Isaiah 11: Harmony in Community

After delivering the shudder-worthy oracles in chapter 10, God turned Isaiahโ€™s eyes to the much farther future of Messiahโ€™s reign.

Hebrews: Greater than the Angels

Having now established the supremacy of Christ, the writer turned his attention to those mysterious celestial beings, the angels.

Minor Prophets: Zechariah, Pentecost

Many see these next verses as the greatest prophecy of the future in the whole Bible, the fulfillment happening when Jesus comes to establish His millennium kingdom.

2 Peter 1: Prophetic Word

Prophetsโ€”and notably Peterโ€”did not write their private opinions, they wrote what they were given by the Spirit of God.

Minor Prophets: Amos, Basket of Summer Fruit

The first layer of meaning is straightforward. Ripe fruit, when it is plucked from the tree, is cut off. For the harvester, the ripened fruit is a lovely blessing, but for the fruit itself, to be harvested means its time on the tree will come to an end.