1 Chronicles 1 – The Workman clan descends upon Columbia City once a year. As many who can make it, New Year’s Day has been set aside…
Babylon
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Isaiah 47 – We have heard and have spoken even that God is the God of the past, the present and the future. It’s a tremendous statement that can…
Isaiah 46 – The weight of holding onto our idols can be unbearable. Like a backpack full of bricks, the straps pull on our shoulders, twisting our back as…
Isaiah 45 – 200 hundred years before the man was born, before the prophecy given – the Lord spoke to the prophet Isaiah concerning him. A pagan king, called…
Isaiah 41 – The mercy of God is undeserved and unreal. There is no way any of us should receive the extended hand of His grace, reaching…
Isaiah 38 – “Set your house in order. You are going to die.” The scene is dramatic. Isaiah was instructed to relay an important message to King Hezekiah. The…
Isaiah 23 – To the north of Israel lay the port city of Tyre. Of the ancient world, it was one of the most famous. Known as the Babylon…
Isaiah 21 – A shared truth sticks out over the past few chapters of Isaiah. All the main players surrounding Judah (Babylon, Assyria, Egypt, and Ethiopia) are under…
Isaiah 16 – We’ve all witnessed it. Maybe we ourselves did the same. God began putting a finger on some area of our life, revealing our…
Isaiah 14 – Jesus said, “I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning.” (Luke 10:18) Tucked in the prophecy against Babylon, are 5 verses giving insight toward this…
Isaiah 13 – Babylon. Within prophecy this ancient city is always equated to the hedonistic people who are antagonistic toward God. Old…
Isaiah 10 – ‘Woe” is a dangerous word in Scripture. Chapter 10 kicks off with God using this word as a warning of the severe consequences to come. …
Isaiah 5 – They say tending to a vineyard is tedious and time-consuming.That stressful work is a top priority of vineyard owners. God uses this springboard of…
Exodus 32 – Excuses. We’re masters of them when it comes to being caught. Well, we’re masters of them even when not in justification….
Exodus 23 – Exodus 23:1 NASB “You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness….
Ezra 9 – After a 4 month, dangerous journey from Babylon to Jerusalem, Ezra arrived to find things not as he had thought. A culture of compromise within his own…
Ezra 1 – 48 years had passed since Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem, defeated the southern Kingdom of Judah and carried the Jewish people off to captivity. When this Babylonian king…
Joshua 23 – Joshua’s time on earth and as a leader was coming to an end. He had brilliantly fulfilled the plans and leadership God had given to him. …
2 Kings 25 – The final chapter here in 2 Kings 25 records the last siege of Jerusalem, the Jews led into captivity and history of the remnant left…
2 Kings 24 – It finally happened. Judah was invaded and taken into captivity. Babylon was the new world leader. They’d overthrown the mighty Assyrians and taken…
2 Kings 21 – It’s hard to imagine how an offspring of Hezekiah like Manasseh could be so polar opposite and evil. When Manasseh took to the…
2 Kings 20 – If you knew how long you had to live, would it make a difference in how you lived? Let’s set the stage here….
1 Kings 20 – So far there have been two evil kings and two good kings. The southern kingdom, Judah, still wavers between righteous and…
Nehemiah 11 – Although the walls were complete around Jerusalem, the city itself was a ghost town. The exiles who had returned and settled…
Nehemiah 7 – “Then I said to them, “Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot, and while they are standing guard, let…
Nehemiah 1 – Brokenness surrounds us. Many times it is overwhelming. Marriages are in disarray. Addictions drive the addict to things they…
Zechariah 6 – The horse’s hooves hit the ground hard, riding with all their might. Saddled behind were chariots holding four spirits going out…
Zechariah 5 – A flying scroll and woman in a basket – what does this mean? Given a strange vision, Zechariah knew this spoke of things to…
Zechariah 3 – It’s one of the most fascinating and disturbing pictures. Satan had dressed Joshua the high priest in filthy rags and brought him…
Zechariah 2 – Firewall – an event, person or thing that acts as a barrier or protection against something undesirable. In this second vision…
Zechariah 1 – The future – we consider this very vast uncharted territory from time to time with somberness. Yes, we look toward our future…
Nahum 1 – 100 years had passed since Jonah walked the streets of Nineveh and proclaimed God’s Word of repentance. 100 years of new…
Haggai 1 – Many times we bankrupt our lives. We pursue things that are unfulfilling; invest in things that hold no return; waste and squander…
Habakkuk 1 – There are times we all have questions. Many of these questions go to the heart of things as we look at our world, our life even…
Amos 9 – In the final chapter of Amos and from the 5th vision of Amos, destruction, and ruin for Israel is foretold. There will be nowhere to hide…
Daniel 11 – Continuing from Chapter 10 and following into this next chapter and 12, the last of the book of Daniel, the Messenger spells out with acute details…
Daniel 7 – The first 6 chapters of Daniel were historical in nature and inspiring as Daniel was one man who stood firm in times of persecution. His unwavering…
Daniel 5 – A new king is in town. Nebuchadnezzar’s son, Belshazzar, has taken the throne. Historical documents differ on if he reigned 17 years or 3 but the…
Daniel 2 – It was an impossible situation. King Nebuchadnezzar had a dream he couldn’t remember. All he knew was when he woke up he was terrified. Calling all…
2 Corinthians 6 – King Hezekiah was one of the good rulers of Israel. Working in tandem with the prophet Isaiah he reformed the land and cleaned…
Psalm 137 – Psalm 137 – It’s a striking scene. Gathered on the shores of one of Babylon’s rivers the people remembered what they had lost. Held in captivity due to their…
Psalm 111 – Redemption: An act of redeeming or atoning for a fault or mistake; the state of being redeemed; deliverance, rescue; Within theology – deliverance from sin; salvation. …
Psalm 87 – The city of our God – Jerusalem is the place where God set forth His redemptive work. He laid the foundation in ancient times of what…
Mark 1 – A man running naked… a deserter… eventually, a pastor… who was this man?
