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KJV Isaiah 28 : 2
Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
Who is the mighty and strong one ref…
The author of “To the Hebrews” seems to assert that the messiah had a motivating “carrot” set before him. What does the “joy set before” Jesus refer to? What reward does the author of Hebrews understand (presumably from the scriptures) to …
Book Reviews / Pneuma 35 (2013) 87-156 137 L. Stephen Cook, On the Question of the “Cessation of Prophecy” in Ancient Judaism. Texts and…
17 “Now, fellow Israelites, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders. 18 But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his Messiah would suffer. (referring to Jesus) 19 Repent, the…
I’m exploring the prophets and Ezra at the moment. In them, there are many prophecies that either refer to the day of The LORD.
Now, the day of The LORD seems to refer in different contexts to:
A) The destruction of Jerusalem
B) The return…
Acts 21:9
He had four unmarried daughters, who prophesied.
Why are there 4?
And why are they unmarried?
And why are they included in the Scripture?
Seems like a fun family, but a bit of jarring detail when reading the passage narratively…
In Jeremiah 36:30, we see a prophecy that Jehoiakim will not have a descendent to sit on the throne:
“Therefore this is what the Lord says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on the throne of David; his body will be …
There are a handful of prophecies that Christians consider as having "dual fulfillments" – one at the time, and one in the future. Matthew 24, Isaiah 7:14, etc. are examples.
Where did this method of interpretation originate, and…
Blockquote 15 “The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— 16 just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, ‘Le…
New to this group, but this is definitely worth watching: When Will the Rapture Happen? Many prophecy teachers teach that the rapture will take…
Revelation 13:15-16 NASB
[15]And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even speak and cause as many as do not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
[16]And he causes…
The text:
“Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud
voice, saying to all the birds which fly in midheaven, “Come, assemble
for the great supper of God,
so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of c…