Salt and Light
The Bible Hour #242
May 15, 2022
Ezekiel 32:1-33:20, Daniel 3 “While Ezekiel is being recommissioned as prophet watchman over Israel with a charge to warn of wickedness, three of the Babylonian exiles, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refuse to bow to Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image and they’re thrown into a fiery furnace only to receive the supreme protection of a fourth, ‘the Son of God’ and they escape unhurt and unharmed to a king now ready to honor their true God.” Ted Linn
The Bible Hour #239
April 24, 2022 • Ted Linn
Jeremiah 40:7-44:30, II Kings 25:23-26 “Nebuchadnezzar left a few Jews behind in Judah under the governorship of Gedaliah who is promptly murdered leaving the Jews to think that fleeing to Egypt would be a good idea and they ignore Jeremiah’s warning not to and they all pay the ultimate price for serving something they called “the queen of heaven”, an affront to God.” Ted Linn
The Bible Hour #237
March 27, 2022 • Ted Linn
II Kings 25:22; Jeremiah 39:11 to 40:6; Lamentations 1-3 “Jeremiah is called the weeping prophet for a reason, his extended ‘Lamentations’ over the defeat of his people at the hand of Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon and at the hand of the Lord Himself and it’s a sad, sad day for Jeremiah as it all finally comes to pass.” Ted Linn
The Bible Hour #235
March 13, 2022 • Ted Linn
Ezekiel 26-28 “Watching God humble Judah made it easy for surrounding nations to get cocky, so God vows to bring down mighty Tyre with all of its assets when its king proclaims himself as God, Ezekiel even likening this king to Satan himself when he fell from God’s favor.” Ted Linn
The Bible Hour #234
March 6, 2022 • Ted Linn
Ezekiel 25, 29:1-16, 30-31; Jeremiah 34 “The nations around Israel seem to feel pretty good about themselves, but God tells Ezekiel to let them know they’re going down, too, and especially arrogant Egypt and its Pharaoh who even takes credit for creating the rivers.” Ted Linn
The Bible Hour #233
February 27, 2022 • Ted Linn
Jeremiah 30-31, 33 “God eases up on His people and gives Jeremiah magnificent prophecy of a day and a time when He says “I will… I will… I will” regather Israel and He dwells on a day and time when His anger will be set aside for mercy and Christ will be installed on the throne of David, but not today!” Ted Linn
The Bible Hour #232
February 20, 2022 • Ted Linn
II Kings 25:1, II Chronicles 36:13-16, Jeremiah 39:1, Jeremiah 52:4, Ezekiel 24, Jeremiah 21:1-22:9, Jeremiah 32 “After all of the prophecies and stern warnings, the time has come for Judah’s King Zedekiah and Jerusalem and the temple to be besieged by Babylon and King Nebuchadnezzar and even at this desperate moment Zedekiah seems to be in denial as he sends a messenger to Jeremiah to inquire if God will save them and upon hearing He won’t, Zedekiah imprisons Jeremiah, the messenger.”
The Bible Hour #230
January 30, 2022 • Ted Linn
Ezekiel 18-20 “Through Ezekiel, God makes it clear that sins are neither passed up the line or down the line; that is, fathers and mothers are NOT responsible for the sins of their children and vice versa, children are NOT responsible for the sins of their parents.” Ted Linn
The Bible Hour #229
January 23, 2022 • Ted Linn
“God now uses a riddle with reference to all of the main characters of Ezekiel’s day from King Zedekiah of Israel to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and through the parable He promises to confound logic by exalting the low and humbling the high and proud.” Ted Linn
Salt and Light #226
November 21, 2021
Lesson #226: Ezekiel 4-7 “Rather than just speaking harsh words, God tells Ezekiel to use props and show His people what the coming siege of Jerusalem will look like and then tells him to personally dramatize what’s on the way so that ‘they shall know that I am the Lord.’” Ted Linn
Salt and Light #225
November 7, 2021 • Ted Linn
Jeremiah 49:34-39, Ezekiel 1-3 “Ezekiel is jarred out of his routine with an unmistakable vision from God recruiting him to inform, and comfort, and prophesy to the exiles who have been rooted from their homeland and are now isolated in Babylon, enemy territory.” Ted Linn