Hope for restoration
Isaiah warns against relying on Egypt, then gives a message for the nations and Israel’s eventual restoration: Isaiah 30–32; 34–35 After all the prophesied doom, …
Tag Archives: Jerusalem
The religious rulers riot
Paul appeals to the Jews, starting a riot, appeals to his Roman citizenship to avoid a flogging, then the Roman …
Paul gets protective custody in Jerusalem
Paul goes to Jerusalem and gets arrested when the Jews riot: Acts 20:13–21:36 It was the beginning of the end …
And life goes on
Jesus tells His disciples to be ready for the final judgement, and illustrates his point with the parable of the …
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord
Jesus quotes Deuteronomy and Leviticus to summarise the Law, confounds the religious leaders with a question about whose son the …
Death of a fig tree
Jesus comments on the Jews’ refusal to believe Him, then He curses a fruitless fig tree, clears out money changers …
Jesus’ not-so-secret entry
Jesus is anointed by Mary at Bethany, attracts more crowds, which upsets the leading priests, who plot His and Lazarus’ death, but …
So who was in charge: fame, fortune, Jesus, man or Satan?
Jesus’ brothers go to Jerusalem without Jesus, who secretly goes later; on the way, He draws opposition from Samaritans and …
Bad shepherds vs the good shepherd
God sets Ezekiel as a watchman for Israel; Ezekiel prophesies over Egypt, Edom, and the ‘bad’ shepherds of Israel, then he …
More bad news for Tyre (and others)
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 Rejoicing at …
Lamentations: bad for Israel, worse for Jesus
The book of Lamentations That’s a strange way to look at it: how could the total ruin of God’s beloved people and …
The end of a sad saga
The Temple is destroyed, Nebuchadnezzar installs Gedaliah as governor of Judah and instructs his captain to find Jeremiah and offer him safety …
The others might gloat, but not forever
Israel’s future restoration: Jeremiah 32–33, 30–31 The Israelites had been able to avoid being totally destroyed because God wasn’t willing to give the …
Zedekiah’s choice
Zedekiah releases then ‘unreleases’ slaves; Babylon withdraws temporarily when Egypt appears; Jeremiah tries to leave Jerusalem, but is imprisoned as …
THIS (iron) cooking pot
Nebuchadnezzar starts his final invasion of Judah: 2 Kings 25:1–2; Jeremiah 52:3–5; Jeremiah 39:1; Ezekiel 24 So it wasn’t the iron …
It’s not ‘just politics’: even kings should keep an oath
Two eagles: Israel was to stay loyal to Babylon, rather than turning to Egypt; God’s righteous justice; a funeral song …
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