The Bible by David Alley

Jeremiah 5 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 5 the Lord announces that if he could find just one righteous person, he would save the city of Jerusalem from destruction. This reminds us of Abraham’s intercession for Sodom and Gomorrah, and the prophecy of Ezekiel about a similar thing. Was there really not a single righteous person? This video explores which righteou...

Jeremiah 6 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 6 the tone of the prophecy is now a warning to FLEE!!!! Danger is coming from the North in the form of the Babylonians. Jeremiah tells the people of Tekoa who are out of Jerusalem to be afraid of great destruction. The prophecies are now very different to those of earlier prophets - because these are now warnings of impen...

Jeremiah 4 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 4 God seems to be giving the Israelites one last chance and calls them to circumcise their hearts. This chapter brings up the whole circumcision discussion and what it means to be circumcised, and what value there is in it. What is the difference between heart circumcision and regular circumcision.

Jeremiah 2 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 2 he receives his first prophetic task and is to call Israel to account for failing to keep the covenant of the Lord. Covenants in patriarchal times followed a prescribed pattern between a Lord and a vassal, and in that same pattern the Lord is now calling Israel, the vassal, to account in this prophecy. There will be con...

Jeremiah 3 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 3 the prophet proclaims that the Lord has finished with the Old Covenant - the covenant God made with Israel. As a sign of this, the ark of the covenant is going to be removed and will not be found again or remembered again. This video considers both the covenant and the ark of that covenant.

Jeremiah 1 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Jeremiah 1 we meet Jeremiah, a priest from Anathoth near Jerusalem. The Lord calls him to be a prophet, but he resists because of his age. He is about twenty years of age. The Lord overrules his objection and requires his service. The Lord then tests his ability to see and know the Lord's voice and he passes both tests. This video...

Isaiah 66 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Isaiah 66 the last chapter of the great book of Isaiah we find that we (the Earth) have become the resting place for God - once we were his enemies, but have now become his repose. What an amazing final chapter to a great life of prophetic ministry.

Isaiah 65 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Isaiah 65 we meet a nation that found God but didn’t know they were looking for Him. It turns out that this nation is the Gentiles - those who were excluded from God’s presence and ways. BUt we also find out that it was God’s plan all along to include them.

Isaiah 63 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Isaiah 63 we meet someone who comes up from Bosrah, capital city of Edom, covered in the blood of the nations he has destroyed. Who is it? Surely it isn’t Christ, right? Turns out it is. Watch this video to understand why Jesus is covered in blood that isn’t his.

Isaiah 64 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Isaiah 64 we find ourselves listening to a prayer by someone - it feels by Isaiah, asking the Lord to rend the Heavens and come down. This is a prayer for revival as applicable to us today as it was to him back then.

Isaiah 61 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Isaiah 61 we come across the passage that Christ famously read from in the synagogue in Luke chapter 4 - the passage that nearly had him killed on the day. In this video we explore not only what he said in Luke, but the rest of what is talking about him too.

Isaiah 62 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Isaiah 62 God says through the prophet that for the sake of Jerusalem he will not rest or take a break until he makes her great among the nations. That cannot be talking about the actual city Jerusalem right? Surely not? If so, he has done a lousy job of fulfilling this prophecy. Watch this video and see what it truly means.

Isaiah 60 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Isaiah 60 we consider the light that has come - which is Christ. We discover that God is building a New Israel which includes the faithful from the Old Israel along with those from the nations (aka the Gentiles) who have come to love Him.

Isaiah 59 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Isaiah 59 God outlines the depressing and helpless state of his people. They are so rebellious that he wants to turn his face away from them, but in the end He helps them, because he is able to do so. His hand is not too short it seems.

Isaiah 57 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Isaiah 57 we explore why good people sometimes die young - we expect them to live a good long life, blessed by God, but why in some cases do they go away? Thee are good reasons it seems, says the prophet Isaiah

Isaiah 58 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Isaiah 58 it seems there were people making a great show out of their fasting practices, but simultaneously motivated by selfish motives, and even eating while they should be fasting. Isaiah the prophet speaks the Lord’s word and outlines what constitutes a true fast.

Isaiah 56 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Isaiah 56 we find what seems like a great overturning of previous things God has said about eunuchs and foreigners. IN Deuteronomy it seemed they were kicked out of God’s presence, but here we find them welcomed in. Why the difference?

Isaiah 55 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Isaiah 55 we are told to buy things without money - but how? By listening to God, that is how. This chapter explores the benefits that come to those who take time ot know what God is saying to them.

Isaiah 54 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Isaiah 54 we meet the woman who is unable to have children, and yet she is deliriously happy because of the number of children she has. Paul speaks of her in Galatians also. This video speaks of being barren, of having children, and what it means for us of faith.

Isaiah 53 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Isaiah 53 we meet the suffering servant, the man of sorrows who very convincingly is Christ the Messiah. It's no wonder that Jewish people are uncomfortable with this chapter as it portrays the Messiah suffering for the sins of others, which Christ clearly did.

Isaiah 52 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Isaiah 52 Israel is asleep and God is trying to wake her up. More specifically it is Jerusalem who is asleep. IN this video we explore who Jerusalme is that is being talked of and why she needs to wake up.

Isaiah 51 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Isaiah 51 a word from the Lord comes to His people to listen - a word that is repeated multiple times through this chapter. However it turns out that God is not speaking to all the people called by HIs name - but only to those true to Him within that group.

Isaiah 50 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Isaiah 50 we find the Lord asking Israel where her divorce certificate is. God has had enough of his people. In this video we explore a little about divorce in the Bible, but also discover that Go takes a new wife remade out of his old wife.

Isaiah 48 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Isaiah 48 we find a prophecy against false Israel or cultural Israel because they have stiff necks and have turned their backs on the Lord. In this prophecy, the Lord predicts things that will happen in advance, so that it cannot be said to be attributed to any other cause. We consider the amazing power of prophecy in hindsight, an...

Isaiah 49 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Isaiah 49 he prophesied to the islands - a weird idea in itself. In this video we explore what the islands are and discover they are a who, and we find out who the who is.