Tag: Babylon
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Day 259: Behind the Curtain (Daniel 10:12-14)
12 Then he said to me, “Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and humbled yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words. 13 The prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days, but Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I…
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Day 246: Tisha B’Av (Ezekiel 24:1-2)
In the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day. Ezekiel 24:1-2 Through the Bible: Ezekiel 23-24 Every country has…
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Day 224: Taking Jeremiah Personally, Part 2 (Jeremiah 20, 29)
James Jackson, Lead Pastor When I was a kid, I was fascinated by Greek mythology. I loved reading all the stories about gods and goddesses. I became a Christian when I was pretty young—seven or eight years old, so I knew they weren’t really gods or goddesses, but I always loved the myths. There’s…