“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1 ESV). It’s a new year and it can be a new “beginning” for us too. For the God that “created the heavens and the earth” is the same God today as He was yesterday. Just as He created all things in the beginning,
“For I the Lord do not change” (Malachi 3:6 ESV). “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end” (Revelation 22:13 ESV). “Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness!” (Psalm 150:2 ESV). “Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a
‘“I have loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob”‘ (Malachi 1:2 ESV). Do you ever question God’s love? The exiled Jews that had returned to Jerusalem did. They were happy to be home again, yet they
“On that day living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea. It shall continue in summer as in winter” (Zechariah 14:8 ESV). God gave the prophet Zechariah a word concerning the coming Day of the LORD when Christ shall return. Among
“For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy” (Revelation 19:10 ESV). When John the Revelator heard the worship of heaven and the angel proclaim the blessing of being invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb, he fell down to worship the angel. But the angel rebuked him saying, “You must not do
“Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish” (Psalms 146:3-4 ESV). The history of the kings of Israel and Judah is a tragic one. For although they occasionally had a
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey” (Zechariah 9:9 ESV). Zechariah’s prophecy, written 500 years before Christ, reveals the coming of a King
Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake” (Revelation 16:15 ESV). Advent means “coming.” On this Christmas day we celebrate and remember Christ’s coming. Yet, this Christmas season also reminds us that He is coming again. Therefore, let us keep our eyes open. For Jesus has promised to return
“And say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, “Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: for he shall branch out from his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD” (Zechariah 6:12 ESV) The Lord told the prophet Zechariah to make a crown and set it on Joshua, the high
“For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel” (Zechariah 4:10 ESV). Zerubbabel was born in Babylon. As a descendent of King David, he was in line for Judah’s throne, but he and his people had been conquered and exiled by the