There are three references to peacocks in Scripture, two of which speak of very similar events:
“For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks” (1 Kings 10:22).
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Each year we have the opportunity to connect with the Jewish community as a reminder of the strong connection we have with Abraham’s natural descendants. The Apostle Paul had an incredible desire to see the fulfilment of God’s purpose through His people, for he wrote in Romans 10:1, “Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved”. It is with this same earnest desire that we to look to the fulfilment of those verses and the eventual completion of the promises to Abraham.
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The exhortation to remember and to forget not is a constant theme throughout the Scriptures. Israel were frequently reminded to remember the works of God along with His commandments and statutes (Deut 8:11). They were instructed to teach their children about God’s power so that “they might set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments” (Psa 78:1-7).
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Like humans, most bony fish experience the world around them using the classic senses of sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. However, fish have an additional sixth sense, something that is more sophisticated than touch, and it is called the lateral line. This line runs around the eyes and gills and extends to the tail along the sides of the fish, generally in the middle. If you look close enough at the fish above, you might be able to make out what looks like a white line—but which are actually pore openings to a canal that form the lateral line.
One of the highlights of revisiting brothers and sisters in mission areas is witnessing the spiritual growth and development brought about by the pandemic. The Fijian brothers and sisters, like us, have had the chance to pause and consider and are readjusting to the commitment of ecclesial life, the challenges of regathering each family back to our ecclesia and rethinking ecclesial programmes and activities.
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There are two different references to “Moreh” mentioned in the Scriptures.
The first occurs in Genesis 12:6. It was the first recorded halting-place of Abram after his entrance into the land of Canaan and whilst the AV has “plain of Moreh”, the Hebrew should more accurately be rendered, oak or oaks. This Moreh was close to “the place of Shechem” in the centre of the land.
Since 1982, the Pinetown Ecclesia has been involved in the organising and running of a Summer Bible School in South Africa, which is held at the end of December each year. We have been fortunate to secure speakers from oversees on many occasions, which has added tremendous value to those attending,…
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A recent study in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface reports on “A feedback control principle common to several biological and engineered systems”. The researchers, Jonathan Y. Suen and Saket Navlakha, show how harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex barbatus) use a feedback control algo…
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Tabor is situated in Lower Galilee at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley in the Northern District of Israel, 17 kilometres west of the Sea of Galilee. Its elevation at the summit measures 575 metres above sea level and it is geologically called ‘a horst’ which is a non-volcanic fault block b…
With war at its doorstep following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Union has demonstrated unity and resolve in its response. The war is also accelerating transformations in the EU’s foreign policy as Brussels is forced to adjust to new geopolitical realities. It is hard to overstate t…
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