Yesterday I listened to a sermon delivered by Dr. Al Mohler Jr., President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, that he preached several years ago at The Shepherd’s Conference sponsored by Grace Community Church in California. In that sermon, he said: “Misidentifying the Messiah is not just a massive theological…
The stoning of Stephen (Acts 7:1-59, copied from the Complete Jewish Bible) The cohen hagadol asked, “Are these accusations true?” and Stephen [a Jewish follower of Jesus after the resurrection] said: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to Avraham avinu in Mesopotamia before he lived in Haran and said to him, ‘Leave…
The timeline chart of the events of the Passover Week during Passover in 30 CE (see below) helps to answer the question about when the day began for Jews during the time of Jesus, at sunrise or sunset. In order to get all of the chronological details given in the…
Excerpt from Sacred Chronology of the Hebrew Kings (Introduction) Almost universally in modern times, the Bible has been rejected by scholars, including many conservative Bible scholars, as a trustworthy source text for the study of ancient chronology. Secular fields of study, primarily Geology and Archaeology, have all but assigned any…
A reader asked me to explain the chronology associated with the supposed seventy-year Exile of the Jews in Babylon. Here’s what I found during my research for my book Daniel Unsealed … The Babylonian Exile, which should be more accurately called the Babylonian Judgment, was one of the most important…
Some time ago, I had an interesting conversation with a professor who teaches at a conservative Christian college. He wanted to “straighten me out” about the interpretation of Daniel 9:24–27—the portion of Scripture that contains the prophecy of the Seventy Weeks—which I expound in my books Daniel Unsealed, He Is…
The Passover meal featuring the eating of the Paschal lamb was commanded by God as a memorial to be observed annually by the Jewish people forever (Exodus 12:1–14). As an observant Jew, Jesus faithfully celebrated Passover during his lifetime in obedience to that command. The Gospel of John mentions three…
While re-reading the Book of Psalms, I ran across a prophecy that was at first puzzling, as follows: “And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah” (Psalm 50:6) Has that prophecy been literally fulfilled and, if so, when and where did the heavens declare God’s…
The Battle of Qarqar was recorded by Assyrian scribes on what is now called the Kurkh Monolith. It was fought in 883 BCE (according to the revised Assyrian chronology based on the more accurate biblical chronology for the Hebrew kings) in what is present-day Syria. A coalition of kings were…
The prophecy of the Seventy Weeks in Dan. 9:24 identified the start of the public ministry of Jesus with his baptism. According to the chronological constraints of the prophecy, the final “week” of the Seventy Weeks, during which his baptism took place, was located between the Day of Pentecost in…