Minor Prophets: Zechariah, Vision Eight

Now in the wee hours of the morning, Zechariahโ€™s visions came to a close with the emperor sending his armies back into all the world to carry out his commands. They came thundering out from between two bronze mountains, icons of immovable might.

Minor Prophets: Obadiah, Companion to Psalm 137

The Psalmist speaks from the Judean perspective, first in concert with fellow Judeans, then alone, as the Psalmist, then finally as a prayer from Judeans to God, going through each of the five stages of grief over the loss of Jerusalem, and the betrayal of Edom.

Minor Prophets: Obadiah’s Apocalypse

Whether we agree on the literal, concrete realization of Obadiahโ€™s predicted apocalypse, you and I can still understand them as spiritual prophecies.

Gospel of John: Water From the Rock

It was the eighth day, the Sabbath of the Sabbaths, for on this day the land had become theirs, apportioned among the tribes, as foretold. Already in the distance, the temple trumpets sounded from each parapet.