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 book of Ezekiel. And many of you encouraged me to keep this going but to dive into another book of Sc...
Aug 04, 2025•4 min
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!
Jun 30, 2025•2 min
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 and equip some of you if you’d like to embark on a similar ministry to what I’ve been doing. So som...
Apr 21, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 165
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 see how the book of Ezekiel ends. If that’s the case, I hate to disappoint you, but the action clima...
Apr 14, 2025•29 min•Ep. 164
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 translational or interpretational difficulties that pop up in all these chapters, but what is it particula...
Apr 08, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 163
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=share If you want to get in touch with me, send an email to crossreferencespodcast@gmail.com If you’...
Apr 01, 2025•51 min•Ep. 162
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 hope president Trump’s golden age pans out, we’ll see; but there actually is a golden age coming to the...
Mar 24, 2025•51 min•Ep. 161
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. Which house to buy. Whether to challenge your 6-year-old to a Fortnite rematch after he destroyed y...
Mar 17, 2025•46 min•Ep. 160
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 priesthood would have began on his 30th birthday, so he never got to serve in the Jerusalem Temple. However,...
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 159
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 increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establis...
Mar 03, 2025•43 min•Ep. 158
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 later years. A lot of us think about financial security for the future. We pay into social security...
Feb 24, 2025•37 min•Ep. 157
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 period where Christ reigns on planet earth physical after the tribulation and second coming of Christ? This...
Feb 17, 2025•47 min•Ep. 156
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 about the heavenly rewards we earn while on this earth. How to gain them, how to lose them, and what they...
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 32 min
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 this earth is limited. I’m recognizing that all these dreams and ideas I’ve had that I’d like to do in ...
Feb 03, 2025•55 min•Ep. 155
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 of this stuff about Ezekiel’s vision of a future temple have to do with our lives today? You’ll find...
Jan 27, 2025•50 min•Ep. 154
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 mentioned; seven, by my count. And Ezekiel’s Temple is the Final Temple. And the Bible tells us A LOT about...
Jan 20, 2025•57 min•Ep. 153
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 Testament. As I said in last week’s study, I take the premillennialism view of the end times. I believe Jes...
Jan 13, 2025•54 min•Ep. 152
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. What you believe about things to come plays a big part in how we live our our Christian faith in the pr...
Jan 06, 2025•41 min•Ep. 151
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 into 7 different sections to explain the story of Gog and Magog. The way some people calculate it, the...
Dec 30, 2024•29 min•Ep. 150
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. The degradation of society, the strife in our families, the flat tire I got last Tuesday, whatever hap...
Dec 23, 2024•30 min•Ep. 149
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 the participants of this battle are not sitting around eating schwarma. They ARE the schwarma. Why does ...
Nov 25, 2024•25 min•Ep. 148
In 1948, Israel was attacked by a coalition of five nations. The Israelis were outnumbered 2 to 1, outgunned 3 to 1, outclassed in every way, and yet they were victorious against their enemies. In 1967, Israel was attacked again by another coalition of nations. They again were outnumbered 3 to 1, outgunned 4 to 1, outclassed in every way, and yet they were victorious against their enemies. In the future- perhaps the near future- Israel is going to suffer another attack: from Russia, Iran, Turkey...
Nov 18, 2024•35 min•Ep. 147
You might think that there’s been a lot of things going on the world this past week, and this month, and this year- but that’s nothing in comparison to what’s coming in the future. The Bible has a lot to say about the future. In fact, if you added up all the things the Bible says about future things that haven’t even happened yet, there would be more pages about things yet to come than it even said about any other time period- even the time that Jesus spent on this earth in the four Gospels. And...
Nov 11, 2024•25 min•Ep. 146
Many Bible prophecy teachers have incorrectly said something about Gog and Magog’s battle in Ezekiel 38, and I might be one of them. We have incorrectly said that Gog and Magog could happen at any moment. Upon some careful study of the words here, I no longer think it could happen at literally any moment. I believe there are a few things that need to take place before Gog and Magog can come about. Gog and Magog, at a minimum, is several months away. It could be years. It could even be a thousand...
Nov 04, 2024•45 min•Ep. 145
The Bible has a lot of strange locations thrown at us in Ezekiel 38 and 39. Persia, Cush, Put, Gomer, Meshech, Tubal, Beth-Togarmah, Mos Eisley, Alderaan, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’d need a time machine to know where all these places are. In fact, you’d need a space ship, too, because some of them only exist in a galaxy far, far away. Since we don’t have time travel technology all figured out yet, we’ll have to rely on history to tell us where all these places are. But why is knowing all these names i...
Oct 28, 2024•26 min•Ep. 144
We’re finally here, the most famous section of Ezekiel: chapters 38 and 39. The battle of Gog and Magog. This chapter is about an alliance of nations that band together to attack Israel in the end times. The list of nations includes names like Cush, Put, Togarmah and more, and they’re led by a figure named Gog. I don’t know about you, but these sound like someone in Scrabble trying to make up words with whatever tiles they have left. In fact, it’s hard to know who all it’s talking about unless w...
Oct 21, 2024•32 min•Ep. 143
It was the week before Halloween in the fall of 1988 when Bill Scott picked up the phone at his job at a Christian radio station and his life was never the same. What follows is a story of demonic possession, deliverance, and a long list of what to do and what NOT to do when standing up to the powers of darkness. I’ve been doing a series on the abilities of demons here on this podcast. Bill joins me today to share his story with my listeners here. It’s going to add some insight and depth to your...
Oct 14, 2024•49 min•Ep. 142
I’m going to give you a great Bible Study tip, because some people have a really hard time figuring out what the Bible is saying. So here’s a little tip that always helps me: when the Bible tells you what it’s saying, then you don’t have to try to figure out what it’s saying. You can just go with what the Bible tells you it’s saying. Sound good? Great. Now you can throw out half your commentaries on the book of Ezekiel. Or, at least, you can come throw out half of mine, because it’s astounding h...
Oct 07, 2024•50 min•Ep. 141
There are two chapters of the book of Ezekiel that I feel are most abused when it comes to interpretation. Two chapters that people seem to just want to allegorize and make them mean whatever they want. And one of those chapters is right here. Ezekiel 37. Many Christians try to make this chapter about a future resurrection. That may be the most popular interpretation of this chapter. But Ezekiel 37 has a context, and that’s not it. Some try to take this passage literally and say it’s about the p...
Sep 30, 2024•45 min•Ep. 140
I can't figure out why I keep making everybody mad at me, so I brought in an expert to explain it. Craig of Awaiting Christ ministry and podcast joins me today to explain dispensationalism and how it relates to the modern state of Israel and rapture theology- both hot button issues in today's political and church climate. Craig is a seminary student and also a writer for GotQuestions.org. Find out more about him at: https://linktr.ee/AwaitChrist...
Sep 23, 2024•35 min•Ep. 138
