Category Archives: Isaiah

Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28: Could It Be Satan? A Couple of Responses

Posted on November 8, 2024 by Rick Wadholm

Here are a couple of comments I give to all students for an assignment meant to read Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 on whether these seem to be texts about the fall of Satan. I require first a careful reading … Continue reading →

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Livin' Large and Makin' Babies: A Sermon

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Rick Wadholm

The following is a sermon I preached for chapel at Trinity Bible College & Graduate School on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. “But it was the LORD’s good plan to crush him and cause him grief. Yet when his life is … Continue reading →

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When King Jesus Reigns: "They will pick up snakes"

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Rick Wadholm

This second Sunday of Advent, one of the readings was Isaiah 11.1-10 (and the one from which I preached): 11 “A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;     from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. 2 The Spirit … Continue reading →

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Esther 9-10 – The Day of Reckoning and Rejoicing

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Rick Wadholm

9:1-4 – The day arrives.  After all that had been done and the joy of chapter eight, the actual day for the struggle of the Jews had yet to be decided though things were increasingly in the favor of the … Continue reading →

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Esther 3-4 – A Time for Action

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Rick Wadholm

3:1-6 – Haman…the Agagite.  Whereas the last we read would have suggested that Mordecai should have been rewarded by the king, we find only the mention of another man who instead receives honors and acclaim from the king…and this man … Continue reading →

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Daniel 12 – The Vision of the End

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Rick Wadholm

11:36-39 – The king who exalts himself.  This king does have certain levels of overlap with Antiochus IV Epiphanes (and many commentators believe that this individual is one and the same), but the description does not fit as it did … Continue reading →

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Daniel 10 – Prepared for the Final Vision

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Rick Wadholm

10:1 – The Time and General Content of the Vision.  The third year of Cyrus king of Persia would place this vision in approximately 536-535BC.  This would also suggest that the recently begun work on rebuilding the Temple of the … Continue reading →

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Daniel 8 – The Vision of the Ram and the Goat

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Rick Wadholm

Vision de Daniel à SuzeBy: Stephanus Garsia (11th Century) 8:1-2 – Daniel has a vision three years after the dream of chapter seven (approximately 550BC) while Belshazzar was still in Babylon (and his father, Nabonidus, still king of all Babylon).  … Continue reading →

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Daniel 7 – Visions in the Night

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Rick Wadholm

This chapter is considered by most to be the most significant chapter of Daniel and also a key chapter of the Old Testament.  There are some who have proposed that Daniel has borrowed from the ancient Near Eastern mythologies around … Continue reading →

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Daniel 5 – The Writing Is On The Wall

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Rick Wadholm

<!–[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> 5:1-4 – The party that ended it all.  Daniel 5 moves the book forward in time about thirty years after the events of chapter 4.  The date can actually be fixed to October 12, 539BC … Continue reading →

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