What is “The Abomination That Causes Desolation?” The phrase “the abomination that causes desolation” occurs five times in the Bible. Daniel mentions it three times in his prophecies of future events. People speculate what he means—such as the...
Four Angels in the Bible With Names Most of the time when angels are mentioned in the Bible, their names are not given. Apparently, their names aren’t important; their message is what matters. However, the names of four angels are...
Four People Stripped of the Name God Gave Them In my last post, Three People Given a New Name by God, we looked at God renaming people to give them a new identity. Today we will consider the opposite: people whose names were changed in order to...
What About Daniel and Esther? The discussion of the text that is not found in all Bibles concludes by addressing the books of Daniel and Esther. In some versions of the Bible, the book of Daniel contains 12 chapters, while in others there are 14...
Seeking God’s Favor There are several places in the Bible that talk about seeking God’s favor. In reading these sections it becomes clear that when people seek God’s favor, good things result; when they don’t, bad things...
Don’t Be Afraid—It’s Just an Angel Our perceptions of angels are likely skewed by paintings we have seen. While many of these paintings are great works of art, they cannot begin to capture just how breathtaking and astounding angels...
God Thinks Highly of Us Do you ever wonder what God thinks of you? Unfortunately, I suspect that most people who consider such a question reach the wrong conclusion. But what if an angel were to show up and provide a supernatural perspective...
More on Predestination Another curious thing with Daniel’s prayer is that he may not have even needed to make it! After all, God, through Jeremiah, foretold that the nation would be in captivity for 70 years and then return. The seventy...
A Curious Prayer by Daniel The ninth chapter of Daniel records a curious prayer of Daniel. One thing that is strange is Daniel confesses things he never did. He personally accepts the errors of former generations, identifying with the wayward...
Free Will and Predestination A theological conundrum is the concept of free will versus predestination. While the Bible teaches that we have the ability to make our own choices (we have free will), it also says that things are predetermined...
