It won’t last if it’s not God
Judas is replaced; the believers wait in Jerusalem, get filled with the Holy Spirit, start preaching and healing people, which …
Tag Archives: Israel
Jesus ascends without a restored Israel
The resurrected Jesus goes to heaven (the Ascension): Mark 16:19–20; Luke 24:50–53; Acts 1:1-11 So Jesus was alive. Did that …
The joy of the new Temple foundation
Cyrus lets the exiles return. They start rebuilding the Temple, but they are opposed by locals who stop the works: Ezra …
Daniel’s humble prayer
Daniel in the lion’s den; Daniel counts 70 years since he was exiled and prays for Israel’s restoration. Cyrus allows …
But my work seems so useless
Isaiah prophesies the fall of Babylon and the coming of the Messiah: Isaiah 48:12–52:12 Why are these chapters of Isaiah here, …
Respect comes with fulfilled prophecy
Decades of Babylonian history in a few brief paragraphs: Jeremiah 52:28–30; Ezekiel 29:17–21; Jeremiah 52:31–34; 2 Kings 25:27–30 Jeremiah left us …
A map for a future restored Israel
Ezekiel’s vision: the river of healing flowing from the new Temple, and future boundaries and subdivisions of a restored Israel: Ezekiel …
A new Temple and hope for the future
Ezekiel’s vision of the new Temple: Ezekiel 40–43 Sometime after the fall of Jerusalem, with its destruction of the Temple, God …
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 …
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 …
Slow down, don’t rush to blurt it out
Ezekiel’s commission and his vision of living beings and the siege of Jerusalem: Ezekiel 1–4 It wasn’t only Jeremiah who saw …
God can’t save something that’s not there
Prophecies of the fall of Samaria, Judah and Jerusalem: Micah 1–7 Micah was probably written between 735 and 700 BC: …
Psalms: Look to God for mercy
More psalms: Psalm 120–1; 123; 125 Many of the psalms have no author attributed to them, so we have a large …
Psalms: praise God for His works
More psalms: Psalm 111–114 Many of the psalms have no author attributed to them, so we have a large group of …
Psalms: faith in God’s faithfulness
More psalms: Psalm 105 and 106 Many of the psalms have no author attributed to them, so we have a large …
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