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Begin wherever your curiosity leads. The studies will be here when you’re ready. When I shared my first Matthew study on Facebook today, I mentioned that I planned to post daily, though I might not share every post on Facebook. As I continue setting up this blog, I’ve realized that what matters most to me is making my past studies available for anyone who wants to explore them. For now, I’ll be adding posts to my heart’s content as I work through those studies. Some days that may mean one post; other days it may mean several. I’ll continue reading through and preparing each one before sharing it. There is no need to keep up with everything as it appears. This blog is becoming a place you can browse at your own pace—begin with a book, a question, or a study that interests you, and follow from there. The Bible Books page gathers studies by book, while Study Threads helps connect topics that travel through more than one book. The labels on individual posts also bring related material to...
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Glory Study: Glory and Dwelling

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  As I bring this first series together, I return to the question of dwelling. Following Glory through Ezekiel has led me to consider what it means for Jehovah to dwell among His people. For this part of the study, I am placing Ezekiel beside Revelation. I want to notice their connections while allowing each account to retain its own details. The Promise of Dwelling In Ezekiel 37:26–28, Jehovah speaks of an everlasting covenant of peace, His sanctuary among His people, and His dwelling in relation to them. He will be their God, and they will be His people. The nations will know that He sanctifies Israel. There is a detail in the Hebrew worth preserving. Verse 26 places the sanctuary among them , while the wording concerning His dwelling in verse 27 can be rendered over them . English translations may handle this differently, so I want to keep the underlying wording in view. Ezekiel 37:26–28 This gives me something to follow beyond the presence of a building: the relationship expres...
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Glory Study: The Mountain East of the City

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When I first followed Glory’s departure through Ezekiel, I paused at the mountain east of the city. Why was that location recorded? What might become clearer by placing it beside other passages? Zechariah 14 became one of those comparisons. I want to begin with what each passage actually names, then follow the connections without filling the spaces between them. Where Ezekiel Leaves Us Ezekiel 11:22–23 Glory rises from the city and stands over the mountain east of it. Ezekiel identifies its position but does not name it the Mount of Olives in this verse. That leaves us with an explicit location to compare, while the identification remains a further step. Read Ezekiel 11 in Hebrew and English . This was an important stopping point in my study. I wanted to preserve the movement already shown before deciding what must happen next. A named direction gives us something to investigate; it does not supply every missing detail. The Mountain Zechariah Names Zechariah 14:1–5 Zechariah describes ...
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Glory Study: The Ark Taken, Jehovah Still Acting

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 While studying Glory’s departure in Ezekiel, I returned to the account of the captured ark. It raised a question that became important to this study: Does taking possession of something belonging to God give anyone control over God Himself? I want to follow what happens before, during, and after the ark’s capture, keeping the people’s claims distinguishable from the events recorded. Bringing the Ark Into the Camp 1 Samuel 4:1–11 After defeat in battle, Israel’s elders decide to bring the ark from Shiloh, expecting its arrival to bring deliverance. The camp responds with a great shout, and the Philistines become afraid. Yet Israel is defeated again. The ark is taken, and Eli’s sons die. Read 1 Samuel 4 — LSB . What catches my attention is the difference between their expectation and the outcome. They have brought the ark into their midst. Their confidence is audible. But neither possession of the ark nor the strength of their response establishes that their expectation is correct. ...
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Glory Study: Trumpet, Voice, and Gathering

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In the previous post, I began comparing the seventh-month observances: sounding, atonement, and booths. Now I want to follow the sounding more closely. When Scripture describes a trumpet or a voice, I want to ask what the passage says happens around it. Who speaks or sounds? Who hears? Who gathers? What movement follows? These questions help me compare passages while preserving their individual details. The Sound Has a Purpose Numbers 10:1–10 Jehovah instructs Moses to make two silver trumpets. Their uses include summoning the congregation and directing the camps to move. The instructions distinguish between gathering the congregation, gathering its leaders, and sounding an alarm for departure. They also connect trumpet sounding with warfare, appointed observances, and remembrance before God. Read Numbers 10 — LSB . That distinction matters to this study. The presence of a trumpet does not, by itself, tell me everything about an event. I need to follow the instructions surrounding the ...
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Glory Study: Trumpet, Cleansing, and Dwelling

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As I followed Glory’s departure and return in Ezekiel, I began carrying several subjects together: presence, corruption, separation, cleansing, and dwelling. That brought me to the seventh-month observances. The sequence I wanted to examine was: Trumpet → Atonement and cleansing → Booths and dwelling. This is a comparison within my study. I want to begin with the passages establishing those observances, then consider how their details relate to the Glory trail. Beginning With the Seventh Month Tishri is the familiar calendar name for the seventh month when counting from Nisan. Leviticus 23 itself uses the numbered expression seventh month . I will preserve that distinction as we read. Calendar-name reference . The chapter identifies Jehovah’s appointed times and gives particular days for their observance. Day of the seventh month Observance First Rest, a memorial involving sounding, and a holy assembly Tenth Atonement, humbling oneself, and rest Fifteenth onward Seven days of Booths, f...
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Ezekiel 43: Glory Returns from the East

