How Is She Now, Lord?

How Is She Now, Lord?

Lamentations 3:55–58 “I called on Your name O Lord, out of the lowest pit. You have heard my voice…You drew near when I called on You; You said, ‘Do not fear.’ O Lord, You pled my soul’s cause; You have redeemed my life.” Observation: God used this passage to minister...

Fearing God

Fearing God

Revelation 14:7 “And he said with a loud voice, ‘Fear God, and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made the heaven and the earth and sea and springs of water.’” Observation: John’s revelation had reached the point where an...

Telling His-story

Telling His-story

Psalm 48:13 “Go through her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.” Observation: This wonderful psalm of praise and thanksgiving ends with this: “We have thought on Your lovingkindness, O God, … So is Your praise to the ends of the earth; … Walk about...

His Finished Work

His Finished Work

Revelation 12:9–11 “And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who was called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, ‘Now...

The Celebration Already Begun

The Celebration Already Begun

Revelation 11:15 “And there were loud voices in heaven saying, ‘The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever!’” Observation: Tribulation had been under way for precisely three and a half years. Two...

Unfamiliar Experience

Unfamiliar Experience

Ezekiel 27:33–34 “When your wares went out from the seas, you satisfied many peoples … Now that you are broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, your merchandise and all your company have fallen in the midst of you.” Observation: Tyre was a great financial...

The Inadequacy of Corpses

The Inadequacy of Corpses

Revelation 9:21 “And they did not repent of their murders nor of their sorceries nor of their immorality nor of their thefts.” Observation: John’s revelation relates his vision of seven angels, each with trumpets, coming in turn to bring judgment upon the earth. There...

The End of Mercy

The End of Mercy

Psalm 111:9 “He has sent redemption to His people; … Holy and awesome is His name.” Observation: Three times in Ezekiel 20 the rage of the Lord overflowed as He recounted the good He had done for the people of Israel and the depth of their sin in rejecting Him. Three...

A Picture of Forgiveness

A Picture of Forgiveness

Ezekiel 16:62–63 “ ‘Thus I will establish My covenant with you, and you shall know that I am the Lord, so that you may remember and be ashamed and never open your mouth anymore because of your humiliation, when I have forgiven you all that you have done,’ the Lord God...

The Backpack

The Backpack

Ezekiel 12:3–6 “Prepare for yourself baggage for exile and go into exile by day in their sight; … Perhaps they will understand though they are a rebellious house. Bring your baggage out by day in their sight, as baggage for exile. Then you will go out at evening in...