For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings; the one who is greedy curses and despises the Lord. In all his scheming, the wicked person arrogantly thinks, “There’s no accountability, since there’s
Continue reading...How do we know when we are under God’s judgment? God told Israel they should have figured it out from the downturn they were experiencing, but this was because they were told in their covenant with Yahweh
Continue reading...With the close of the millennial kingdom of Jesus and the rebellion led by Satan, God institutes the final judgment of the unbelieving human race. A preliminary judgment has been made when each person
Continue reading...The judgments of God contribute to this last three and a half years of Daniel’s 70 sevens what Jesus calls the “great distress” or “great tribulation.” The Seal Judgments There are seven seals
Continue reading...Chapters 6-19 of Revelation contain a description of the judgment God pours out on the world at the same time as the world becomes involved in world war and economic dictatorship. There are three series
Continue reading...Yahweh’s answer to Habakkuk’s complaint about the unrighteousness of the Babylonians is that He will judge the Babylonians also, after they have been His judgment on Judah. The judgment isn’t specified
Continue reading...Jeremiah’s prophecies had all predicted the conquering of Judah and Jerusalem by Babylon, something the false prophets and priests denied, inciting, no doubt, Zedekiah to revolt against Babylon. This
Continue reading...We discover that this oracle against Babylon was given during the fourth year of Zedekiah and presented to Israel in exile when Jeremiah accompanied Zedekiah on a trip to Babylon. Zedekiah rebelled
Continue reading...This is the third quarter of this four-part oracle against Babylon. Why so long? Because though Babylon was the “sword of Yahweh” to implement His judgment on Judah and the nations, he is not exempt
Continue reading...The first part of this judgment oracle against Babylon focused on arrows shot against the Babylonians from a distance. This part focuses on the sword, which must be used up close. It all pictures the devastating,
Continue reading...This is the last of the oracles against the nations, and it is the longest. Babylon was the “sword of Yahweh” used by Yahweh to judge the nations mentioned in the oracles (Jeremiah 47:6), but now she
Continue reading...Of the nations mentioned here in Yahweh’s judgment, only Damascus seems to have had any relationship to Israel, mostly as an enemy. The Israelites knew of these other nations but may not have known
Continue reading...Edom was descended from Esau, Jacob’s twin brother, son of Isaac. The nation had often opposed Israel, and after Babylon’s defeat of Judah, Edom had slain her refugees and looted the spoils left after
Continue reading...The Ammonites were another people coming from a son of Lot with his younger daughter (Genesis 19:38). Like Moab, they lived east of the Jordan River. When Israel came to conquer Canaan, they first engaged
Continue reading...You will note that the oracle against Moab is much longer than that against Philistia. And unlike Philistia, many reasons are given by Yahweh for Moab’s judgment. Moab was the product of the incestuous
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