November 22, 2013
The people of Israel were afraid to face God and petitioned Moses to ask God to raise up prophets that were fit to speak to God in their behalf. Moses was informed, “What they say is good. I will raise…
November 18, 2013
Nehemiah was rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem with a weapon of war in one hand and a building tool in the other; but the King or Cornerstone of Israel was to come in peace and ride on a donkey: “Rejoice…
November 14, 2013
Daniel’s prophecy of betrayal became a sobering reality. The Persians and the Medes fell to Alexander the Great and the Hellenizing of the Middle East began. Alexander’s empire was divided among his four generals. Two of them, Egypt and Syria…
November 10, 2013
The exiling of the Jews to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar led to a profound change and return to Yahwehism. This was due primarily to the instructions Jeremiah the prophet had sent in a letter. “This is what the Lord Almighty,…
November 5, 2013
exiles had two apocalyptic prophets of their own, Ezekiel and Daniel. Ezekiel saw the destruction of his beloved homeland and city and along with Daniel was taken to Babylon where he prophesied under the assumed identity as a “son of…
October 31, 2013
Daniel was the bravest of the Apocalyptic Prophets. He was loyal to the faith of his fathers; but he also spoke to the kings who held him captive as no other human ever dared. And what was beyond comprehension was…
October 26, 2013
“I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord” (Jer. 24:7). “I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams; your young men…
October 22, 2013
Israel became the unfaithful wife, literally the harlot. Hosea the prophet was ordered to relive God’s feelings toward Israel in his marriage with an adulterous wife. She gave birth to two children that symbolized Israel’s and Judah’s sins and punishments.…
October 17, 2013
Jesus gave us the reason why the prophet Jonah was important to all of us, both Jews and Gentiles. God sent many prophets to Samaria and Jerusalem but only one to Nineveh. When man meets His condition and repents, God…
October 12, 2013
“When a prophet of the Lord is among you, I reveal myself to him in visions, I speak to him in dreams” (Num. 12:6). “In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in…