Author: Shalem John

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…

Anoint means ‘to pour oil’ or ‘rub ointment’ on a person. Anointing was an act in those days by which persons or materials were consecrated for ritual use (Gen. 31:13; Ex. 30:26, 40:10). People were also anointed to institute them into an office (1 Sam. 16:12, 13) and to indicate divine appointment (2 Chro. 22:7). In the Old Testament times, prophets (1 Kin. 19:16), kings (1 Sam. 10:1) and priests (Ex. 29:1-7) were anointed once, and that too at the beginning of their special office. “Christ’ means ‘the Anointed one. The Old Testament predicts the anointing of Jesus Christ (Ps.…

Eric Moore’s windows rattled as Ukraine’s air defense systems intercepted hundreds of incoming drones and missiles early Saturday. The South Dakota native and director of Kyiv Christian Academy spent three hours huddled in the stairwell of his townhouse with his wife and two sons, ages 7 and 9, during the most intense period of the attack. Around 6 a.m., near the end of the nearly 10-hour bombardment, the school’s night security guard called. A drone had struck the grounds, blowing out 75 windows and leaving a crater 6 feet wide and 4 feet deep in the front lawn. The guard…