November 2021

Idolatry is the worship, veneration and/or idolization of anyone or anything other than the One True God. That is the Trinity: God, the Father – Yahweh God, the Son – Jesus, Yeshua Ha-Mashiach, the Messiah God, the Holy Spirit or Ghost God laid down this law clearly in the 10 Commandments found in Exodus 20:

So far, we’ve been traveling through the chronological accounts until the Babylonian exile of the Jews which happened in 3 waves, from 605-586 BC. Today we’re jumping ahead to the 300s BC, then even further to 175-167 BC to yet another attack which led to the miracle of Hanukkah. Why should Christians understand the Jewish

Are you as sick of this old world as I am? I don’t know about you, but I stopped watching the news — even the local stations. It’s bad out there, that’s for sure. There is a lot of uncertainty. What is certain is that God is still in control, He does have the whole

Previously, Isaiah warned the Jews of the coming judgment — that they will be attacked and taken in to exile by the Babylonians. As we saw in yesterday’s chapter, Isaiah now starts comforting Israel with God’s promises of deliverance from the Babylonians. See, God warns, He is patient, He judges the unrighteous, delivers judgment, then

Several times, years ago, I had the pleasure and honor of singing Handel’s Messiah in a mass choir. That’s a choir of 30-40 people, along with a local symphony orchestra and professional soloists. What an experience! Technically, I’m a 2nd soprano singing between alto and soprano. Sometimes, I could manage the soprano part if it

While the Assyrians scattered the people of the northern kingdom of Israel, the Babylonians took the Jews captive back to Babylon. Hence, for 70 years the Hebrews lived in exile. These last 2 chapters of 2 Kings tell the gruesome story. King Nebuchadnezzar’s conquest of Judah came in 3 waves: First, in 605 BC, that’s

History is full of stories of nations who rise up in power. They all hit a peak, then they start a steep downfall to their extinction. Before we go on to the rise of the Babylonian empire, we have to hear what the prophet Nahum has to say about the fall of the Assyrians. The

Have you ever sat down to watch a video or streaming a movie and after 10 minutes realize that you’ve seen it before? That’s what happened when I started reading the next chapters of Isaiah (36-39). They are the exact duplicate stories of 2 Kings 18-21. Since we’ve recently covered them, you can recap, but

We are living in the end times! We are living in biblical times! The exact times that Isaiah prophesied 2700 years ago! We’re in the middle of the Book of Isaiah and today we see him transition from warning the people of his time to warning us. Yet he always adds hope. We have hope

There’s no doubt that the world today is broken, fallen, in a horrible state. Some may think it’s irreparable — beyond repair, beyond hope. Not so. That is why God gave us prophets. They are His spokespersons. He shows them what will happen within their lifetimes, as well as a far distant future. Today’s prophecy