Posts with the tag “prophecy”
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Discovering Revelation
March 23rd, 2025
Background InformationThe Apostle John wrote this letterThe apostle John wrote this final book of the New Testament (NT). (He also wrote the Gospel of John and the three epistles of John.) Leaders fro... Read More
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The Prince of Peace
December 29th, 2024
Isaiah 9:1-7From their first king, Saul, to their last king, Hoshea, the nation of Israel experienced the reigns of 42 kings and 1 queen. Apart from David and Solomon, only 8 other kings were consider... Read More
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The Everlasting Father
December 22nd, 2024
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The Mighty God
December 15th, 2024
Isaiah 9:1-7The concept of "God" varies widely across cultures, religions, and philosophies. Some believe that God doesn’t exist, others that he may or may not exist, and still others that he does exi... Read More
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The Wonderful Counselor
December 8th, 2024
Isaiah 9:1-7The winter solstice – also called the hibernal solstice. This is the day each year on which the Earth’s pole reaches its furthest distance from the sun. On this day, we experience the shor... Read More
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The Final Collapse of Babylon the Great
August 25th, 2024
Revelation 17:1-18:24Rev 17-19 forms a complete unit of thought that describes, as a prophetic vision, the ultimate downfall of Babylon the Great. This downfall will be accomplished by two primary fac... Read More
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Presenting the Bowl Judgments - At Last
August 18th, 2024
Revelation 15:1-16:21The dramatic pause is over. The moment we’ve all been waiting for since the end of Rev 11 has arrived. The bowl judgments are here at last! Almost, anyway.Rev 15:1-8 introduces th... Read More
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Another Terrible Beast & the “Mark of the Beast"
August 4th, 2024
Revelation 13:11-18In Rev 12, John explains the spiritual, “behind-the-scenes” role that Satan will play in the future Tribulation. He portrays Satan as a hideous dragon who will attempt to derail God... Read More
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Introducing a Terrible Beast
July 28th, 2024
Revelation 13:1-10John provided an extended intermission (Rev 10:1-11:14) before introducing the seventh trumpet judgment (Rev 11:15-19). Though we expect him to introduce the seven bowl judgments nex... Read More
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The Dragon Wars on Heaven and Earth
July 21st, 2024
The Dragon Wars on Heaven and EarthRevelation 12:7-17John gives a dramatic portrayal of redemptive history. (12:1-6)Rev 12:1-5 gives us a dramatic portrayal of God’s redemptive plan in a symbolic form... Read More
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Introducing the Woman, the Child, and the Dragon
July 7th, 2024
Revelation 12:1-6At the end of Rev 11, John introduces us to the seventh and final trumpet in the series of seven trumpet judgments. This series follows a series of seven seal judgments and precedes y... Read More
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Announcing the Seventh Trumpet
June 30th, 2024
Revelation 11:15-19The seventh trumpet blows at last.After an electrifying buildup that introduced us to God’s two prophetic witnesses who will go toe-to-toe with the antichrist for 3.5 yrs. (Rev 10:1... Read More
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Another Dramatic Intermission
June 9th, 2024
Revelation 10:1-11As John describes in chronological order the judgments Christ will release during the future Tribulation period, he does so as a sequence of three, seven-fold sets in a row: 7 seal j... Read More
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The First Two Woes of Revelation
June 2nd, 2024
Revelation 9:1-21John has described a sequence of seven judgments that will occur from the start to the midpoint of the future, seven-year Tribulation (Rev 6-7). These judgments will occur when Christ... Read More
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The Seal Judgments
May 5th, 2024
Revelation 6:1-17For two chapters we’ve visualized the scene at God’s heavenly throne room. This majestic, awe-inspiring scene reminds us that no matter who is governing on earth, God the Father reign... Read More
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The Heavenly Throne Room of God
April 28th, 2024
Revelation 4-5As we follow Christ in a wicked world, we may feel oppressed and even persecuted for our faith. This struggle intensifies when the power structures of this world line up against us, infl... Read More
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Discovering Malachi
April 14th, 2024
Background InformationThis book was written by a man named Malachi. We know nothing significant about this man other than that he wrote this book. “By Malachi,” in 1:1, means literally “by the hand of... Read More
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The Dying Church at Sardis
April 14th, 2024
Revelation 3:1-6This letter is the fifth in a series of seven letters written to churches in Asia Minor at the end of the first century AD. In these letters, John gave a personal message from Christ t... Read More
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Discovering Zechariah
April 7th, 2024
Background InformationThe author of this book is Zechariah (1:1). He was “the son of Berechiah and the grandson of Iddo, who was also a prophet (1:1). Zechariah began his prophetic ministry in the eig... Read More
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The Corrupt Church at Thyatira
April 7th, 2024
Revelation 2:18-29This letter is the fourth in a series of seven letters written to churches in Asia Minor at the end of the first century AD. In these letters, John gave a personal message from Chris... Read More
