Author: Shalem John

t that time Michael, the mighty angelic prince who At stands guard over your nation, will stand up (and fight for you in heaven against satanic forces);* and there will be a time of anguish for the Jews greater than any previous suffering in Jewish history. And yet every one of your people whose names are written in the Book will endure it. 2 And many of those whose bodies lie dead and buried will rise up, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 And those who are wise the people of God-shall shine as…

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Toe to those lounging in luxury at Jerusalem and We Samaria, so famous and popular among the people of Israel. 2 Go over to Calneh and see what happened there; then go to great Hamath and down to Gath in the Philistines’ land. Once they were better and greater than you, but look at them now. 3 You push away all thought of punishment awaiting you, but by your deeds you bring the Day of Judgment near. 4 You lie on ivory beds surrounded with luxury, eating the meat of the tenderest lambs and the choicest calves. 5 You sing…

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the third year of the of Cyrus, king of Persia, In Daniel (also called Belteshazzar) had another vision. It concerned events certain to happen in the future: times of great tribulation-wars and sorrows; and this time he understood what the vision meant. 2 When this vision came to me (Daniel said later) I had been in mourning for three full weeks. 3 All that time I tasted neither wine nor meat; and of course I went without desserts; I neither washed nor shaved nor combed my hair. 4 Then one day early in April, as I was standing beside the…

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