The first thing the people of Judah had done after they had built houses for their families was to build the altar. It was out in the open, rather than housed within a temple at this point. On that altar …
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Setting the historical stage for another Jewish exodus. First Nebuchadnezzar. Next Cyrus.
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How were the Jewish priests impacted by the captivity in Babylon?
Continue Reading →John the Baptist had said of Jesus, “After me comes He who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stood down and untie. I have baptized you with water, but He will baptize …
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The Babylonian Exile is the period of Jewish history in which the people of Judea were forced to leave their historic homeland and were relocated to other parts of the Babylonian Empire. Historians place the beginning of the Babylonian Exile …
Continue Reading →The Beginning Jesus spent most of his life and ministry in the region of Galilee, a mountainous area in northern Palestine. Jesus grew up in the hill town of Nazareth, about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of the Gentile administrative …
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After Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection, what foundational events secured the spread of the faith?
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Hebrews 11. Part 31. Pandemic. God is with you! He will carry you through these current difficulties. He has carried and helped millions of believers who went before you. One of the rewards for all who seek him is the …
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The problem is that we often don’t know how to rest. Like mongrel dogs taken in from a hard-biting pack, it takes a while for us to learn.
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