We are in the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign. He has a dream and wants to know the meaning. Instead of telling the dream, he asks “What’s my dream?” The very first thing I noticed when reading our passage is the timeframe for this event. Nebuchadnezzar is in his second year of reigning. In his […]
Daniel was faithful to God in all things. Because of his faithfulness he was found in better condition than all the other youths. Daniel and his three friends were different than all the rest of the youths brought back from Judah. They had conviction. Not the ‘convicted of a crime’ definition but a STRONGLY held […]
We step back in time to when Jehoiakim is taken captive to Babylon. Along with the king, selected others are taken. Daniel is one of them. Before we start into the book of Daniel, let me say that I am TOTALLY unequipped for this journey. I have learned over the years that the book of […]
The last piece God shows Ezekiel are the city gates. One for each original son of Israel. Levi has his own gate and Joseph has only one. One thing to notice right away is that God and the bronze man do not “show” Ezekiel the gates or city. Ezekiel gets only a description of the […]
The Lord spoke to Ezekiel regarding the land division between the tribes. The initial divisions were NOT even. They will be even, and in God’s order. Because of how my mind works, I had to do a little comparison of the order God gives for the land division with how He had the tribes camp […]