When did Israel become God’s Chosen People? How did that come about? Before Israel was a nation, God dealt directly with all peoples of the world. From the time of Adam and Eve’s banishing from the Garden of Eden, the Lord was known by men and present in his affairs. From the point at which…
Posts Tagged: tribulation
Colossians 1:20 – Reconciliation
Let’s connect something that Paul says in the amazing first chapter of Colossians with our reading today from Isaiah. We can do that because the Scriptures are an integrated compilation overseen by the Holy Spirit with no contradictions. They maintain consistency from the first to the last. God breathed into them and we can trust…
Isaiah 34:2 – The Lord is Enraged
For you who are saved by the blood of Jesus Christ, who washed and cleansed you through the salvation you freely accepted, I ask these questions: Is the Lord enraged at you? Does His wrath rest upon you? Has Jesus forgiven your sins so as to keep you from God’s day of judgment? If your…
Isaiah 26:20 – Isaiah’s Pre-Trib Rapture Passage
There are many who dispute the notion of the pre-Tribulation Rapture of the church. So be it. They claim to find verses here and there in the Bible that support their various positions, be they mid-Tib, pre-Wrath, post-Trib, or no-Rapture. I respectfully disagree and declare that God is so clear in His communication to the…
Isaiah 22:13 – You Did Not Look To Him
In Isaiah 22, the prophet gives an oracle – a vision – for Jerusalem. I could be wrong, but it appears to me that this is both a lament for what had already occurred and a warning of what was to come with the destruction of the daughter of my people (Isaiah 22:4). A great…
Isaiah 13:20 – Babylon Never Again Inhabited
What is the eschatological secret of Babylon? Many have tried to understand this over the years. I confess that I am one of them. There are two primary narratives as to what is end-times Babylon. What is most popular? Which account makes the most sense – at least to me? Babylon has a long and…