“His successor will send out a tax collector to maintain the royal splendor. In a few years, however, he will be destroyed, yet not in anger or in battle. Daniel 11:20 (NIV). https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/gills-exposition-of-the-bible/daniel-11-20.html says that the successor mentioned here is Seleucus Philopator, who succeeded his father, Antiochus the Great, as the emperor of the Selucid Empire. HeContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 8 December 2021. Today’s topic: History Leads to Him”
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Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 12 April 2021 Today’s topic: Daniel
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles from the temple of God. These he carried off to the temple of his god in Babyloniaand put in the treasureContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 12 April 2021 Today’s topic: Daniel”
Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 3 March 2021 Today’s topic: Big Fish
Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. Jonah 1:17 (NIV). No, this isn’t Pinocchio; no, the ‘big fish’ wasn’t a whale. No, believe it or not, this isn’t some fairy tale or myth or impossible story. You know what this is? It’s history. Continue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Jonah, 3 March 2021 Today’s topic: Big Fish”
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