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HEZEKIAH WAS a better king than any since David, and better than all those who followed. He repaired and restored the Temple, reinstituted the worship of Yahweh, and tore down the high places devoted to Baal and Astarte (not just in Judah, but in Israel, too). We discuss the works of Hezekiah and the difference in focus between the accounts in 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles. Then we analyze Psalm 48 and its praise for Zion, God's holy mountain, in light of the divine council paradigm. Hint: The Psalmist compares Zion to another holy mountain, and in so doing links the divine rebel in Eden (Isaiah 14) to the prophecy of Gog and Magog (Ezekiel 38). Sharon's new supernatural thriller Blood Lies: Book One of The Redwing Saga is now available! Click here to order Blood Lies in paperback, and click here to buy Blood Lies as a Kindle e-book. Derek's new book The Great Inception: Satan's PSYOPs from Eden to Armageddon is the #1 New Release in Christian Prophecy at Amazon! For free samples, click here for a series of articles drawn from material in the book, or click here for a series of short (5-10 minute) videos based on the book.

ISAIAH PROPHESIED the fall of Babylon before it had risen. At the time of the prophesies we read this week, Assyria was still the dominant power in the ancient Near East, but the phrase, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon," was revealed to the prophet anyway. We discuss the prophecies of the destruction of Tyre, which here, as in Ezekiel, is linked to Babylon; Dedan, and its possible link to the Amorites (and the old gods of the Greeks, the Titans), from whom came the kingdoms of Tyre and Babylon; and the future final destruction of Leviathan. Here is the link to the paper Derek mentioned, Resurrection and the Judgement of the Titans: ἡ γῆ τῶν ἀσεβῶν in LXX Isaiah 26.19 by Brook Pearson of the University of British Columbia. Sharon's new supernatural thriller Blood Lies: Book One of The Redwing Saga is now available! Click here to order Blood Lies in paperback, and click here to buy Blood Lies as a Kindle e-book. Derek's new book The Great Inception: Satan's PSYOPs from Eden to Armageddon is the #1 New Release in Christian Prophecy at Amazon! For free samples, click here for a series of articles drawn from material in the book, or click here for a series of short (5-10 minute) videos based on the book.

The destruction of Damascus was prophesied by Isaiah more than 2,700 years ago. While it's suffered during the last four years of civil war in Syria, it's not quite a "ruinous heap" just yet. Isaiah also saw a day when Egypt and Assyria would worship God, and there are some who believe the Great Pyramid of Giza is a sign of this promise. We also discuss the "land of whirring wings that is beyond the rivers of Cush" described in Isaiah 18. In our view, this is the most likely reference to the United States in the whole Bible. Sharon's new supernatural thriller Blood Lies: Book One of The Redwing Saga is now available! Click here to order Blood Lies in paperback, and click here to buy Blood Lies as a Kindle e-book. Derek's new book The Great Inception: Satan's PSYOPs from Eden to Armageddon is the #1 New Release in Christian Prophecy at Amazon! For free samples, click here for a series of articles drawn from material in the book, or click here for a series of short (5-10 minute) videos based on the book.

WE REACH the end of the New Testament this week. The Revelation of John concludes with final judgments against Satan, the Beast, Death, Hades, and all whose names are not written in the Book of Life. We also discuss the thousand-year imprisonment of Satan, whether the war led by Gog of Magog in Revelation 20 is the same one prophesied by Ezekiel, and speculate on the shape of the new Jerusalem -- cube or pyramid? Sharon's new supernatural thriller Blood Lies: Book One of The Redwing Saga is now available! Click here to order Blood Lies in paperback, and click here to buy Blood Lies as a Kindle e-book. Derek's new book The Great Inception: Satan's PSYOPs from Eden to Armageddon is the #1 New Release in Christian Prophecy at Amazon! For free samples, click here for a series of articles drawn from material in the book, or click here for a series of short (5-10 minute) videos based on the book.

ALREADY BUT not yet. That's a phrase we use often when discussing Bible prophecy, and it's appropriate again this week. We discuss the destruction of the northern kingdom, Israel, by the Assyrians as punishment for abandoning the LORD. Then we look at two chapters of the fascinating Book of Isaiah. In chapter 13, Isaiah prophesies a bitter end for Babylon, which God decreed would be a desolate place, a haunt for "wild animals," "howling creatures," and "wild goats" — the se'irim, or goat demons (translated "satyrs" in the KJV), to which the Israelites offered sacrifices in the desert after leaving Egypt (see Leviticus 17:7). Remember, Isaiah prophesied the destruction of Babylon between about 740 B.C. and 686 B.C., more than a hundred years before Babylon overthrew Assyria. Nebuchadnezzar eventually defeated Judah and sacked Jerusalem in , taking the southern kingdom, Judah, into captivity. And then we come to the famous 14th chapter, where Isaiah references the fall of the divine rebel from the garden, Helel ben Shachar ("Lucifer, son of the morning" in the KJV). We discuss the mysterious "shades" of Sheol who greeted the fallen Day Star, the identity of the divine rebel, and the prophetic significance of the "the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north." Sharon's new supernatural thriller Blood Lies: Book One of The Redwing Saga is now available! Click here to order Blood Lies in paperback, and click here to buy Blood Lies as a Kindle e-book. Derek's new book The Great Inception: Satan's PSYOPs from Eden to Armageddon is the #1 New Release in Christian Prophecy at Amazon! For free samples, click here for a series of articles drawn from material in the book, or click here for a series of short (5-10 minute) videos based on the book. Click here for the complete archive of our New Testament Bible studies to date, and click here for the Old Testament studies to date.

