Coalitions form, evolve, decay and reform all the time. Nations that are now firm friends and staunch allies have in the past been bitter enemies, and the reverse is true. The only thing constant is change.
Mortal men and women, whose lives are time-bound and relatively short, often misread the s…
Gog and Tarshish Regroup Read More »
Christadelphians have a responsibility to preach the word of God: “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season” (2 Tim 4:2) are words which, in their context, have particular application to the last days in which we live. Paul tells us we must be ready to preach when it is convenient an…
“I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.”
(Ezekiel 33:7) “Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, And say, Thus saith the L…
“I KNOW NOT whether the men, who at present contrive the foreign policy of Britain, entertain the idea of assuming the sovereignty of the Holy Land, and of promoting its colonization by the Jews; their present intentions, however, are of no importance one way or the other; because they will be com…
The Balfour Declaration Read More »
In the cold pre-dawn of a spring morning in 1915 thousands of young soldiers from Australia, New Zealand and other parts of the British Empire stormed beaches on the desolate Gallipoli peninsula in the Aegean Sea. They were met by determined resistance from thousands of Turkish troops desperate to f…
“Thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.” (Deuteronomy 28:37)
The French have a saying that translates (roughly) as “the more things change the more they stay the same.” This of course is consistent with Scripture which…
An Astonishment and a Byword – Everything old is new again Read More »
“Such rigorous discipline would naturally be resented then, as it certainly is today, when women are getting to be as nearly men as nature will permit, and are usurping and asserting independence which is changing the whole domestic relationship of the nations. The instance which the apostle set f…
God Christ Man Woman Read More »
A Life of Holiness
God’s will is that his servants should be a holy people – separate from the nations around them. This was the case for natural Israel and it remains the case for spiritual Israel. Although separate from the nations, it is also the will of God that His people should be a witne…
Zechariah 12:1 announces that the prophet is going to tell us something about Israel – the oracle which unfolds in chapters 12 and 13 concerns Israel. The context makes it clear that this prophecy “concerning Israel” will be fulfilled in the latter days, because the events described lead to Is…
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem …”1 Read More »
“With all power and signs and lying wonders.” 2 Thessalonians 2:9
Among the more grotesque lying wonders of Roman Catholicism is the doctrine of transubstantiation. For eight hundred years the Church has taught that by some miraculous force a priest celebrating Mass is able to change ordinary b…
Transubstantiation, a Weird Lie Read More »
