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
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
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
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
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
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...
Splendid Isolation
Ezekiel 3:22–23 “The hand of the Lord was on me there, and He said to me, ‘Get up, go out to the plain and there I will speak to you.’ So I got up and went out to the plain; and behold, the glory of the Lord was standing there, … and I fell on my face.” Observation:...
A Well-Deserved End
Jeremiah 52:10–11 “The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also slaughtered all the princes of Judah in Riblah. Then he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon...
His Way or the Highway
2 John 6 “And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments.” Observation: We are unsure whether John was writing to an individual believer or to a church, but the letter makes three primary points: (1) a commandment to love one another; (2) an affirmation...
God’s Phone Number
Jeremiah 33:3 “ ‘Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’ ” Observation: The Lord was reviewing powerful promises He will restore to the people once they have been delivered from captivity in Babylon....
