Today’s chapter marks a turn in Ezekiel’s prophecies. The fall of Judah and Jerusalem is history. God now gives Ezekiel a new assignment as a watchman on the wall. From now on, he’s prophesying on…

“Slaughtered by the sword!” In these last two of the prophecies against Egypt, God tells Pharaoh exactly where he’ll end up — in hell, or the pit, or Sheol (depending which version you read). There…

God is sovereign and His Word WILL come to pass. God pulls the strings of ALL history. He is in control. HE is the Lord. In the NLT version of Ezekiel, we see the phrase,…

Yesterday I took a break from Ezekiel to read the Book of Esther for Purim. If you missed it, you can view the video here. Today, we return to the Ezekiel’s prophecies. This chapter begins…

Today is Purim! That’s the Jewish holiday started by Esther. In celebration, here is a Public Reading of Scripture, the Book of Esther. If you want to reap all the benefits of salvation including the…

When I was doing historical research for my novels (only one is published), I learned about the Phoenicians. They were the great ancient traders — the Amazon — of the Mediterranean. They had sea travel,…

Now that God’s completed His judgment on Judah and Jerusalem, He sets His sights on Israel’s neighboring countries. He starts with the close relatives of Ammon, Moab, and Edom, then the Philistines, then Tyre. These…

Chapter 4 of Lamentations continues the funeral dirge lamenting the death of Judah and Jerusalem, then chapter 5 is a prayer and plea for mercy and restoration. Let’s dig in… Keep reading in my blog…

This middle chapter of Lamentations is different from the other 4. Sandwiched between lamenting over Jerusalem and Judah’s punishment, Jeremiah praises God for His Mercy. Chapters 1, 2 and 4 of Lamentations are acrostic poems….

Miami, 1992. Hurricane Andrew paid us a visit like a buzz saw cutting through human lives. It didn’t discriminate. Mowed under its 150 mile-per-hour winds were homes and businesses of both the rich and the…

Israel was God’s Chosen Nation. Unfortunately, they wouldn’t follow His commandments and laws. Repeatedly, God warned them. Over and over again God warned them. Yet, they still preferred the pagan traditions of the neighboring nations…

When it comes to righteous judgment, God doesn’t fool around. If you’ve ever been in a relationship and your boyfriend or girlfriend, husband or wife, cheated on you, you are aware of how painful that…

Jesus took the 10 Commandments and combined them into 2 “great” ones. The first is to love God with all your heart and mind and strength. The second is to love your neighbor as yourself….

God is using Ezekiel again to get the peoples’ attention. “A sword! A sword!” This is the final warning issued to the Jews. It’s August of 591 BC. Ezekiel had been in Babylon since 597…

Actions have consequences. If you don’t learn from history, you are doomed to repeat it. It’s not necessarily YOUR history that you need to learn from, but from past generations. It’s all happened before in…