Category: Prophets – Warnings for 21st century ‘christians’
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The Beginning of the End – A Burden of the Prophets – 3
I don’t understand what is going on. Who will tell us? Earthquakes, fires, famines, rulers we never thought would come to power… What is going on? It’s an age-old question. A king’s messengers may proclaim his threats, but who can the faithful believe? Only a true prophet of the Lord. And many have claimed their…
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The Beginning of the End – A Burden of the Prophets – 2
Previously – Part 1 The Hope of a Savior King Jeremiah 23: 5 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In his days Judah will…
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The Beginning of the End – A Burden of the Prophets
Prophets – Predictions of Destruction, Redemption and the Messiah How many Prophets can you name? Why do some prophets have a book and others do not? Is every prophet of God? Why all the predictions of destruction? These are but a few of the unanswered questions about the prophets. Major prophets, minor prophets, false prophets,…
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Times of Difficulty – 4
Who will you believe? “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth. The Lord commissions the prophet Jeremiah, who must warn nations of their sins against God. Like any true prophet, Jeremiah has nothing to gain by the Lord’s choice to make him a messenger. Who will believe the Lord’s message and messenger? Jeremiah 1: And…
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Times of Difficulty
Joel 1: Has such a thing happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers? 3 Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation. While disasters loom and chaos rules, talking heads debate over who said what about the rein of evil isolated…
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for it was not the season for figs – 6
When I would gather them, declares the LORD,there are no grapes on the vine,nor figs on the fig tree;even the leaves are withered,and what I gave them has passed away from them.” Jeremiah 8:13 Jesus’ Lament over Jerusalem’s crowds Recall the fig tree and all the symbols of Jerusalem. You can almost hear Jesus lamenting:…
