Monthly Archives: May 2024
In Troublesome Times
IN TROUBLESOMETIMESTEXT: Selected Passages from Daniel, Ezra & NehemiahSUMMARY: The emergence of the Jewish remnant from captivity to rebuild, “in troublesome times” (Dan. 9:25), their temple, city and nation in preparation for their coming Messiah, would foreshadow the end of our final age, when “a time of trouble, such as never was” (Daniel 12:1) must […]
Continue readingA Garden of Renown, Part 2
A GARDEN OF RENOWN, PART 2 TEXT: Ezekiel 34:29-31SUMMARY: The Peace Christ offers in Ezekiel 34 is not to be taken out of the wilderness, or to return to the Garden of Eden, instead it’s an offer to be raised up and made into a garden of God’s peace ourselves — in Christ. And just […]
Continue readingDaniel’s Intercession, Part 2
DANIEL’S INTERCESSION, PART 2 TEXT: Daniel 9:24-27SUMMARY: Daniel chapter 9 is a record of Daniel’s intercession for the sins of God’s people Israel, and of the Lord’s glorious promise of reconciliation by means of a coming Redeemer. I. THE SIN OF THE PEOPLE, vv. 1-19. II. HOPE FOR THE PEOPLE, vv. 20-27. A. A Preview […]
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