Ezekiel 5:1-17, Privilege without obedience leads to judgment
A lot of times, we think that we live in a difficult time, and we fail to remember the times that many of the people that were followers of the Lord lived in a difficult space. Ezekiel is in the country of Babylon, amongst the Jewish captives who have been taken there, ministering to them. God is laying on his heart that he would impress on them the truth of their condition. A lot of times, people want to deny…
Ezekiel 4, Warning coming siege
This afternoon, if you have your vitals, we’re going to be continuing our study in the book of Ezekiel. Today we come to Ezekiel chapter 4. One of the things that God does through the prophets of the Old Testament is he often uses objects as symbols and object lessons to teach truth to the nation of Israel through the prophets. He does this on a number of occasions with Ezekiel. And this afternoon we’re going to be studying in…
Daniel 9:5-11, Confusion of faces and Broken Cisterns
If you have your Bibles this morning, I want you to turn again to Daniel chapter 9. We’re going to go back and look at some of the verses that we looked at last week, but we didn’t really hone in on a few of them. And I want us to look at Daniel chapter 9, and I want us to begin by looking at verse 5. And we’re going to read from verse 5. “We have sinned and have…
Ezekiel 2:1-10, The Call
And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee. 2 And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto…
Daniel 9:1-19, Daniel’s Prayer
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; 2 in the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. 3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer…
Ezekiel 1:19-28, The Glory of God
If you have your Bibles turn with me to the book of Ezekiel and I want to pick up where we left off on Sunday. We left off on verse 18 on Sunday. We were talking about the four cherubim that were surrounding the throne of God and give a description of them and some of the things that were involved with them. I just wanted to to emphasize a couple things that I didn’t clarify on the last message.…
Ezekiel 1:18, The Vision of God’s Glory and the Living Creatures Explained
The Setting of Ezekiel’s Call The river Chebar Exile in Babylon Why God revealed Himself in a foreign land If you’ll turn with me to the book of Ezekiel and I want to begin a study in Ezekiel this afternoon. A lot of times Ezekiel seems to be the prophet that gets left out and part of it is because a lot of the especially when you’re dealing with Ezekiel’s coming into the presence of the throne room of God…
Daniel 8 Explained, Remaining faithful in times of cultural pressure
Spiritual Warfare in Daniel 8 Daniel chapter 8. And I’d like to read chapter this morning. In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first. 2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision,…
Psalm 92; Philippians 4:5-8, Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving was first celebrated in our nation before we were officially a nation. When the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth—some of you may know this, and some of you may not—they came seeking a place where they could worship the Lord with the freedom they longed for. They wanted to live their lives according to His Word. Many of them had been oppressed and persecuted because they believed the Bible was real and did not want to follow the teachings of…
Jeremiah 51:46-64, A Warning Not to Panic
And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler. 47 Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. 48 Then…
Jeremiah 51:36-45
This evening, if you have your Bibles, it will turn with me to the book of Jeremiah, chapter 51 . We’re coming to the end of Jeremiah. Jeremiah is oftentimes called the weeping prophet. And those of you who have been with us since the beginning of the study, he’s a prophet that was commissioned by God, that was given a tremendous commission. God said, I’m giving you, placing my words upon your lips to share with my people. And…
Daniel 7:4-15 – Four Beasts Rising from the Sea
Truly, the Scriptures tell us that He is coming again. And as we’re looking at Daniel’s writing, and examining the prophecies that were given to Daniel to share, His Word tells us that this is a reality. We’re looking specifically at chapter 7. Last week, we looked at the beginning of Daniel’s vision. Daniel had had the vision, this is Daniel’s vision, but it lines up perfectly with what the Lord had revealed to Nebuchadnezzar when Nebuchadnezzar saw the statue.…