Category Archives: Luke

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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Who Was Joseph's Father?

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Rick Wadholm

I was asked today about the seeming disparity between the genealogy of Matthew and Luke, both of whom provide a different father’s name for Joseph the (supposed) father of Jesus: Jacob (Matthew 1.16) and Heli (Luke 3.23). There are two … Continue reading →

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Teaching the NT in Two Weeks (for 7th Graders)

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Rick Wadholm

The New Covenant: The Life of Christ (Matthew-John) The One Who Comes – The path of the LORD was prepared by the coming of John the Baptizer.  Jesus of Nazareth was born to fulfill the word of the LORD and … 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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Ezekiel 35-36 – Two "Mountainous" Prophecies

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

35:1-9 – A prophecy against Mount Seir.  Where is Mount Seir and what does it represent?  It is the primary site for the kingdom of Edom (house “father” was Esau) which lies to the southeast of Israel and Judah.  However, … Continue reading →

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Ezekiel 20:45-21:32 – The Sword of Judgment

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

20:45-21:5 – What does the LORD mean by opposing “the south”?  There was never a forest of the Negev (one of the three terms used for “south” here and so not to be taken as referring to the Negev region … Continue reading →

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Ezekiel 12-13 – Blind and Deaf Leaders

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

12:1-2 – The key to the following prophecies in Ezekiel is found in these two verses. “They have eyes to see but do not see and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious people” (see … Continue reading →

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Ezekiel 6-7 – Too Late to Repent

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

6:1 – Can Ezekiel speak apart from the word of the LORD coming to Him? (cf. 7:1; and see 3:27) 6:2 – “set your face against the mountains of Israel”? Perhaps this has reference to the “high places” (6:3, 13) … Continue reading →

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