For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. (Isaiah 7:8) Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned. (Hosea 7:8) Isaiah said that...
He is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘A man is coming after me who is far greater than I am, for he existed long before me.’English Standard VersionThis is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’Berean Standard ...
On this second Sunday of Advent, we are reflecting on the prophesied Messiah as the “mighty” God from Isaiah 9:6. This adjective in Hebrew (gibor) is commonly translated mighty, but strong is an equally fine translation. Might often refers to strength, power, and the ability to make im...
I think the prophecy about Gog and Magog in Ezekiel 38 and 39 is picturing something that is prophetic and talking about a battle that will take place in the last days where there's going to be an enemy that assaults Jerusalem and Israel and the people of God. And the passage talks ab...
“Those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.” –Isaiah 40:31 I have found that the biggest fear we face in the middle of adversity and hardship is not that we will be ...
Jesus is the Light. When Christ comes, he destroys the darkness. He is Light. He is Hope. He is Love. Justice. Mercy. Life. This morning, my usual routine of opening the bible to a random page, it fell on Isaiah chapter 40: ...
9 I am speaking the truth — as one who belongs to the Messiah, I do not lie; and also bearing witness is my conscience, governed by the Ruach HaKodesh: 2 my grief is so great, the pain in my heart so constant, 3 that I could wish myself actually under God’s curse and separat...
13I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry 14in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them. 15For if their rejection brought reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance be...
who is the prophet talking aboutThe eunuch is reading from the book of Isaiah, specifically Isaiah 53, a passage that describes the suffering servant. This question reveals the common Jewish interpretive challenge of the time: identifying the subject of Isaiah's prophecy. Some believed the prophet...
Isaiah 43:19. We forget we live in the desert sometimes. T’siyah. Desert you can survive in if you have help. Jer 2:6 Yashiymown. Desert you can’t survive in. Psalm 78:40. Reality. We are raising our children in a desert called “life.” A very real wilderness war. Eph...