Category: Chronological Bible

This week's passages are Daniel 10-12, Ezra 4-8, Haggai, Zechariah, and Esther. The passages this week essentially tell two parallel stories. Ezra tells about some of the exiles who are released from Persia (which conquered Assyria) to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple. Haggai and Zechariah prophesy words of encouragement to the Israelites to [...]

This week's passages were 1 Chronicles 3, 8, Daniel 4-9, Ezekiel 29-30, 40-48, 2 Kings 25, Jeremiah 52, 2 Chronicles 36, and Ezra 1-4. I want to discuss two sets of passages from this week's readings. They are typically considered eschatological, or prophecies concerning end times, when God issues His final judgments on humankind and [...]

This week I'll discuss passages from Lamentations 2-5, Obadiah, 2 Kings 25, Jeremiah 40-44, 52, Ezekiel 32-39, 1 Chronicles 4-8, and Psalm 137. Tradition holds that the book of Lamentations was written by Jeremiah. There is no direct evidence of this, but it definitely was written by an eyewitness (like Jeremiah) who lived through the [...]

This week we'll look briefly at Ezekiel 17-31, 2 Kings 24-25, 2 Chronicles 36, Jeremiah 21, 32-34, 38-40, 52, and Lamentations 1. As I mentioned last week, Ezekiel and Jeremiah both lived to see their prophecies of Judah's exile come true. This was a hard time to endure and difficult to have to witness. It [...]

This week we'll reflect on Jeremiah 27-28, 31, 37-38, 49-52, 2 Kings 24, 2 Chronicles 3, 36, and Ezekiel 1-16. I wrote last week about Jeremiah's prophecies of Judah's exile into Babylon and the unpopularity of that message. The book of Daniel and Ezekiel, in addition to parts of Jeremiah, contain additional prophesies and historical [...]