One of the most intriguing mysteries in the Bible is the identity of Gog of Magog. Let us state for the record, with all due respect, that most scholars and students of end-times prophecy are looking in the wrong place.Continue Reading
Jesus sent seventy disciples ahead of him into Galilee, a declaration of victory over the gods of the nations—the seventy “sons of El” who met on the summit of the Canaanite Olympus, Mount Hermon.Continue Reading
THE PSALMS we study this week are especially timely, coming as they do after a contentious midterm election in the United States.Continue Reading
WE REACH the end of the Old Testament today, the Book of Malachi, and with that we have completed our first journey through the entire Bible.Continue Reading
GOD PROMISED that the tears and fasting of the Jews who’d returned to Jerusalem would be turned to joyous feasting. Then we turn to prophecies of God’s judgment against the unrepentant nations on the Day of Yahweh.Continue Reading
NOT SURPRISINGLY, the exiles who returned to Jerusalem in 538 B.C. got discouraged pretty quickly and left off rebuilding the Temple. Thankfully, God sent a couple of prophets to encourage them to get back to work.