The story has been told of someone who has been waiting for a bus for a long time and then more than one turns up in a matter of minutes. I have this picture in mind as I write this my third earth shattering Trumpwatch episode in a month, noting that lots of huge significance has happened under Trump since being installed as POTUS only three weeks ago. Again, I counsel readers to fasten their seatbelts for controversy, as today I consider Trump AND Israel.
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The Olivet Discourse – Just as it was in the days of Noah
In Part 1 of our “Olivet Discourse series” (see here) we reflected on Jesus’ words concerning “The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times” and ended reflecting that given the nature of His “Fig Tree Generation” prophecy that those living at this time could be part of that generation. We continue in this Part 2, and consider “The Day and Hour Unknown and the Days of Noah” along with three parables concerning how we might prepare.
Continue readingThe Olivet Discourse –The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times
Strangely (or is it, given that God ever works in mysterious ways) an event that theologians have often referred to as the Olivet Discourse keeps coming onto my horizons, in particular that part of it that begins with the words: “Just as it was in the days of Noah”.
Continue readingChrist in the Books of Moses
In a recent post (see here), I announced my intention to do a series on Christ in the Old Testament, which in the Hebrew Bible can be divided into three sections (Law, Prophets, Writings), referring back to two incidents recorded in Luke 24, following Jesus rising from the dead, when he told his bemused disciples how His life, death and resurrection were all foretold in the Old Testament.
Continue readingThe End Times and the Second Coming revisited
When I started attending the church that was to become a big influence on me thereafter, some sixty years ago, I noted, even then, its interest in End Times events and Jesus’ Second Coming.
Continue readingDaniel’s Four Visions – Vision 3: (Daniel 9) Daniel’s Seventy Weeks
Having introduced my latest Bible focused project (see here), which is to write about Daniel’s four visions, then turning our attention to the first of these (see here) and the second of these visions (see here), we turn to his third vision concerning “the Seventy Weeks”, following his amazing prayer.
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Having introduced my latest Bible focused project (see here), which is to write about Daniel’s four visions, and having turned our attention to the first of these (see here), I would like now to consider Daniel’s second vision – the Vision of the Ram and the Goat, which is described in Daniel 8.
Continue readingTrumpwatch 65 – is the dust beginning to settle?
It was only two weeks ago when I wrote my previous episode in my Trumpwatch series (see here), shortly following the news that the Donald had won the 2024 US Presidential race.
Continue readingDaniel’s Four Visions – Vision 1: (Daniel 7) Daniel’s Dream of Four Beasts
Having earlier introduced my latest Bible focused project (see here), which was to write about Daniel’s four visions, let us turn our attention to the first of these, recognising that as with all his visions there is a wide range of interpretations and applications on offer from folk who know and communicate their understanding.
Continue readingDaniel’s Four Visions – An Introduction
There is much that can be said about Daniel the prophet and the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament, a good deal of which I have already begun to say (see here and here).
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