Zion

Passover and the Triumphal Entry

On: April 5, 2020

WE SET aside our chronological reading order this week to look at scripture about the Passover and Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

Now the serpent…

On: June 30, 2019

THE TREE in the middle of the garden proved to be a test and a trap—not just for Adam and Eve, but for the serpent as well.

Shelley Neese – The Copper Scroll Project

On: January 21, 2019

DIRECTIONS TO the treasures of Solomon’s Temple inscribed on a sheet of copper found at Qumran among the Dead Sea scrolls? Shelley Neese, author of The Copper Scroll Project, discusses what be the greatest archaeological find in history.

Getting Back to Work

On: 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.Continue Reading

Battle for the Mount of Assembly

On: July 9, 2017

THE LONG rebellion by the small-G gods is all about getting control of God’s mount of assembly, the Temple Mount.Continue Reading

Restoration

On: May 28, 2017

HEZEKIAH WAS a better king than any since David, and better than all those who followed. He repaired and restored the Temple, reinstituted the worship of Yahweh, and tore down the high places devoted to Baal and Astarte (not just in Judah, but in Israel, too).Continue Reading

Leviathan, Babylon, and the Titans

On: May 21, 2017

ISAIAH PROPHESIED the fall of Babylon before it had risen. At the time of the prophesies we read this week, Assyria was still the dominant power in the ancient Near East, but the phrase, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon,” was revealed to the prophet anyway.Continue Reading