The elders of the Jews continued to make progress in the building, supported by the message of the prophets, Haggai and Zechariah, son of Iddo. ―Ezra 6:14a Return to me—and I will return to you, say ...

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Four significant prophetic passages are being fulfilled in Israel before our very eyes. They are Ezekiel 36:24-28, Jeremiah 16:15-16, Zechariah 12:3-4, and Jeremiah 49:34-39. These four passages give ...

“Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. I will take away the ...

The triumphs of Cyrus the Great brought the return of Japheth to dominion over the tents of Shem after centuries of Semitic supremacy in the Fertile Crescent. They also brought the return of Israel to ...

The Talmud (Megillah 31a) tells us that the Haftarah for the first day of Sukkot is Zechariah Chapter 14. The Rambam (Mishneh Torah, Laws of Prayer 13:12) and the Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim, Laws of ...

Section by section, we’ve moved this Lent and into Easter week through the Bible. I’ve pointed out the parallels, the echoes between the Hebrew scriptures and the Greek testament, often called the Old ...