One of David’s final battles with the uncircumcised Philistines is described in 2 Samuel 5. He had just been anointed king at Hebron and the enemy seized that opportunity to strike quickly and remove him from his newly acquired throne: “When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David kin…
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What happened
On Saturday 7 October Hamas launched 5000 rockets at Israel in an early morning surprise attack it called “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood”. Mohammad Deif, the Hamas military commander, issued a statement saying that the ongoing attacks were in retaliation for Israel’s “desecration…
In 1 Kings 15, we have the inspired record concerning several kings in Judah and Israel approximately 22 years after Solomon’s death. In this chapter, we are introduced to Abijam, the son of Rehoboam, who only reigned for three years, and to Asa his son, who reigned for 41 years in Jerusalem.
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Having spoken of the need to pray always and faint not, our Lord turns his attention to “those who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others” (Luke 18:9). The previous parable was specifically for the disciples and spoke of the manner by which God would vindicate His pe…
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The parable concerning the unjust judge and the persistent widow is one which is only recorded by Luke in his 18thchapter. It follows hard on the heels of a salient warning in the previous chapter, in which our Lord described the dismemberment of the nation by the Roman eagles. He alerted his discip…
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Inheriting the Kingdom
How can it be said that nations “inherit the kingdom prepared for them from the foundation of the world”?
The word, “inherit” “strictly means to receive by lot; then in a more general sense, to possess oneself of, to receive as one’s own, to obtain” (Vine)….
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The gospel of Matthew frequently delineates two classes of people. Disciples are either wheat or chaff; sincere worshippers or hypocrites; those who serve God or those who serve mammon; those whose fruit is good or those whose fruit is evil; those who are wise builders or those who are foolish. The …
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Whilst we know from the prophetic markers that we are living at the time of the end no one knows the exact hour of our Lord’s appearance (Matt 24:36,42,44, 50; 25:13). In light of this, our Master seeks from us all a constant readiness, a state of alertness which is combined with wisdom and faithf…
After our Lord had spoken to the twelve about the fate of Jerusalem at the hands of the Romans, he uttered a series of parables, which were designed to instruct them as to how they should live their lives during his absence.
He asked a question of them: “Who then is a faithful and wise servant,…
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We are most likely familiar with some of the more well-known psalms which describe the prowess and victory of the future king of all the earth. Psalms like Psalm 72 portray a sovereign who rules the world with justice and mercy. Psalm 45 describes him riding prosperously with the people falling bene…
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