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What the Old Testament Says about the Resurrection
March 31st, 2024
We know that the New Testament (NT) teaches the fact and reality of the resurrection, teaching which includes the foremost resurrection of Jesus Christ, the eventual resurrection of all believers, and... Read More
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Discovering Haggai
March 17th, 2024
Background InformationWe know surprisingly little about the author of this book, the prophet Haggai. Though he is named nine times in the book (1:1, 3, 12, 13; 2:1, 10, 13, 14, 20) and twice in the hi... Read More
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Discovering Nahum
February 25th, 2024
Background InformationA man named Nahum (1:1) delivered this message, a man from the city of Elkosh. This city (later renamed Elcesi) was located in southern Judah, near Moresheth, where the prophet M... Read More
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The Loveless Church in Ephesus
February 25th, 2024
Revelation 2:1-7Have you ever been surprised? Have you ever been rudely awakened or jolted out of sleep? Has anyone ever jumped out of a corner to scare you or has anything ever happened around you as... Read More
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Discovering Micah
February 18th, 2024
Background InformationThis book and message was given by a man named Micah, who lived and served as a prophet during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, the Southern Kingdom of I... Read More
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An Empowering Vision: John's Commission to Write
February 18th, 2024
Revelation 1:9-20We rarely stay close to people from early in life. That’s why we go to high-school reunions, to reconnect with people we haven’t seen for a long time. Though these times of regatherin... Read More
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The Prologue to Revelation
February 11th, 2024
Revelation 1:1-8We call the first eight verses of Revelation a prologue, which serves as a foreword that sets up the rest of the book. This introduction divides into two halves: the first gives the so... Read More
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Background Notes on Revelation
February 4th, 2024
Believers should be just as familiar with Revelation as they are with any other book of the Bible, but in a thoughtful and responsible way that resists the urge to be sensational or scared. Understood... Read More
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Discovering Obadiah
January 7th, 2024
Background InformationObadiah is the shortest, smallest book in the Old Testament, containing only twenty-one verses. About the messenger, named Obadiah, we know almost nothing. His name means “servan... Read More
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Discovering Joel
December 10th, 2023
Though not the shortest of the Minor Prophets (Obadiah and Haggai are one and two chapters respectively), the three-chapter book of Joel is still quite brief, consisting of only three chapters. And wh... Read More
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O Come, O Come Emmanuel
December 10th, 2023
Isaiah 7:14In 1999, George Bell, CEO of the search engine Excite (second largest at the time, only behind Yahoo), turned down a game-changing offer, the opportunity to purchase a young startup called ... Read More
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Discovering Hosea
December 3rd, 2023
This book begins our study of what are called the Minor Prophets. By “minor,” though, we do not mean “less important.” Instead, we are referring to those Old Testament books of prophecy which are smal... Read More
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O Little Town of Bethlehem
December 3rd, 2023
Micah 5:2When we scan news headlines, local or worldwide, we are reminded of the sad reality that our world is in turmoil. We find little to encourage us, wonder when this turmoil will end, and feel t... Read More
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Discovering Daniel
November 27th, 2023
Some of the most well-known Bible stories and often-discussed Bible prophecies come from this Old Testament (OT) book. But what is the purpose of this book? Why were these stories and prophecies given... Read More
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Discovering Ezekiel
November 12th, 2023
Of the four major prophets – Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel – Ezekiel may seem like the most unfamiliar and elusive. In reality, however, it may be one of the most familiar, since a large amoun... Read More
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Discovering Jeremiah
November 5th, 2023
Jeremiah is the longest prophetic book in the Bible and the second longest book in all of Scripture, behind only Psalms. What is the purpose for this outsized prophetic record?Background InformationJe... Read More
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Discovering Isaiah
October 22nd, 2023
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Discovering Lamentations
October 15th, 2023
Like the Song of Solomon, Lamentations is uncomfortable to read, but it is uncomfortable for a very different reason. Whereas Song of Solomon is awkward and uncomfortable due to its openly romantic ma... Read More
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Discovering Kings
June 11th, 2023
Like the book of Samuel, Kings was written as one complete book (though our English Bible divides it into two). It provides a continuation of Israel’s history from the end of David’s reign to the midd... Read More
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The Origin and Organization of the Bible
March 21st, 2023
Scripture was provided for us by God through inspiration. (1 Tim 3:16) The words themselves carried a “God-breathed” quality.God provided his inspired words to us through prophets. (2 Pet 1:20-21)OT –... Read More
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