Tag: prophesy
Re-Thinking Paul’s Teaching on the Head Covering (1 Corinthians 11:1-16)
Paul’s teaching on the head covering in 1 Corinthians 11:1-16 has been the source of much debate, disagreement and confusion for Christians and Bible students. It’s a challenging passage to confidently understand. I imagine people will continue to reach differing conclusions about this passage for as long as time continues. Here are several important observations…
September 25 – Temple Construction Opposed
Reading Ezra 4:6-6:13 Devotional From 536 to 522 B.C., construction of the temple was stopped. This happened for at least three reasons. First, the governing officials of Persia objected to Darius king of Persia. They wrote to Darius that they were afraid that if the walls and temple of Jerusalem were rebuilt, the people would…
September 2 – Ezekiel’s Vision of Dry Bones
Reading Eze. 37:1-28; 38:1-39:29 Devotional GOD showed Ezekiel more visions and gave him more prophecy to speak to Israel: 1 The hand of the LORD came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. 2…
July 25 – Jeremiah Called to Prophesy
Reading Jer. 1:1-3:5 Devotional GOD called Jeremiah to be a prophet at a young age. Jeremiah was from the town of Anathoth, from the tribe of Benjamin, just a few miles northeast of Jerusalem. Jeremiah was called in the 13th year of Josiah’s reign and he continued prophesying through the point when Judah was taken…
July 24 – Zephaniah: The Coming Day of the LORD
Reading Zeph. 1:1-3:20 2 Chron. 34:3-7 Devotional The prophet Zephaniah was a descendent of king Hezekiah, and a relative of king Josiah. GOD called Zephaniah to preach a message to Judah regarding the coming judgment against all peoples of the earth. GOD was fed up with the wickedness of the nations, including His own special…
July 18 – A Future of Hope
Reading Isa. 54:4-56:12 Devotional Israel was as a bride to GOD. Despite having to punish her for her unfaithfulness, GOD still loved her as a husband. Today’s reading offers beautiful promises of a future filled with hope to the ones who will accept GOD’s invitation. These truths apply to us today just as much as…
July 17 – Isaiah Foretells the Messiah’s Suffering and Victory
Reading Isa. 51:1-54:3 Devotional In today’s reading, GOD foretells through the prophet Isaiah how the coming Messiah will live and ultimately give Himself as the sacrifice to save the world. For Christians, Isa. 53 is an often-referred-to passage of Scripture. As a result we need to ensure that we slow down long enough to grasp…
July 12 – Isaiah Prophesies GOD’s Message of Comfort
Reading Isa. 40:1-41:10 Devotional With Manasseh in control, the future of Judah is sealed. His great wickedness is provoking GOD to bring about the destruction long-foretold, even as far back as Moses. Isaiah now focuses his message on the future events which are coming in order to show that it is GOD who is bringing…
July 7 – Isaiah Prophesies of a Spiritual Awakening
Reading Isa. 29:22-24; 27:2-13; 32:12-20; 33:2-24; 22:15-25 Devotional Today’s reading contains promises from GOD about a spiritual awakening that would come for Israel: 22 Therefore thus says the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: “Jacob shall not now be ashamed, Nor shall his face now grow pale; 23 But when he sees…