There really are harps in heaven
The revelation of Jesus Christ to His servants through John (Part 5): Revelation 15–18 From a distance, God’s wrath looks …
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Refuse to believe? That’s sin
Jesus tells the disciples they are going to be hated, and that He is about to go away and what …
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 fate of Tyre and Sidon
Joel’s prophecies of future calamity for Jerusalem and later restoration: Joel 1–3 When Jesus compared the people of Jerusalem to Tyre and Sidon, …
Two kings of Tyre: metaphorical and literal
Jeremiah says Jerusalem will fall; Ezekiel says Tyre, Sidon and Egypt will also fall, but Israel will be restored: Jeremiah 21; …
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 …
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 …
Two things foresaken: life and a sign
Israel’s leaders ask Ezekiel for a word from God, and he says ‘No’; Judgement will come on Israel, described in …
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 …
Will God give up on idolaters?
Jerusalem’s leaders are idolators, Judah is worse than a prostitute, and judgement is inevitable: Ezekiel 14–16 What a terrible thing for God …
Not THAT iron pot
Judgement and exile for the people, God’s glory leaves the Temple and Jerusalem, and false prophets get a special mention: Ezekiel …
The fate of a people who abandoned God
Judgement to come on Jerusalem, Israel and idolators, but those grieved by the sins are to be spared: Ezekiel 5–9 Jerusalem …
No hope for Babylon
Hope for Judah and Jerusalem, and Jeremiah’s message about Babylon—written and sent to Babylon to be thrown into the Euphrates River: Jeremiah …
The fate of the gods and Leviathan
Isaiah’s prophesies about the earth being destroyed and Israel restored, but not necessarily in that order: Isaiah 24–27 To those …
After the judgement comes restoration
Prophecies of the fall of Samaria, Judah and Jerusalem: Micah 1–7 Micah was probably written between 735 and 700 BC: …
Psalms: How do you want to be judged?
More psalms: Psalm 92–97 Many of the psalms have no author attributed to them, so we have a large group of …
