Zechariah 1:1 "...second year of Darius..." According to the intro in the commentary, he was a prophet to the exiles returning to the land. Still under the control of Darius, the Medo/Persian empire. 4 "Do not be like your fathers..." He opens with a call to repentance and an admonition to not be like their …
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Joel 3:1-2 "...When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; And I will enter into judgment with them there On account of My people, My heritage Israel..." This hasn't happened yet so it's obviously set at the last …
Joel 2:1 "...For the day of the LORD is coming..." Day of judgment. Day when the LORD will finish all things and complete His plans. Used generically as days of judgment, but the one at the end of time is main one referenced. 2 "...A people come, great and strong... The locusts in this context, …
Joel 1:3 "Tell your children about it, Let your children tell their children, And their children another generation." Admonition to be sure and pass the information on to each generation. If just one generation fails to pass on knowledge of God, the society will collapse. Happened to Israel many times and is happening to America …
Revelation 22:1 "...river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb" Water of life coming from the throne of God. Provided for all. No more reason for anyone to not receive it. Contrast with the Tree of Life in the original garden. After they sinned they …
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Revelation 21:1 "...a new heaven and a new earth..." I'm thinking he's talking about the earth and the heaven around it, the atmosphere. Not sure if this means the old one is completely gone and the new one was created or if the old one was transformed into the new just as our bodies will …
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Revelation 20:1-3 "...an angel...having the key to the bottomless pit...a great chain...laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years...cast him into the bottomless pit...till the thousand years were finished...after these things he must be released for a little while" Satan is …
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Black & White with Shades of Gray 