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Our earlier posts followed Glory’s departure through the threshold, the east gate, and the mountain east of the city. Now I want to follow the return. The direction, the voice, the Spirit’s action, and the words about dwelling all deserve attention. I want to preserve those details before bringing them alongside the wider connections in this study. Read along: Ezekiel 43 — LSB . Coming From the East Ezekiel 43:1–3 Ezekiel is brought to the east-facing gate. Glory comes from the east, accompanied by a voice like many waters, and the earth shines. The Hebrew of verse 2 includes כְּבוֹד אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל , referring to Glory belonging to the God of Israel. It also gives וְקוֹלוֹ , meaning “and His voice.” The wording keeps the connection to God explicit. Hebrew text alongside an English translation . I want to notice that relationship without immediately turning Glory, voice, and God into interchangeable terms. The eastward direction also brings our earlier trail back into view. A compar...
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Ezekiel 10–11: Following the Departing of Glory

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In the previous posts, I followed the exposure of the abominations and the distinction made among the people of Jerusalem. Now I want to trace the movement of Jehovah’s Glory more closely. My starting point is simple: preserve the locations and actions the text gives us before building a larger interpretation around them. At the Threshold Ezekiel 10:1–8 The vision includes a throne-like appearance above the cherubim. The man clothed in linen is commanded to take fire from between them and scatter it over the city. Glory rises to the threshold. Cloud fills the house, and brightness fills the court. The sound of the cherubim’s wings reaches the outer court. These details keep me from reducing the departure to a single sentence. The vision describes movement, light, sound, and action. Chapter 9 has already mentioned the threshold. I want to notice how chapter 10 returns to that location and expands the scene, without automatically counting every description as a separate departure. Moveme...
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Ezekiel 9: Those Who Sigh and Groan

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Ezekiel 8 left me considering what was happening in the house while Glory of the God of Israel was still present. Chapter 9 brings a distinction into view: people can live within the same city without sharing the same response to its corruption. Read along: Ezekiel 9 — LSB Glory Moves to the Threshold Ezekiel 9:1–3 Armed figures arrive from the northern gate and stand beside the bronze altar. A man wearing linen carries a scribe’s case. Glory rises from the cherub to the threshold of the house. This is a location I want to preserve in our Glory trail. Before moving ahead, I want to notice where Glory stands and what happens around that movement. A Distinction Within the City Ezekiel 9:4–6 The linen-clothed man is commanded to mark those grieving over Jerusalem’s abominations. The others must follow him, sparing those marked. Judgment begins at the sanctuary, with the elders before the house. What draws my attention is the response being recognized: grief over what is happening. I find ...
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Ezekiel 8: What Is Happening in the House?

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In my introduction to Glory study, I followed the movement of Jehovah’s Glory from the house to the mountain east of the city, and later its return from the east. Now I want to slow down and return to what Ezekiel is shown before that departure is completed. Ezekiel 8 opens with the elders of Judah sitting before Ezekiel in his house. The hand of the Lord Jehovah falls upon him there. In the vision that follows, the Spirit lifts him and brings him to Jerusalem. What unfolds is an examination of what is happening within the places associated with worship. The Glory Is Still There Ezekiel 8:3–6 Ezekiel is brought to the entrance of the inner gate facing north, where an image provoking jealousy stands. Immediately afterward, verse 4 says that Glory of the God of Israel is there, like the appearance Ezekiel had seen in the plain. This is where I want to pause. The image is there. The abominations are there. Yet Glory is also still there. The chapter does not begin with a house already empt...
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Ezekiel: Following Glory — Departure and Return

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One of the details that drew my attention in Ezekiel was the movement of Jehovah’s Glory. The text does more than tell us that Glory departed. It names locations, describes movement, and records places where the Glory stands. I wanted to slow down and follow those details before deciding what they might mean. This study follows that trail—Glory is still present while corruption is exposed, through  departure, to the return from the east. Glory Is Still Present In Ezekiel 8, Ezekiel is shown abominations taking place in Jerusalem. Yet verse 4 explicitly places Glory of the God of Israel there. That detail matters to me. The corruption is being exposed while Glory is still present. Departure has not yet been completed. I do not want to read the later withdrawal backward into the beginning of the vision and miss what Ezekiel is shown along the way. The chapter also exposes what people think is hidden. In verse 12, the elders speak as though Jehovah does not see them. Their claim and w...
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