Ezekiel 29 – Egypt. A powerful nation during the ancient times. Self-sufficient, dominant, cruel – this marked this one-time world leader. But that chapter was about to come to…
Ezekiel 25 – For the next 7 chapters, Ezekiel will bring forth messages to Judah’s surrounding nations of judgment. Some lengthy and some just a few sentences, God speaks…
Ezekiel 21 – One of the hardest things to watch is another succumb to sin and self. The destructive nature that follows leaves devastation. Relationships unravel, purpose is leveled,…
Ezekiel 17 – God is over time and events. He is the ruler of history from the past to the present and what unfolds. These statements we know. But…
Ezekiel 11 – God knows everything. From our private thoughts to our conversations to our plans made, He is fully aware. The thought should be unsettling. It is. The…
Ezekiel 8 – In a flicker, an instant of pictures, God revealed something very disturbing to Ezekiel. Bouncing from scene after scene, he saw men, important men, engaged in…
Ezekiel 5 – The Law was clear: “You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard.” – Leviticus 19:27 “They shall…
Ezekiel 4 – The commands of God are dramatic. The action is bold. Ezekiel was called to live an object lesson before the people about something that had not…
Ezekiel 1 – Babylon attacked Jerusalem in 597 BC and carried away 10,000 captives. This was the second invasion. There would be 3 waves when all was said and…
Lamentations 4 – With graphic detail, Jeremiah describes all the ways in which his people suffered during the Babylonian attack on Jerusalem. Those who survived the siege lived under…
Revelation 18 – The persecuted church has always faced the temptation to compromise with the world hoping to ease the tension that is faced while living here. This was…
Revelation 17 – Throughout the next several chapters of Revelation what we’re essentially finding is a Tale of Two Cities and not the Dickens’ classic. The two cities of…
Revelation 14 – In the last days there will be a great division of the human race. There will be those that remain true to the faith even in…
Revelation 12 – This chapter and the next two to follow are loaded with much to consider. The massive struggle between good and evil begins and the church itself…
Revelation 8 – The reprieve of the picture from chapter 7, this magnificent worship, changes as Revelation 8 opens with the 7th and final seal is cracked. And what…
Revelation 6 – For many believers, Revelation 6 is the Continental Divide – meaning, from this point on in the book of Revelation, there are different theological perspectives as to how the end times will unfold…
Jeremiah 51 – It’s a dramatic end to the prophecies of Jeremiah. His final words spoken are against Babylon with great detail of what God will do this nation. …
Jeremiah 50 – Within the ancient world there came a point Babylon was the ruling nation. It seemed unstoppable. Nations bowed before her, they trembled…
Jeremiah 48 – Complacency – a feeling of calm satisfaction with your own abilities or situation that prevents you from trying harder…
Jeremiah 46 – As the book of Jeremiah comes to a few remaining chapters, God has some final thoughts for the surrounding nations. There would be…
Jeremiah 43 – “I want God’s approval, not His plan.” Man, we get so bent on what we want, don’t we? We want to do things our way. We…
Jeremiah 41 – People suffer when another individual sins. The ripple effect is far-reaching. Often we don’t think along these lines due to our own waywardness, but the ramifications…
Jeremiah 37 – Many people want the blessings of God without the personal cost. They want Him to provide for their needs, give them what they want, help sustain…
Jeremiah 34 – Following Jesus is a long walk of obedience. It’s not made up of empty promises or half-hearted commitment. It’s not about the prayers of “Save me…
Jeremiah 31 – In my bible, chapter 31 is marked up everywhere. There are notes in the sidelines, thoughts jotted down, and promises I’ve penned across the top. It…
Jeremiah 29 – It was a call to move forward. Even though in captivity, a place not chosen by their will, it was more than encouragement to embrace where…
Jeremiah 27 – Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon had already invaded Judah once in 605 BC. He came back again in 597 and took captive the likes of Daniel and…
Jeremiah 24 – Stirrings from the Holy Spirit do many things. He convicts of our sin. He counsels us in times of uncertainty. It is He who gives peace…
Jeremiah 21 – “If their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these…
Jeremiah 13 – Arrogance gets in the way of our relationship with God every time. Spiritual pride, which is found over and over again throughout the body of Believers…
2 Chronicles 36 – Sin repeated and not repented of brings disaster. This is the theme Ezra hit again and again in 2 Chronicles. The Temple was…
2 Chronicles 35 – Armchair Quarterback noun. a person who offers advice or an opinion on something in which they have no expertise…
2 Chronicles 33 – “Because you rage against me and because your insolence has reached my ears, i will put my hook in your nose and my…
2 Chronicles 2 – Sometimes we get so caught up in the here and now we neglect to have foresight toward end results beyond our lifetime. Meaning,…
1 Chronicles 23 – David’s life was coming to an end. His life was a testament to the grace of God, the leading of His ways. In…