400 Years of Silence
JULY 27 - Nº 208 Galatians 4:4 For 400 years God did not speak to His people. He did not send messengers to warn them or inform them of...
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Ezra, the Priest
JULY 23 - Nº 204 Ezra 7 – 10 There is a 58-year gap between chapter 6 (when the Temple was rebuilt in Jerusalem—see #199 - July 18) and...
Esther Becomes the Queen of Persia
JULY 19 - Nº 200 Esther 1:1 – 2:18 Back in Babylon, King Darius I became sick and died. His son Xerxes (also known as Ahasuerus) was...
The Temple Is Completed
JULY 18 - Nº 199 Ezra 5 – 6; Haggai 1 The Jewish settlers who had moved back to Jerusalem were struggling. Not only were they threatened...
Zerubbabel Returns to Rebuild the Temple
JULY 17 - Nº 198 Ezra 1:1 – 4:6; 4:24 – 5:2; Isaiah 44:28 – 45:5; Haggai 1 – 2; Zechariah 1 – 14 Darius the Mede (also known in history...
Thrown Into the Lions’ Den
JULY 15 - Nº 196 Daniel 6 When the Medes and Persians captured Babylon, Darius the Mede became the most powerful king in the world. He...
The Tree and the Wild Animal
JULY 13 - Nº 194 Daniel 4 King Nebuchadnezzar was happy and prosperous. Things seemed to be going very well for him. Then one night he...
Dry Bones Come to Life
JULY 11 - Nº 192 Ezekiel 24:15-27; 33:21; 37 One day God brought shocking news to Ezekiel. His wife was about to die. Then God gave him a...
Ezekiel’s Street Theater
JULY 10 - Nº 191 Ezekiel 1-4; 8-11 Eight years after he first invaded Judah’s capital city, King Nebuchadnezzar invaded Jerusalem again...
The King Has a Dream
JULY 9 - Nº 190 Daniel 2 Night after night King Nebuchadnezzar had the same dream. It troubled him and kept him awake. He became so...
Daniel Makes a Decision
JULY 8 - Nº 189 Daniel 1 When Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon, he invaded Judah several times before he finally conquered Jerusalem....
Trying to Hide in Egypt
JULY 7 - Nº 188 2 Kings 25:25-30; Jeremiah 41:16 – 44:30; Ezekiel 30:20 – 32:32; Lamentations The people of Judah were frightened. King...
Still No Peace in Judah
JULY 6 - Nº 187 2 Kings 25:22-25; Jeremiah 40:5-16; 41:1-15 Since Jerusalem had been burned to the ground, Mizpah became the capital of...
Jerusalem Goes Up in Flames
JULY 5 - Nº 186 2 Kings 25:3-21; 2 Chronicles 36:15-21; Jeremiah 38:1 – 40:6; 52:1-30 Jeremiah prophesied that the only way the Jews...
The Siege of Jerusalem
JULY 4 - Nº 185 2 Kings 24:18 – 25:2; 2 Chronicles 36:11-14; Jeremiah 21; 37 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon made Zedekiah king of Judah...
Babylon Invades Judah
JULY 3 - Nº 184 2 Kings 24:1-17; 2 Chronicles 36:5-10; Daniel 1:1-7; Jeremiah 22:18-19; 24; 29 It wasn’t long before the Babylonians, led...
The Scroll Is Burned
JULY 2 - Nº 183 Jeremiah 26; 36; 45 Jeremiah had been prophesying in Judah for 23 years when Jehoiakim became king. Early in Jehoiakim’s...
Jeremiah and the Broken Pot
JULY 1 - Nº 182 Jeremiah 1 – 2; 4 – 6, 18:1 – 20:6; 2 Kings 23:31-37; 2 Chronicles 36:1-5 God sent another prophet to Judah during the...
God’s Messengers Are Mocked
JUNE 30 - Nº 181 Zephaniah 1 – 3; Nahum 1 – 3; Habakkuk 1 – 3 Unfortunately, there were very few kings in Judah who loved and obeyed God....
A Very Wicked King Is Forgiven
JUNE 27 - Nº 178 2 Kings 21:1 – 22:2; 2 Chronicles 33:1 – 34:2 Although Hezekiah was one of the best kings that ever ruled in Judah, his...
A Summary of Isaiah’s Prophecies
JUNE 26 - Nº 177 Isaiah 1 – 12 During the last year of King Uzziah’s reign in Judah (see #168 - June 17), a prophet named Isaiah had a...
Fifteen More Years
JUNE 25 - Nº 176 2 Kings 20; 2 Chronicles 32:24-33; Isaiah 38 – 39 King Hezekiah became very sick. The prophet Isaiah went to him with a...
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