![]() These closing verses are marked by great tenderness, showing as they do, the results that God’s dealings are designed to effect. The effects of cleansing judgment, Zephaniah 3:8-20. Through His faithful ones He was still shedding the light and glory of a holier civilization through the community, but the population at large refused to heed. ![]() Morning by morning His Spirit was appealing for repentance and righteousness. Yet God still dwelt in the city which He had chosen. Uninfluenced by judgments upon other nations, Jerusalem pursued her course, morally impure, oppressive, refusing instruction, estranged from God. In distilling all the comments about the wise and the foolish person, the fool is portrayed as knowing everything and showing no interest in listening to what anyone else has to say, but the wise person is willing to take prudent instruction and to act on it.The sins of Jerusalem, Zephaniah 3:1-7. KdW: What two things about Proverbs did you learn from writing the commentary?ĭT: Proverbs is written with the young person in mind, so its purpose is to prepare the young to live long and successfully. The final draft went to the production team for publication. I sent the next draft to a peer reviewer, who also suggested changes, and a third draft to a reading committee, which made further suggestions. Having received the OK, I completed the draft and sent it back to the editor, who suggested a few changes. Then I drafted the first 20 pages and sent them to the editor for comment. KdW: And what about the writing process?ĭT: First, I translated the book from the original Hebrew to identify the linguistic connections that aren’t so obvious when reading the English translations. It speaks to our times in remarkable ways and is as relevant now as any modern treatise. But it has been a fascinating journey and I’ve come to appreciate the book’s practical, common sense approach. I took three months of long service leave to get some traction. Changing jobs and location twice during the project slowed me down, too. Describe some of these.ĭr David Tasker: The challenges have been mostly personal finding blocks of time to seek the best understanding of the book’s content. Dr Kayle de Waal: With any research project come challenges and opportunities. Avondale Seminary Head Dr Kayle de Waal asked him about the process. So, it is time for a new Bible commentary that speaks to the Adventist world and provides to the rest of the world an Adventist wholistic view of Scripture.ĭr David Tasker, Senior Lecturer in Old Testament, is writing the commentary for the book of Proverbs. It is no longer predominantly American but has become truly international. And the Seventh-day Adventist Church has changed. Our understanding of Scripture and its languages has changed as new discoveries and technical skills shed new light on issues that have baffled scholars for centuries. Since publication of the Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary about 65 years ago, public attitudes and the resulting spiritual challenges have changed. Editorial work on the new Seventh-day Adventist International Bible Commentary began in 2010 and is scheduled to be completed in 2020.
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