Category Archives: prophecy

to deliver your soul

Ezekiel 2-3 In Ezekiel’s time, there were not many being saved.  God’s house was a rebellious house, and most had no regard for his words.  But the LORD persistently sought his people.  He made it so that Ezekiel could say … Continue reading

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the glory

Ezekiel 1 Ezekiel’s vision is elaborate and detailed, but do not get lost in the details.  Remember that he sums it up by saying “such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD” (28).  The four … Continue reading

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God sees all

Daniel 11:2-45 The details in this prophecy relate to the origin and result of the rule of Antiochus IV, who called himself Epiphanes – an appearance of God.  He was the Old Testament Anti-Messiah. Part of this prophecy is (mistakenly) … Continue reading

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your city and your people

Daniel 9 Daniel prays for understanding.  He thinks it is time for the desolations to end.  The understanding that this answer gives him is that there will be a rebuilding of the temple, but in troubled times, and it will … Continue reading

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sealed up

Daniel 8 Just as Cyrus was conquering the Medes, and absorbing their mighty empire into his own, Daniel receives a vision from the LORD.  It tells of the outcome of that combined empire, and what it will mean for the … Continue reading

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wrong number

Habakkuk 1:1-11 Habakkuk begins with a complaint from the author to God, and God’s response was totally not what was expected.  It is like Habakkuk had put in an emergency phone call, and the reply was, “OK, I’ll send you … Continue reading

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our eyes failed

Lamentations 4 Jeremiah recounts the sorrow and pain of watching the holy city besieged and destroyed.  He and others watched until they could see no longer.  Help did not come.  The leaders were ashamed to be seen, the mothers boiled … Continue reading

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their Savior

Jeremiah 49 God does not respect racial, ethnic and cultural boundaries that we place on ourselves.  He seeks people from all the nations.  So, it should not surprise us that he makes promises to revive some of the nations, after … Continue reading

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told you so

Jeremiah 39 Jeremiah resists the urge to tell everybody “I told you so” when the Babylonians attack and take people into exile.  He does reassure those who had followed his warnings.  Even when all is falling apart around us, if … Continue reading

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a book for tomorrow

Jeremiah 30 Jeremiah is instructed to write his prophecies in a book, because the present generation will not understand them.  Future generations will see how the LORD punished his people with unbearable pain, and then restored them.  Future generations will … Continue reading

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