I was reading one of my favourite accounts in the bible as King Nebuchadnezzar sets up an image of Gold to be worshipped by all the leaders he has set up from all the places he ruled. I have always focused on the incredible faith of these three men and how they would...
What if we are forced to compromise our beliefs? What if our lives are on the line? Daniel shows us how to trust and follow God in a very pressing situation. Where most of us would either compromise or give up. Daniel is presented with food from the king that is...
Throughout the prophets (the writings in the Old Testament of the Bible, by prophets.) You hear the prophets warn Israel of coming judgment. Often, it is with sadness and even exasperation that God is appealing to the people of Israel to turn their hearts back to Him....
The promise of His presence. God takes Ezekiel, now in exile for many years, and with the reality of a destroyed Jerusalem and a ruined temple, God takes Ezekiel to all the land promised to Israel. He shows him in precise detail the new temple, the duties of the...
Reading through Ezekiel, I see that many of the prophecies he declared have now been fulfilled, but not Gog and Magog. This grand coalition of armies will try to take out Israel, but God Himself will fight for them and utterly destroy these armies on the mountains of...
I love Ezekiel’s response when in the valley of dead bones. Ezekiel 37:3 He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I said, “O Sovereign Lord, you alone know.” God tells him to declare the impossible. Ezekiel 37:4-6 Then he said to me,...
