God and His Prophets: A verse-by-verse study through the Bible’s major and minor prophets

Have you ever had someone tell you about their dream? It’s just about the most excruciating thing to sit and listen to because it’s just a bunch of random gobbledygook that someone’s brain came up with. One of my pet peeves is when someone comes to me and wants to tell me about their dream that they had the night before, and I have to sit there and act interested for the next five minutes while th...

Remember a few years ago when we were using this phrase “social distancing.” We were told to stay six feet away from other humans when out in public. That you were endangering people if you got too close. That for safety reasons, we must stay six feet away at all times. Well what if I told you that God respects social distancing. If you want God to stay six feet away, God will stay six feet away....

Here are some facts about the book of Zechariah: Lots of Zechariahs in Scripture- at least 25, maybe 30 The most prominent are the author of the Book of Zechariah, and the father of John the Baptist. It’s the 11th minor prophet, and 38th book of the Old Testament- second to last book of the Old Testament Chronologically, the OT closes with a Zechariah, the NT opens with one He is the most “major”...

Are you ever reading your Bible when God suddenly just stops you and says, “look at this”? Well, that happened to me earlier this summer. I was reading through I Kings and I got to chapter 19 where God gives Elijah some instructions. God says to Elijah In verse 15 “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.  Verse 16 An...

Hey everybody, it is Luke Taylor of the Cross References podcast, thanks for hanging in there. The relaunch, reboot, reset of this podcast is underway. So you probably saw this in your podcast lineup and you thought: what’s this? I don’t remember subscribing to this podcast??? This is the Book of Ezekiel: A Cross References Bible Study. Or, that’s what was, but earlier this year, we finished the b...

The podcast continues to grow, despite being... "over." So I'll bring it back: September 2025. However, be prepared for a new book to study, which means we'll need a new name- and probably a new theme song!

Well gang, we finally did it! After more than 3.5 years, we have traveled through the entire book of Ezekiel. This episode will put the final button on the book, reflect on the whole journey, and give you an idea of when- or if- you’ll hear anymore episodes of this podcast. I’ll also share some of the things I’ve learned about Bible study and podcasting in general so that I can hopefully encourage...

There are two reasons you may be here today. One, perhaps you’re just really into learning about land allotments in the Millennial Reign of Christ; how the 12 tribes of Israel are going to have their land divvied up during this thousand-year time period. And if that’s what you’re here for, don’t worry, because that’s exactly what you’re going to get! Then there may be some of you who just want to...

Back when I covered Ezekiel 37, I told you that this was one of the two most misunderstood passages in study of the entire Bible. What is the other?  Ezekiel 47, commonly known as the passage about The River. And this chapter is part of a section of Ezekiel that concerns the Millennial Reign of Christ- the thousand-year Kingdom of Jesus that’s someday coming to this earth.  And there are some tran...

What is the fastest way to say: “How the Second Coming of Christ will Change the Topography of the Middle East: An Expositional Study of Zechariah 14 Depicting Christ’s Return in Slow Motion”? Well, I couldn’t figure that out, but that’s what you’re going to learn today on the Cross References podcast. Video available of this episode! Follow this link: https://youtube.com/live/6QvRZ5kWVbY?feature=...

Video available of this episode! Follow this link: https://youtube.com/live/Uq1Of9zfSLI?feature=share When Donald Trump was inaugurated as America’s 47th President recently, the first words he said in his speech were: “The golden age of America begins right now.” A golden age is, according to dictionary.com, “an idyllic , often imaginary past time of peace, prosperity , and happiness.” While I hop...

This week’s episode is a recent sermon I preached on Ezekiel 21. As I open the episode, I explain why I wanted to share it here… Video available of this week's episode! Watch it here: https://youtu.be/Rtk4oaiOyU8 Some decisions are just too big to be left to chance. There are some decisions in life that are so huge, you wouldn’t dare flip a coin on them. What career you want to have. Who to marry....

Video available of this episode! Follow this link: https://youtube.com/live/PgafyQOcVEU?feature=share We’ve been studying in the Millennial Kingdom of Jesus for the past few months here on the podcast, and today we’ll returning to Ezekiel once again to see what he has to say about it. You may remember that Ezekiel was a priest, and yet he was carried off to Babylon as a captive before his priestho...

