King Neb’s New Covenant – 2
Of course, God’s new golden-haired boy got things wrong, as all Adams do when given the opportunity of glorious kingdom. The metal man in his dream (the new “empire-Tabernacle”) only had gold at the...
View ArticleSlow Victory and Sticky Fingers
“Now Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until the late rains poured on them from heaven. And she did not allow the birds of...
View ArticleBetter Angels
“…of the angels He says: ‘Who makes His angels spirits and His ministers a flame of fire.’” God is the source of all things, and He identifies Himself as such in His speeches. Every speech is...
View ArticlePillars of the Land
Peter Leithart writes: “Why so much attention to the pillars of Solomon’s temple in 2 Kings 25? It is likely that these were the last major items left. Ahaz had already dismantled the bronze sea and...
View ArticleDaniel’s Face-off
In his ground-breaking and fascinating The Handwriting on the Wall, [1] James Jordan writes: God intends to teach Nebuchadnezzar what true wisdom is, by giving him advisors who have genuine knowledge...
View ArticleThe Bow of Elam
Biblical chronology isn’t always easy, but it provides the answers to many questions we have concerning Bible prophecy. James Jordan shows how crucial the book of Esther is for our understanding of...
View ArticleAn Excellent Plan
James Jordan is continuing his commentary on Esther in the Biblical Horizons newsletter. As always, he makes some interesting observations on Haman’s “prospectus” speech to the king in Esther 3, in...
View ArticleThe Ascension of Daniel
Just as the death and resurrection of Israel in Egypt follows the pattern of the Feasts, so does the death and resurrection of Israel in Babylon. [1] In the pattern from Abraham to Joshua, Joseph is...
View ArticleBabylonian Bookends
Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his...
View ArticleThe Last Sin
For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them...
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