2 Peter 1:4: “He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you might become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.” Psalm 92:13-14 “[The righteous] will flourish in the courts of our...

Isaiah 46:1--4: “The things that you carry are burdensome, a load for the weary beast. They stooped over, they have bowed down together, and they could not rescue the burden but have gone into captivity together. . . . Listen to Me, . . . you who have been borne by Me...

Isaiah 43:1--3; 44:21--23: “But now, thus says the Lord, your Creator; . . .  He who formed you, O Israel, ‘Do not fear, for I have redeemed you.; I have called you by name; you are Mine! When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the...

2 Kings 18:31--32: “Thus says the King of Assyria: ‘Make peace with me and come out to me and eat each of his vine and each of his fig tree and drink each of the waters of his own cistern until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and...

2 Chronicles 29:10:  “Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that His burning anger may turn away from us.”  Observation: The story of Hezekiah’s becoming king of Israel is one of those sudden turning points of Scripture. His...

2 Chronicles 28:10--11: “Now you are proposing to subjugate for yourselves the people of Judah and Jerusalem for male and female slaves. Surely, do you not have transgressions of your own against the Lord your God? Now therefore, listen to me and return the captives...

Isaiah 32:1: “Behold a king will reign righteously, and princes will rule justly.” Observation: Isaiah 32 depicts a time in the future during the millennial reign of Christ when He will reign righteously and princes will rule justly. Leadership then will be good, as...

Isaiah 29:1--2, 13: “Woe O Ariel, Ariel the city where David once camped! Add year to year, observe your feasts on schedule. I will bring distress to Ariel, and she will be a city of lamenting and mourning. . . . This people draw near with their words and honor Me...

Hebrews 12:26--29: “And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, ‘Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.’ And this expression, ‘Yet once more,’ denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created...

Isaiah 19:18--22: “In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and swearing allegiance to the Lord of Hosts. . . . There will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the Lord near its border....