of God is plainly to be seen throughout.” “God is behind all the scenes, but praise His name He moves all the scenes that He is behind.” To all appearances Satan was having…
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The Book of Esther, Esther 4 & 5, by Daniel C Snaddon
At our last meeting we considered with you Haman’s promotion and Haman’s plot to exterminate the Jews. Before we made the application we saw the postman on horse delivering the edict that sealed the doom of the Jews. Chapters 4 and 5 could be entitled “Esther’s intercession before the king.”…
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The Book of Esther, Esther 2 & 3, by Daniel C Snaddon
Esther had been married to the king for four years. During these 4 years the king had fought many battles and suffered humiliating defeats. Esther gave him the measure of consolation that he required. In honor of the occasion the king gave some kind of tax relief to the provinces.…
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The Book of Esther, by Daniel C Snaddon
General Information The name of God is not found in the book, neither is there any indirect reference made to Him. But nowhere in the Scripture is God’s care for His people more evident The books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther were written about the same time and record events…
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The Book of Daniel, Prophecy in Daniel, by Daniel C Snaddon
Daniel 3 The two important events are (1) the making of an image of gold, and (2) the deliverance of the Hebrew children from the fiery furnace. The building of this image was the king’s reaction to the revelation of Chapter 2 where he is depicted as the head of…
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The Book of Daniel, Chapter 12, by Daniel C Snaddon
The events described in the fourth vision of Daniel beginning in Chapter 10 has its climax in the great tribulation and the resurrection which follows. This vision of Daniel’s constitutes a revelation of the major events of the time of the end. These may be summarized as follows: 1. The…
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The Book of Daniel, Chapter 11, by Daniel C Snaddon
This chapter is divided into two section. The first 35 verses deal with the immediate future, from Darius to Antiochus. Verse 36 through Chapter 12:4 deals with the far future, the end times, just prior to the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. In the first 35 verses we…
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The Book of Daniel, Chapter 10, by Daniel C Snaddon
The final three chapters of the book contain the last great vision given to the aged prophet, a vision which is without parallel anywhere in the Scripture. The 10th chapter is introductory to the vision proper. It contains the account of the deep soul exercise through which the prophet passed…
Down to Earth But Heavenly Minded 