The Great Fish
In chapter 2, the record returns to follow Jonah’s plight and most of the events described would have occupied about 3-5 minutes. On the surface, newly converted sailors are making sacrifice and vows to their new God. Beneath the surface, Jonah desperately utters a vow too, hav…
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634BC
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605BC
Defeats Pharaoh at CarchemishAscends throne of BabylonBesieges Jerusalem first timeJehoiakim becomes his ‘puppet king’Daniel taken captive
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604BC
Dream of image in Daniel 2
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603BC?
Image of gold in Daniel 3Fiery furnace
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597BC
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In describing the tranquil and unobtrusive manner in which the Lord Jesus Christ would go about his ministry, Isaiah foretold “he shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring f…
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The great storm
Little is revealed about Jonah in Scripture outside the book that bears his name and the historical accounts and inferences meagrely scattered throughout the record. Jonah means ‘a dove’ and his father, Amittai, means ‘truth.’ He is ‘a dove, the son of truth’ and this …
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Daniel the elder statesman
Years later in Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, the king, at the zenith of his power, had another disturbing dream. After summoning the other wise men of the empire, the king finally sent for Daniel and requested his interpretation. The implications of the dream we…
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Of all the great men who depicted the sufferings of Christ, Zechariah the prophet is not normally a name that comes to the top of the list. The spectacular visions of the prophecy have been a source of comfort and edification for saints down through the ages but tucked away in the eleventh c…
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Background
Many of us would have pictured Jonah as a somewhat sulky individual known for hating gentiles and famous for trying to run away from God and being swallowed by a whale. We aim to show this is an entirely incorrect view of both the man and his character – of those four att…
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What’s in a name?
Plenty in Daniel’s case:
Dare to be a Daniel,
Dare to stand alone!
Dare to have a purpose firm!
Dare to make it known.
[table id=DanielTheManwithanExcellentSpirit_1 /]When the cream of Judah’s youth were taken captive to Babylon in 607BC, they were to be t…
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Allusions to Exodus 15 in other parts of Scripture
We saw in our last article that the song of Moses in Exodus 15 has a latter-day application. It is not surprising then that the language of the song is also used a number of times in the psalms and the prophets in a latter-day context.
Take for …
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One of the most famous symbols associated with our Lord Jesus Christ is that of a shepherd. As the good shepherd, he has laid down his life for us (John 10:11) thereby leaving us an example that we should walk in his steps (1 Pet 1:22-25). Furthermore, as a shepherd he goes before us (John 10:4), pu…
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