I will return to Zion. The restoration of Israel will take place when the messiah returns to Zion during His millenarian reign (rev. 20.6). T he...
The Mosaic Law required of the Jews on day of annual fasting because of the Day of Atonement. They, however, added another fast to the religious...
Who hears the Voice of God? Scripture points to the period when Jeremiah began exhorting the nation to return to God: “in the fourth year of...
The sign of two baskets of figs. Nebuchadnezzar had caused death and destruction in the invasion of Jerusalem. Many Jews were taken captive to Babylon in...
The cumulative effect of this eight and last vision is that God will judge the rebellious nations for their sins. At first sight, the horsemen left...
Woe to the shepherds. The expression “woe” means God’s Judgement and severe rebuke. This warning was directed to the priests, prophets, and kings who were responsible...
The sixth vision deals with the book in the form of a flying scroll, about ten meteres long and five meters wide. The vision shows that...
Go down to the house of the king. This chapter records a series of prophecies against certain kings, such as Shallum, Jehoiakim, and Coniah, not to...
In the fifth vision, a lampstand and two olive trees, was a bowl from which the olive oil dripped from the olive trees. The bowls symbolizes...
God against His people. King Zedekiah, in the face of imminent Babylonian invasion of Jerusalem, expected the Most High to help him defeat his enemies. Well,...
In the fourth vision, the interpreter angel shows him a courtroom: the high priest Joshua represents the nation of Israel, who is the defendant; the Angel...
Pashhur was a common name at the time and also a title indicating a high position inside of the Temple. The son of the priest immer...
In the third vision, the prophet sees the chaos in Jerusalem. The end of the Babylonian exile repatriated some of the Jews who had a purpose...
The eight month corresponds to the period between October and November in our calendar. Darius reigned in Persia (Iran) from 522 to 486 BC. The name...
Go and get a potter’s earthen flask. In the previous chapter, God showed the skills and patience of the potter working with clay to transform it...
