Nebuchadnezzar acknowledges God
Nebuchadnezzar’s dream about a tree and how it’s fulfilled a year later: Daniel 4 After seven years of madness, Nebuchadnezzar was ready …
Monthly Archives: August 2014
Genealogies of the exiles
Genealogies of the 12 exiled tribes of Israel: 1 Chronicles 4:24–5:26; 6:1–15; 7:1–8:28; 8:29–9:1 The people of Israel and Judah seemed to have …
A horror movie in rewind
Ezekiel’s vision of the valley of dry bones, the restoration of Judah and Israel, and a message for Gog: Ezekiel 37–39 …
Again God says: choose righteousness and live
God sets Ezekiel as a watchman for Israel; Ezekiel prophesies over Egypt, Edom, and the ‘bad’ shepherds of Israel, then he …
Ezekiel explains Jerusalem’s fall
Ezekiel is told of Jerusalem’s fall then he prophesies over Ammon, Moab, Edom, Philistia, Tyre, Sidon and Egypt: Ezekiel 33:21–33; Ezekiel 25–28 How could Jerusalem have …
Psalms of grief: How long, O Lord?
Psalms of grief and Edom’s unhappy future for her role in destroying Jerusalem: Psalm 74, 79, 94, 137; Obadiah It’s …
Don’t ask unless you want the answer
Gedaliah is assassinated, then the Judeans flee to Israel for fear of reprisals from Nebuchadnezzar, even though Jeremiah tells them not to. Jeremiah is …
An introduction to Lamentations
The book of Lamentations Lamentations grieves over of Jerusalem’s fall. It’s believed to have been written by Jeremiah, but the only thing we …
Even Nebuchadnezzar knew Judah didn’t serve God
The Temple is destroyed, Nebuchadnezzar installs Gedaliah as governor of Judah and instructs his captain to find Jeremiah and offer him safety …
Zedekiah tries to flee Jerusalem’s end
Ezekiel prophesies against Egypt; Jerusalem falls and Zedekiah tries to escape but he’s captured, loses his eyes and is taken to Babylon: Ezekiel 30–31; 2 …
Joel: a central message for any time
Joel’s prophecies of future calamity for Jerusalem and later restoration: Joel 1–3 We don’t know when the prophet Joel lived. It …
Leave Jerusalem or die
Jeremiah says Jerusalem will fall; Ezekiel says Tyre, Sidon and Egypt will also fall, but Israel will be restored: Jeremiah 21; …
Jeremiah’s confusion: God’s reply
Israel’s future restoration: Jeremiah 32–33, 30–31 The deluge of negative words over Jerusalem also had its effect on Jeremiah. After God …
Fear of God or fear of people?
Zedekiah releases then ‘unreleases’ slaves; Babylon withdraws temporarily when Egypt appears; Jeremiah tries to leave Jerusalem, but is imprisoned as …
The start of a long siege
Nebuchadnezzar starts his final invasion of Judah: 2 Kings 25:1–2; Jeremiah 52:3–5; Jeremiah 39:1; Ezekiel 24 So it finally happened. After …
No word for the wicked
Israel’s leaders ask Ezekiel for a word from God, and he says ‘No’; Judgement will come on Israel, described in …
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