Video available of this episode! Follow this link: https://youtube.com/live/uozruwJ8R9g?feature=share We love to quote this at Christmastime about the baby Jesus: Isaiah 9:6-7 6 For to us a child is born,      to us a son is given;  and the government shall be upon his shoulder,      and his name shall be called  Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,      Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the i...

I recently re-read Dave Ramsey’s book on a Total Money Makeover. It gives you the baby steps you can take to be completely financially independent and financially healthy and even financially wealthy. It often says if you’ll live like no one else now, you can live like no one else later. Meaning if you’ll live a very frugal and sacrificial life today, you can experience a life of abundance in your...

Video available of this episode! Follow this link:  https://www.youtube.com/live/P8JUFPp4yjM?si=oAx7LmN6sb5AsLjv You’ve probably heard sermons or bible studies before about eternal rewards. You’ve probably heard sermons or bible studies before on the judgment seat of Christ.  But have you ever thought specifically about what rewards you can gain for the Millennial Kingdom: that thousand-year perio...

A conversation with Nate Vainio, host of the Something to Gnaw On podcast. He has graciously allowed me to share this interview with my listeners over here. I previously ran this interview in three segments last May, but here it is again in its entirety.  If you want to hear more of Nate's golden voice, check out the Something to Gnaw On podcast.  Check back next week for a new episode talking abo...

Video available of this episode! Follow this link:  https://www.youtube.com/live/_oElM-BMWgs?si=oVEnJOqYG0YY00tP At the start of this year, I heard a tremendous quote that has motivated me like nothing else. “If you died today, what dreams would die with you?” Man, that has lit a fire under me going into 2025.  I’m 34. I am getting a greater grasp of the passage of time. I’m realizing my time on t...

Video available of this episode! Follow this link: https://youtube.com/live/ye6GWXH564A?feature=share Why did God want Ezekiel to see this future Millennial Temple of Jesus’ thousand-year kingdom? Why does it go into such painstakingly precise (and often “boring’) detail? And how was Antiochus Epiphanes able to charge into God’s Holy of Holies without dying all those years ago? AND- what does any...

The Final Temple: The Ezekiel series, part 78 (Chapters 40-42) Video available of this episode! Follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/live/NInu4KGFKs4?si=1f7tgsTj41pYaOOy Temples are important in Scripture. They are holy. They are sacred. They mark a point of connection between God and man.  Temples were where God would come down and dwell with His people. The Bible has multiple temples mentio...

Video available of this episode! Follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/live/Qdg9ONoxKNQ?si=a_J62CCUPq9OfLgp The way you interpret the Millennium does not just affect how you read Revelation 20. The way you interpret the thousand-year Kingdom of Christ will affect how you read Isaiah 60 through 66, Ezekiel 40-48, Daniel 2 and 7, Micah 4, Zechariah 14, and virtually every book of the New Testame...

Watch a video version of today’s lesson right here!  https://www.youtube.com/live/xuwnGPmx_yA Eschatology- or the end times- is a controversial topic among Christians. Not just controversial: denominations divide, pastors are kicked out of their churches, and the Twitter wars rage fiercely all because of differing beliefs about how the end times will play out. And frankly, it’s for good reason. Wh...

As I was going through Ezekiel 38 and 39- which were the two chapters on Gog and Magog where we left off in Ezekiel- I was struck by all the 7s that kept coming up.  Like how the weapons were going to be burned for seven years following that conflict.  Or how the bodies would be left untouched for seven months.  One aspect I didn’t comment on in those two chapters is that the verses are divided up...

Today, I am sharing an episode from my other podcast, Weird Stuff in the Bible. Each week, I dive into a different weird topic regarding bizarre things in scripture. Hear more by subscribing to this podcast as well!  Most Christians are regularly outwitted by Satan, and most Christians have no idea about his schemes- his devices- his designs.  We like to blame Satan for a lot of problems in life....

It’s not over until God says it’s over.  And last week, we covered what happens in the battle of Gog and Magog in Ezekiel 38 and 39, when a coalition of nations band together to attack Israel in the last days.  But of all the battles described in the Bible, this is the only one that goes into any detail about the aftermath. Ezekiel 39:9-29 is like that post-credits scene in a Marvel movie. Only th...