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Daniel 6:26 “I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion people are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel, for he is the living God, enduring forever; his kingdom shall never be destroyed, and his dominion shall be to the end. He delivers and rescues; he…

Daniel 6:3 “Then this Daniel became distinguished above all the other high officials and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him. And the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.” Daniel is a captive, held by unbelieving people against his will and in a strange land. He…

Daniel 4:35 “…all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, ‘What have you done?’” This statement was made by…

Daniel Daniel 4:3 “How great are his signs, how mighty his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion endures from generation to generation.” These are the words of the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar, after he tried burning the Hebrews alive. Boy, was he surprised. He had three men…

Ezekiel 37:3 “And he said to me, ‘Son of man, can these bones live?’ and I answered, ‘O Lord GOD, you know.’” This conversation takes place in a spiritual visit to the valley of dry bones. There were a lot of bones and the bones were very dry. Obviously, they…

Ezekiel 36:22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD; It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came.” There…

Ezekiel 18:4 “Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die.” The people had created a proverb about the land of Israel saying that the fathers had eaten sour grapes and their children’s teeth were set…

Ezekiel 17:24 “And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the LORD; I bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will do…

Ezekiel 16:6 “And when I passed by you and say you wallowing in your blood, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’” Chapter sixteen of Ezekiel is a hard chapter to read. It is hard to read because of the record of Jerusalem given to Ezekiel by God. It…

Ezekiel 14:14 “…even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the LORD God.” This verse is a statement of how angry God has become with the Jewish people. God repeats this though over and over…