The Bible tells us that Gad the Seer recorded the acts of King David—but was his lost manuscript actually preserved? Ken Johnson joins Gary Stearman to explain how copies and fragments attributed to Gad surfaced in India, the Vatican and other locations. He examines their remarkable similarities, their apparent antiquity and the important question of whether the surviving manuscript is authentic or has been altered.

In this introduction to Esther and chapter 1, Matt Freeman explores the Persian Empire, King Ahasuerus/Xerxes, Queen Vashti, the great banquet at Shushan, and the hidden hand of God working behind the scenes to preserve His people.

Archaeologist and Egyptologist James Hoffmeier joins Mondo to examine the historical and archaeological world behind the biblical Exodus. What can ancient Egyptian artifacts, inscriptions, geography and language tell us about Joseph, Moses and Israel’s departure from Egypt? Hoffmeier explains why archaeology rarely gives us a smoking gun—but can reveal whether the people, places, customs and details described in Scripture fit the ancient world in which the Bible places them.

This week Gary continues his verse-by-verse study of 2 Corinthians and explores one of the most fascinating passages in Paul’s writings. Paul describes the Christian life through a series of remarkable paradoxes: honor and dishonor, sorrow yet rejoicing, poverty yet making others rich, having nothing yet possessing all things—and ultimately, dying yet living. How can all of these things be true at the same time?

Billy Crone joins Gary Stearman to explain why Scripture says scoffers in the last days will “deliberately forget” the creation and the Flood. He points to geological evidence, ancient artifacts, submerged cities, and the mystery of the Nephilim as reminders that God has judged the world once before, and Scripture warns He will judge it again.

Jonathan Cahn and Mondo Gonzales examine the remarkable history of the Altar of Pergamum, identified by many with the “throne of Satan” mentioned in Revelation. They explore its location in Berlin, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the reunification of Germany and the emergence of a new European political order.

Daniel 12:11–13 reveals two mysterious prophetic periods: 1,290 days and 1,335 days. Together, they appear to identify a 75-day interval following the Tribulation in which Jesus defeats His enemies, judges the nations, gathers Israel, binds Satan, raises the saints and establishes His millennial kingdom. In this final study from the book of Daniel, Matt Freeman shows how these overlooked verses may connect with Revelation, Isaiah, Zechariah, Ezekiel and Matthew—and what they reveal about the dramatic transition from Armageddon to the reign of Christ.