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Isaiah and John  – God’s Word across the Testaments

The Bible with its Old and New Testaments are so connected. Look at these verses in Isaiah and Revelation.

Revelation contains 400–500 Old Testament allusions, and Isaiah is the single most influential source.

This chart explores the powerful prophetic parallels between Isaiah and Revelation, revealing how the visions of Isaiah are echoed and fulfilled in the writings of John. Key passages include Isaiah 65:17, “For all behold, I create new heavens and a new earth,” alongside Revelation 21:1, where John declares, “I saw a new heaven and a new earth.”

Another major connection appears between Isaiah 22:22, which speaks of “the key of the house of David,” and Revelation 3:7, where Jesus says He holds “the key of David.”

These and many other parallels demonstrate the continuity of biblical prophecy, linking Isaiah’s messianic and kingdom visions to John’s revelation of Christ, the New Jerusalem, and God’s eternal kingdom.

The chart highlights the remarkable prophetic connections between Isaiah and the writings of John the Apostle in Revelation. Spanning nearly 800 years, the parallels reveal a unified biblical message centered on the Messiah, God’s eternal kingdom, judgment, redemption, and the promise of a new creation.

From Isaiah’s vision of the heavenly throne room and the suffering servant to John’s revelation of the slain Lamb and the New Jerusalem, the chart demonstrates how Revelation echoes and fulfills Isaiah’s prophetic imagery.

These connections show that Revelation is not an isolated vision, but the continuation and unveiling of themes first proclaimed through the prophet Isaiah.

Chart generated with AI-assisted design and biblical cross-reference research and editorial help from chatgpt.com

  • Isaiah 65:17 ↔ Revelation 21:1
  • Isaiah 22:22 ↔ Revelation 3:7
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Bethlehem Bethlehem, His Name Is Jesus – New Christmas Song

Enjoy this new Christmas song called: Bethlehem Bethlehem, His Name Is Jesus

Bethlehem, a town in ancient Biblical Israel where Jesus was born feels so small, but out of Bethlehem came Jesus the King, the Messiah.  This is based on Micah 5:2 which is a prophecy about the city of Bethlehem. The verse seems to indicate that the city felt too small and unimportant to do anything significant. But from this city came Jesus Christ. Jesus is King and Redeemer. This is the real meaning of Christmas.

Here are the beautiful words:

Title: Bethlehem Bethlehem, His name is Jesus

Bethlehem Bethlehem, I feel you are so small
Yet born in you a King, we call our Emmanuel
He shall be called Jesus, born of a virgin
His name is Jesus, our Savior, our Redeemer

Bethlehem Bethlehem, I feel you are so small
Yet born in you a Ruler, we call our King
He shall be great, He will rule forever
He shall be called the Son of the Highest

(bridge)

Bethlehem Bethlehem, I feel you are so small
Yet born in you Jesus, we call our Messiah
Jesus the Son of God, Jesus the Son of man
His name is Jesus, our Savior, our Redeemer

His name is Jesus
His name is Jesus
Jesus

updated Dec 29, 2014

In The Garden Jesus Prayed | How to Pray | 4k music video

Both a passion week and prayer song called: In The Garden Jesus Prayed.

After being in the upper room with His disciples, Jesus went to a place to pray just before His death and resurrection. It might have been a garden outside Jerusalem Israel where Jesus prayed.

The lyrics written by Drew Haninger are:

In the garden Jesus prayed
In the garden Jesus prayed
Not my will, but thine be done
Not my will, but thine be done

God’s will, not my will
God’s plan, not my plan
In the garden Jesus prayed

In the garden Jesus prayed
Beautiful garden a garden for prayer
Not my will, but thine be done
God’s will, not my will
God’s will, not my will
In the garden Jesus prayed

Jesus died on the cross
Jesus rose from the dead
Jesus gives eternal life
Beautiful garden a garden for prayer
In the garden Jesus prayed

In the garden Jesus prayed
In the garden Jesus prayed
In the garden Jesus prayed

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In The Garden Jesus Prayed - New Christian Song

In The Garden Jesus Prayed – New Christian Song

Palouse Falls, Washington

Palouse Falls, Washington

Sunset over the Columbia River

Sunset over the Columbia River

Elijah’s Name – My God is Jehovah

Biblical names are often full of great meaning, and that is definitely true of Elijah’s name.

The Hebrew word for “God” in the Old Testament is Elohim, which is occasionally shortened to EL. Elijah’s name begins with “God”, telling us that he has been marked by God for His purposes.

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Elijah’s name ends with “JAH”, a shortened form of the Hebrew word, Jehovah, God’s personal name. Elijah’s name, therefore, includes the word for “God” as well as the word for “Jehovah”. What a great honor to have God’s names as part of one’s own!  Elijah’s name reminds us that he has a special ministry to fulfill for God.

Inserted between those two words, EL and JAH, is the letter “I”, which translates from the Hebrew as “me”, “my” or “mine”, asserting Elijah’s personal relationship with his God.

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California Beach

Putting all this together, then, we find that Elijah’s name means “My God is Jehovah”, “The Lord is my God”, or “Jehovah God is very personal”. You could say the name means: “God is very personal to me”

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California Beach

Elijah’s name had great significance, and was a testimony to who Elijah was, and what he would do for God’s people.

Little Town of Bethlehem

Luke 2:3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. 6 And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

Merry Christmas

The Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, Israel

The Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, Israel

Set the Direction with Morning Prayer

Morning Prayer Sets the Direction for the Day.

Boat on Sea of Galilee, Israel

Boat on the Sea of Galilee, Israel

A great Bible verse is Mark 1:35, “and  rising in the morning long before day, he went out and went away into a desert place, and there prayed“.  The Lord Jesus spent time in the  morning in prayer to get himself in alignment with God, the Father.  Jesus also prayed that the direction of the whole day would be in the Father’s will, purpose and direction. His morning time set the purpose and direction for the whole day.

From the context of this passage we can discern that Jesus probably prayed in the region of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. The above picture was taken from another boat on Sea of Galilee.

How do we know Jesus prayed this way? Jesus taught His disciples to pray, “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven“. This is a portion from the familiar Lord’s Prayer.