FALLEN, FALLEN is Babylon the Great! Who or what is Babylon the Great? After 2,000 years that's still a mystery. We discuss the seven plagues and the seven bowls of God's wrath, the mark of the Beast, the spirit behind the Great Prostitute, and the nature of the terrifying seven-headed, ten-horned Beast. Sharon's new supernatural thriller Blood Lies: Book One of The Redwing Saga is now available! Click here to order Blood Lies in paperback, and click here to buy Blood Lies as a Kindle e-book. Derek's new book The Great Inception: Satan's PSYOPs from Eden to Armageddon is the #1 New Release in Christian Prophecy at Amazon! For free samples, click here for a series of articles drawn from material in the book, or click here for a series of short (5-10 minute) videos based on the book.

GOD'S JUDGMENT on Israel and Judah was not going to be pleasant, but it was not to last forever. This week, we read prophecies of Isaiah and Micah on the coming destruction of the northern kingdom by Assyria and the southern kingdom by Babylon. But we also get several clear prophecies of the coming Messiah, who would gather the remnant of Israel and rule the nations from his throne in Zion. Sharon's new supernatural thriller Blood Lies: Book One of The Redwing Saga is now available! Click here to order Blood Lies in paperback, and click here to buy Blood Lies as a Kindle e-book. Derek's new book The Great Inception: Satan's PSYOPs from Eden to Armageddon is also (finally) available! For a free preview, click here for a series of articles drawn from material in the book.

HE HADN'T intended to be a prophet, but that's the work to which the Lord called him. Amos, a contemporary of Isaiah, was a shepherd from south of Jerusalem in the kingdom of Judah. However, he devoted most of the nine chapters of his book to warning the northern kingdom of Israel about its imminent doom — a judgment decreed by God. We discuss the prophecies of Amos against Samaria, highlight the fascinating difference at the beginning of Amos 7 in the Septuagint translation. Here is the link to the article "The Cosmic Mountain and Trees In Old Testament Theology" by Dr. Michael Heiser. And here is the link to the article from the Institute of Creation Research about the earthquake of Amos. According to the article, "the earthquake in question was at least magnitude 7.8, but more likely was 8.2. This magnitude 8 event of 750 B.C. appears to be the largest yet documented on the Dead Sea transform fault zone during the last four millennia." Wow! No wonder Amos mentioned it. It would have been an event that nobody who'd lived through it would ever forget! Sharon's new supernatural thriller Blood Lies: Book One of The Redwing Saga is now available! Click here to order Blood Lies in paperback, and click here to buy Blood Lies as a Kindle e-book. Derek's new book The Great Inception: Satan's PSYOPs from Eden to Armageddon is also (finally) available! For a free preview, click here for a series of articles drawn from material in the book.

GOD'S JUDGMENT on an unrepentant world is the focus of this week's New Testament study. John was shown terrifying imagery of disasters so catastrophic that the earth is literally shaken to its core. But take heart — the church of Jesus Christ is not appointed to wrath, so if you have accepted Christ as your Savior, you won't be here for it. We discuss the first six trumpet judgments, speculate on why Dan is not among the tribes of Israel sealed by God during the Great Tribulation, briefly explain the 70 weeks of Daniel (Daniel 9:24-27), and explain why Joel's Army (see Joel 2:1-11) is actually the horde of demonic locusts released from the abyss by Apollyon (Apollo, also called Abaddon — called Resheph by Canaanites and Nergal by the Babylonians) in Revelation 9. Sharon's new supernatural thriller Blood Lies: Book One of The Redwing Saga is now available! Click here to order Blood Lies in paperback, and click here to buy Blood Lies as a Kindle e-book. Derek's new book The Great Inception: Satan's PSYOPs from Eden to Armageddon is also (finally) available! For a free preview, click here for a series of articles drawn from material in the book. Click here for the complete archive of our New Testament Bible studies to date, and click here for the Old Testament studies to date.

PROPHESYING DURING a time just before a calamity has to be one of the worst jobs ever. Isaiah was called to be a prophet during a visit to the throne room of God to preach to the kingdom of Judah, but his orders were to

Make the heart of this people dull,

and their ears heavy,

and blind their eyes;

lest they see with their eyes,

and hear with their ears,

and understand with their hearts,

and turn and be healed.

Seriously, who'd want that job?

We discuss the historical setting of Isaiah's ministry, the holy mountain concept, and the parallels between the vision of Isaiah and what the apostle John was shown more than 700 years later.

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Derek's new book The Great Inception: Satan's PSYOPs from Eden to Armageddon will be available very soon! For a free preview, click www.TheGreatInception.com for a series of articles drawn from material in the book.