Prophets The Cornerstone and Stammering Lips 10 Sep 201211 Sep 2012 As I think of Israel today, my heart mourns for its people. I long for the day when Jacob will take hold of the Lord’s strength and make peace with…
Prophets Prophecy Against Tyre 17 Aug 2012 Isaiah 23 is a prophecy against Tyre which is located in present day Lebanon. At one time, Tyre was the marketplace of the nations. It was destroyed because the Lord…
Prophets The Prophecy of Eliakim 27 Jul 2012 Isaiah 21 and 22 give us several prophecies. The last one is fantastic. Isaiah 21 begins with a terrifying prophecy about the coastal desert. More specifically, Elam and Media are…
Prophets The Prophecy Against Egypt 13 Jul 201217 Jul 2012 Isaiah 19 is a prophecy against Egypt. It begins, “The burden against Egypt. Behold, the Lord rides on a swift cloud, And will come into Egypt; The idols of Egypt…
Prophets Proclamation Against Ethiopia 28 Jun 201229 Jun 2012 For Isaiah 18, most Bibles have a descriptive header that says something like “Proclamation Against Ethiopia.” Personally, I don’t think this passage is necessarily a proclamation against Ethiopia although according…
Prophets The Burden Against Damascus 16 Jun 2012 Isaiah 17 begins with a prophecy against Damascus. It says that Damascus will cease from being a city and will become a ruinous heap. According to 2 Kings 16:7, Tiglath-Pileser,…
Prophets The Doom of Moab 1 Jun 20126 Jun 2012 In Isaiah 15, Isaiah explained the burden or prophecy of Moab which was located in Jordan. In the night, Ar and Kir, two Moabite cities were laid waste and destroyed. …
Prophets A Fiery Flying Serpent 24 May 201224 May 2012 In Isaiah 14:28-31, the prophet Isaiah gave a prophecy concerning the Philistines. “This is the burden which came in the year that King Ahaz died. 29 "Do not rejoice, all…
Prophets The Doom of Babylon 14 May 2012 As we have seen so far, the book of Isaiah contains a mixture of prophecies. Some prophecies concern various people groups as well as prophecies of the Messiah’s first and…
Prophets The Harbinger 3 May 20124 May 2012 Today, we’ll look at Isaiah 8-12. In Isaiah 8, the Lord told Isaiah to write “Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz” on a large scroll; it was to be witnessed by Uriah the priest and…
Prophets A Remnant Will Return 20 Apr 201227 Apr 2012 Today, we will look at Isaiah 7. Near the end of the reign of Jotham, the Lord began to send Ephraim (northern kingdom, Israel) and Syria to fight against Judah…
Prophets Blind Eyes and Deaf Ears 6 Apr 20126 Apr 2012 In Isaiah 6, Isaiah saw the Lord seated on His throne. In this vision, Isaiah had been ushered into the most holy place of the temple; it was not the…
Prophets The Lord’s Vineyard 22 Mar 20127 Jul 2019 In Isaiah 5, the prophet Isaiah sang a song about the one he loved and his loved one’s vineyard. The one he loved is none other than the Lord. Isaiah…
Prophets The Mountain of the Lord in the Last Days 10 Mar 2012 Today, we’ll talk about Isaiah 2-4. In Isaiah 2, Isaiah saw a time referred to as the acharit-hayamim or the last days. He said that during this time, the mountain…
Prophets Did The Lord Really Say He Didn’t Desire Sacrifices? 24 Feb 201211 Mar 2012 During the days of Uzziah (Azariah), Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah (kings of Judah), Isaiah the son of Amoz saw a vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem. In order to understand this…
Prophets… The Law of Jealousy 15 Jul 20115 Nov 2011 Shortly after Numbers 5 begins, it describes the law for a jealous husband. This law was to be carried out when a jealous man suspected that his wife had committed…
Prophets Hosea 14 Jan 20115 Nov 2011 Hosea is a very unusual book because God commanded the prophet Hosea to marry a prostitute and have children with her because the land was engaged in spiritual prostitution. …
Prophets… Esau and Jacob 2 Jan 201111 Nov 2012 Today, I want to summarize some information from Jasher 26-32 and Genesis 25-33. I won’t cover all of the details today so we can come back and explore more of…
Prophets… Sarai Will Be Called Sarah 4 Dec 20105 Nov 2011 Today, I want to look at Genesis 16 -20 to see it in its original context and to see how it relates thematically to Jesus and His people both past,…
Prophets… The Early Life of Abraham Part 4 26 Nov 2010 Today we will continue our discussion from the last post. If you recall, Abram went into Egypt because there had been famine in the land of Canaan. Pharaoh had taken…
Prophets… The Early Life of Abraham Part 3 18 Nov 201021 Nov 2010 As we ended our last discussion, Terah, Lot (Haran’s son), Abram, and Sarai finally left Ur of the Chaldeans with Terah’s household and possessions but instead of making it to…
Apostolic… The New Marriage Covenant 4 Oct 20105 Nov 2011 Finding the Jewish wedding tradition in the Torah gave me further incentive to find it in the new covenant. Did you try to discover it for yourself? Let’s compare our…
Prophets What to Expect When Jesus Reigns in Jerusalem 22 Sep 201010 Oct 2011 Now that we’ve discussed the basics of what’s going to happen when Messiah returns, let’s turn our attention to what we can expect after Christ’s return because people have a…
Prophets Historical Pattern of the Future Part 3 17 Sep 20107 Dec 2011 Today we’ll look at what is coming in the future in order to see how it fulfills the original pattern we discussed earlier. Babylon is present day Iraq. Iraq has…
Prophets Historical Pattern of the Future Part 2 13 Sep 201015 Sep 2010 Today we continue looking at the historical pattern of the future through the eyes of the past. If we look carefully, we can see how it parallels with the original…
Prophets Historical Pattern of the Future Part 1 9 Sep 201012 Sep 2010 I would like to present a basic pattern of the latter days based on the past. Today, I will list only the primary pattern. The next time, I will show…
Prophets Reason for Christ’s Return 20 Aug 20105 Nov 2011 The prophets had a lot to say about the Promised Land of Israel in the last days. What happened in the past will be true of the future as well. …
Apostolic… Timing of Christ’s Return 2 Aug 201014 Mar 2024 When anticipating Christ's return, we need to bear in mind Daniel 9:25 which begins by saying, “Know therefore and understand…” To do that we need to understand the significance of…
Prophets… Metonic Cycle 29 Jul 20101 Feb 2022 I have published The New Moon Series on this blog which you will not want to miss. Look for it in a separate tab across the top of the page. …
Prophets 70 Weeks of Daniel 26 Jul 201026 Oct 2011 Daniel 9:24-27: "Seventy weeks are determined For your people and for your holy city, To finish the transgression, To make an end of sins, To make reconciliation for iniquity, To…