Tag: prophecy
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Day 276: The Puzzle of the Prophecy (Matthew 2:23)
Matthew 2:23 says, “He shall be called a Nazarene”—but those exact words don’t appear anywhere in the Old Testament. Was Matthew mistaken? Or is there something deeper going on? In this devotional, we explore the puzzle of the Nazarene prophecy and discover how even Jesus’ obscure hometown points to Him as the true Messiah.
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Day 273: The Last Word, Not the Final Word (Malachi 4:6)
Malachi closes the Old Testament with the word “curse.” But that isn’t the end of the story. The so-called 400 silent years weren’t silence at all—God was setting the stage for Christ, the true final Word.
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Day 243: The Three Most-Used Phrases in Ezekiel, and Why it Matters (Ezekiel 16:62)
Ezekiel’s most repeated phrases reveal more than the prophet’s favorite vocabulary. Together, they tell us something essential about God, His Word, His glory—and our place before Him.
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Day 225: The “Burden of the Lord” (Jeremiah 23:33-36)
Jeremiah’s generation had its own religious catchphrase: “the burden of the Lord.” But what happens when we put God’s name on words He never actually spoke? When it comes to claims of “new revelation,” either it’s not new—or it’s not true.
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Day 330: John and Paul, the Beast, and the Man of Lawlessness (2 Thessalonians 2:7-9)
Paul and John describe the same enemy in different voices—Paul with pastoral clarity, John with apocalyptic imagery. Together they reveal a recurring pattern of deception already at work in the world and point us to the same hope: Christ will expose evil and overcome it with a word.
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Day 311: While We Wait (Matthew 24:44)
Excerpt: Prepping for the end of the world has become a billion-dollar industry. Jesus’ plan for readiness costs nothing—but it changes everything.