Tag: prophesy
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Prophesying the unseen future
Acts of the Apostles 21: Dr. Luke continues his account of their return to Jerusalem and Paul’s stay with Philip the Evangelist in Caesarea. Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied. And as we were staying there for some days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. And coming to us, he took Paul’s belt and…
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A Python of Prophesy Stalking Paul in Philippi
Who is this soothsaying python of Philippi? Luke mentions this woman in Acts 16 who follows Paul, Silas and Timothy around as they frequent a place of prayer down by the river. She may not have had such a nickname but her presence foretells the inevitable upcoming skirmishes between good and evil in Europe. Acts…
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Ezekiel An Unbelievable Scene
Ezekiel 1: the word of Jehovah came expressly unto Ezekiel Ezekiel 1:3a Darby translation Context: TIME ~570 years Before Christ; PLACE – Tel-Abib in Babylonia, [later Persia, then Seleucid Empire (Greek) in 21st c. Iraq; PROPHET – yᵊḥezqē’l, captive priest and prophet of Israel taken to Babylon while in his 30’s along with his wife…
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and new things I now declare – 1
What’s new? Certainly not Christmas, for we now trivialize a pivotal time in human history with never-ending ‘holiday’ things. “Where are our new toys,” ‘holiday season’ commercials lead us to ask? Most years I share a series celebrating the Advent of the joyous season of Christmas. This year’s four-part Advent series will focus on the prophecy…
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as to a lamp shining in a dark place
Perhaps you look at Biblical prophesy as something of darkness from the past. Maybe in this 21st century we just don’t believe the lives and words of men like Jeremiah or Isaiah could shed any light on the struggles of our life. If God has spoken through certain men of old, why send Jesus to…
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A Light of Revelation to the Gentiles
Birth of John the Baptist Foretold Luke 1:5 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord……
