In-Depth Studies
19
Jun
Locust Plague in Syria
Joel 1:4 What the gnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten;
and what the swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten;
and what the creeping locust has left, the stripping locust has eaten.
Granted the context of Joel 1 is the land of Israel. The prophet does offer a glimpse...
19
Jun
US F18 Shoots Down Syrian Fighter Jet
Isaiah 17:1 The oracle concerning Damascus. “Behold, Damascus is about to be removed from being a city and will become a fallen ruin.”
Isaiah 17:9 In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken places in the forest, or like branches which they abandoned before the sons of Israel; and...
18
Jun
Revelation: Pergamum, A Two-Edged Sword
Revelation 2:12b The One who has the sharp two-edged sword says this:
Jesus is the owner of the two-edged sword. He is the one talking to the churches. This is another example of Jesus defining who He is. The two edged sword is previously noted to be in Christ’s possession in...
13
Jun
US Senate Votes to Move Embassy to Jerusalem
Zechariah 12:2a “Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes reeling to all the peoples around…
On June 1, 2017, President Donald Trump signed the successive six-month waiver to delay moving the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
However, the US Senate recently passed a resolution 90-0 to...
11
Jun
Revelation: Historical Pergamum
Revelation 2:12a And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write:
Ancient Pergamum today is essentially Bergama, Turkey. Today, not much is left of the ancient city but ruins. The city was located about 60 miles north of Smyrna. It is the northern most church in the Book of Revelation....
10
Jun
Russian Forces Within 100 Miles of Israeli Border
Ezekiel 38:2-3 “Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him and say, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal…”
The Bible and ancient, secular historians point to the fact the land of Magog...
08
Jun
US Backed Kurds Vow to Take Raqqa From ISIS
Jeremiah 46:10 That day is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, to avenge Himself on His foes. The sword shall devour and be sated and drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord GOD of hosts holds a sacrifice in the north country...
04
Jun
Revelation: Smyrna…Matter of Eternal Life or Death
Revelation 2:10b-11 Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death.
This is the closing statement to the church at Smyrna from...
03
Jun
ISIS Squeezed in the Middle East
June 2017: This is the pattern that has been repeatedly observed in the Middle East. ISIS has been surrounded and removed from a geographic area or location. The big picture shows ISIS surrounded on all sides in Iraq and Syria.
We will start in Aleppo, Syria and move east.
Jeremiah 49:23...
31
May
Pentecost/Shavuot/Feast of Weeks: Reading the Book of Ruth
Leviticus 23:15-16 ‘You shall also count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day when you brought in the sheaf of the wave offering; there shall be seven complete Sabbaths. You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall present a new grain...
