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    Habakkuk 3

    "Hab. 3:1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth." ((This (the following) is going to be mournful or sorrowful. That's what Shigionoth means.)) "Hab. 3:2 O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make...
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    Jericho

    Joshua's strategy for conquering the promised land was pretty simple. His orders to his men of war were to kill every man, woman, and child. Some of the cities that Joshua fought against were burnt and leveled to the ground. Others he left standing but all of the people in them were slaughtered...
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    Zechariah 4

    "Zech. 4:2 And (the angel) said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:" The "candlestick" is the church (Rev...
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    Zechariah 4:1

    "Zech. 4:1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep." There is a greater meaning here than waking someone up. Those who don't have knowledge of the LORD are described as living in darkness. They are also described as being asleep or...
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    Zechariah 3:9-10

    "Zech. 3:9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day." The stone laid before Joshua the high priest is a prophecy of Jesus...
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    Zechariah 3:7

    "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by." The angel of the LORD is giving Joshua the high priest a charge or a...
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    Zechariah 3:7

    "Zech. 3:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by." The LORD is giving Joshua the high priest a charge (divine...
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    Zechariah 3:1

    "Zech. 3:1 And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him." "Job 1:6-7 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto...
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    Zechariah 2

    "Zech. 1-2 I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof." First of all, the man with a measuring line is...
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    Zechariah 1

    "Zech. 1:8 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white." "I saw by night" means being in a dark place full of despair. "and behold a man upon a red horse,"...
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    Babylon and Nebuchadnezzar

    Was Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar or Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon? Are they one and the same? Maybe. Nebuchadnezzar's war skills created the empire but was it by his design? "Dan. 4:17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living...
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    The Tree of Dan. 4:11

    "Dan. 4:11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth." This is Babylon. It grew from a small regional power to a vast empire that absorbed much of the known world. Under Nebuchadnezzar, it grew very powerful due...
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    Times of the Gentiles

    "Dan. 7:21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them." 7:21 is saying that the church (the horn that had eyes and a mouth that spake very great things in Dan. 7:20) persecuted the saints. Many Bible believing follows of Jesus Christ were labeled as...
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    Of the Ten Horns

    "Dan.7:20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows." "And of the ten horns that were in his head" are the nations...
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    The Truth of the Fourth Beast

    "Dan. 7:19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet." The truth of the fourth beast that was diverse from...
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    Four Great Beasts Out of the Earth

    In Daniel's vision, "Dan. 7:3---four great beasts came up from the sea," means the kings and their kingdoms that rose up from among the people. The sea means the people. In "Dan. 7:17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth." That which rises out of...
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    Dan.7:11

    "I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame." "I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake," This is suggesting that the church will be...
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    I'm Here to Tell About It

    I was alone sitting in a small park outside of Marshall, MN. There were just a few picnic tables there. It was a quiet place to read before picking up my son from daycare. We lived in a rural area and I wanted my son to have exposure to a lot of kids before he started kindergarten. A car pulled...
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    Dan. 7:10

    "A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened." "A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him," means God will destroy all that offends...
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    The Ancient of Days

    "Dan. 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire." Wow! This is about the return and judgment of the Holy Father...