Tension Over Temple Mount

March 7, 2019

The Waqf, the Islamic group that oversees Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, says it will ignore an Israeli court order to close the building at the Gate of Mercy.

Deadly Tornadoes Hit Alabama

March 5, 2019

At least 23 people were killed, including three children, when tornadoes hit Alabama, Georgia, and Florida Sunday.

US Downgrades PA

March 4, 2019

The United States has closed its diplomatic mission to the Palestinian Authority in Jerusalem, essentially a downgrade of the PA’s status.

PERSEVERANCE IN the face of opposition is one of the lessons from our reading today. The Samaritans, Ammonites, and Arabs in Nehemiah’s day tried to discourage the Jews through threats, political pressure, and even a conspiracy to assassinate Nehemiah.

The Day of Yahweh

January 27, 2019

APOCALYPTIC PROPHECIES of the coming Day of the Lord are the focus of the last three chapters of Zechariah. Today we discuss the prophet’s vision of the final battle of the age and compare it to Armageddon and the war of Gog and Magog.

We also talk about the aftermath, the millennial reign (although Zechariah doesn’t call it that), and the final world order, when God rules and reigns over the entire world from Jerusalem.

“My worthless shepherd”

January 20, 2019

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.

The Flying Scroll

January 13, 2019

A FLYING SCROLL, a woman named Wickedness, other women with wings like storks, and four chariots pulled by red, black white, and dappled horses continue the fascinating vision of the prophet Zechariah.

‘Who are you, O great mountain?’

January 6, 2019

WE OPEN 2019 with a study of two of the shorter prophetic chapters of the Old Testament, but they are rich with multiple layers of meaning.

Getting Back to Work

December 23, 2018

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 Return

December 16, 2018

The prophesied return of the exiles from Babylon is the focus of our study today.

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