The book of the prophet Jonah may be brief but it is packed with incident and drama. This first chapter sets the scene as the prophet receives a commission from his God that he can scarcely believe and will not obey. He sets out to flee; not for his own life, but as he perceives it, for the national…
In this issue we commence a new study on the prophet Jonah. The numerous New Testament allusions to the prophet from the mouth of our Lord shows how important the message of this small but powerful prophet is. We would encourage readers to reduce the script and mark up their Bibles accordingly. In t…
Much is happening in the areas of prophetic interest, largely unreported by the Australian media which seems to be too preoccupied with their love of sport to notice. The following is just some of the recent developments.
Israel / United States Defence Pact
The Jerusalem daily Haaretz reported dur…
Signs of the Times Read More »
We will not stay to review the Scriptural teaching in respect to the mortality of man and the error of the immortality of the soul. Brother Robert Roberts, as a young man in his early twenties, covered that ground thoroughly over one hundred and fifty years ago. Give yourself a treat and read or r…
“At Evening Time it Shall be Light” Read More »
The story of Jonah is a masterpiece of brevity. Its few verses reward the reader with vivid human drama and suspense; with passionate prayer; with faith and defiance. But above even these things it favours us with an intriguing insight into the mind of a man who is at once an erudite scholar, a love…
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Brother Thomas in Elpis Israel set out the first detailed traditional Christadelphian exposition of Ezekiel 38. With Josephus, he identified the Magogites with the Scythians who occupied the territory of central Europe. Thus the land of Magog has its modern identification with the area from Germany …
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In this record we see Jonah at his best. In direst peril, facing what seems sure to be certain death, the real depth of his character emerges. We see him as he is. There is no one to impress, no false face to put on. And he is presented before our gaze as a man of deepest faith in his God. More, we …
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It is difficult, in carefree Australia, to imagine what it must be like to live in daily fear of sudden death, blown apart on the bus or in the local café. Or to wait for the day when the missiles might fall, bearing some fearful chemical or biological cargo to maim or kill our children. Iraq has u…
“What To Do When The Siren Sounds…” Read More »
So ran the headline of an article in the Guardian newspaper on 25 May 2005. The article was a report on proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Oil and Gas Depletion held in Lisbon, Portugal during May 19–20th by an organisation called The Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (AS…
When the Wells Run Dry Read More »
A recent article in The Financial Review, picked up from Business Week, carried this tantalising headline. Well, it’s not the first time Putin has been described in tsarist terms, and probably will not be the last. What the article does highlight is the rapidly growing Russian economy, certainly b…
The New Tsar, Vladimir the Great Read More »
