Tag: Babylon
Biblical Principle #60: The Tower of Babel was Rebellion Against God
Biblical Principles List Principle Noah’s descendants rebelled against God’s command to fill the earth, instead, conspiring to build the Tower of Babel. Explanation As Noah and family exited the ark following the flood, GOD made Noah several promises: 1 Thus God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Increase and multiply, and fill…
How Daniel’s Visions Relate to the End of Israel
GOD promised Abraham that he and his descendants would inherit the land of Canaan forever. But Abraham’s physical descendants, the children of Israel, grew increasingly wicked. GOD sent prophet after prophet to call them to repentance but they would not listen. This was exactly what Moses prophesied would occur in the Song of Moses at…
December 30 – Revelation (part 4)
Reading Rev. 14:1-19:5 Devotional Today’s reading is full of symbolism and figurative language that can be quite difficult to understand. The text begins with the 144,000 redeemed souls—first mentioned in Rev. 7—praising Jesus with a new song that only they could learn. There was the sound of harpists playing harps which accompanied the song. GOD’s…
October 6 – Ezra Leads the Second Return to Jerusalem
Reading Ezra 7:1-7, 11-28; 8:15-32; 7:8-10; 8:1-14, 33-36 Devotional In the spring of 458 B.C., Ezra led a second wave of Israelites in returning to Jerusalem. GOD had put it in the heart of Artaxerxes, king of Persia, to bring honor to the temple and to extend favor to Ezra and the Jews. Artaxerxes sent…
Looking for a Place Where I Belong (Inspired by Switchfoot)
In September 2011, Switchfoot released the album Vice Verses. In my opinion, they saved the best for last. Track 12 is entitled “Where I Belong” and, despite strong competition, this song is by far my favorite on the CD. In fact, it has stirred my heart in a special way, so I wanted to share some thoughts…
September 23 – First Return to Jerusalem
Reading Ezra 1:1-4:5 Devotional Now that Cyrus King of Persia ruled the former Babylonian Empire, he made a great decree, in accordance with what the LORD had said: 2 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth the LORD God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build…
September 21 – The Writing on the Wall
Reading Dan. 5:1-31; 9:1-27 Devotional Another 7 years has passed since Daniel saw the two visions of the future kingdoms. Belshazzar king of Babylon hosted a great banquet feast for 1,000 nobles and they drank wine. While drinking, Belshazzar ordered for the gold and silver cups that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the LORD’s temple in…
September 20 – Daniel’s Visions of Future Kingdoms
Reading Dan. 7:1-8:27 Devotional Today we resume our reading from the book of Daniel. It has been between 10 to 12 years since we have heard from Daniel. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon has died and, after his passing, there has been much turmoil among the leadership of Babylon. A man named Belshazzar now leads the…
September 4 – The Fiery Furnace
Reading Dan. 3:1-30 Devotional This is one of the greatest stories of faith bringing a victory in all of the Bible. Nebuchadnezzar set up a golden statue which was 90 feet tall and 9 feet wide—that’s as tall as a 9 story building. Then Nebuchadnezzar made a law that when the instrument sounded, everyone had…
August 31 – A Remnant of Judah Flees to Egypt
Reading Jer. 40:7-16; 41:1-18; 42:1-22; 43:1-13; 44:1-30; 51:64b Devotional Only two months after Jerusalem’s fall conflict arises within the remnant of Judah. Recall that Nebuchadnezzar had setup Gedaliah as governor of Judah. Only the poorest Israelites had been left in Judah, the rest were carried to Babylon. Some of these men, led by a man…