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.
THE END of the 11th chapter of Daniel reads like a prophecy of the wars of Antichrist.Continue Reading
IT’S NO WONDER Daniel was so distressed by the visions we discuss this week that he “lay sick for some days.”Continue Reading
WHILE POLITICS hasn’t changed much in the last 2,500 years, we’re thankful that today being “thrown to the lions” is just a figure of speech. In Daniel’s day, it was apparently an effective way to dispose of political enemies. Unless, of course, God had other plans. This week, we discussContinue Reading
