Who were the prophets?[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "The art prophecy is very difficult," Mark Twain once said,...Schorn, Joelu.s.catholic
16They were lying prophets who claimed peace would come to Jerusalem when there was no peace. I, the SovereignLord, have spoken!’ 以西结书 13:16 — The New King James Version (NKJV) 16that is, the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who see visions of peace for...
“chosen instrument” to carry His name before the Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel (Acts 9:15) and would suffer for doing so (Acts 9:16). Ananias followed the Lord’s instructions and found Saul, on whom he laid hands, and told him of his vision of Jesus Christ. Through...
“But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of The LORD; and he s...
Stories of ordinary people who believed God's promises. They were not perfect, but their faith advanced God's scarlet thread of redemption in the tapestry of life.
The weight of this worldly darkness surrounded Isaiah. His words reflect the environment at the time and were chosen specifically for the audience before him. Truly not just for them, but for generations to come. Divine Plan by Design
Israel as a people have not been set aside by God. Rather, the called-out ones from the Gentile nations have been offered the gospel through Jesus and have been grafted into His people, Israel. If this were the case, the Bible’s description of only one people of God would still apply...
Eternal One: Woe to the shepherds who slaughter and scatter the sheep of My pasture! This is what I, the Eternal God of Israel, have to say about the
the prophets, Assyria’s attacks on Israel were part of God’s punishment for the Israelites’ lack of faithfulness. The Assyrians were in turn punished by God for their brutal aggression, leading to the destruction of their empire. Both Jews and Christians have come to see the history of ...
HeChalutz, the armed menwho were the vanguard, the brave ones out in front, became the chosen name for many of the early Zionist movements, but especially those groups that trained an “army” of young Jewish people for the hard work of agricultural settlement in the Land of Israel. ...