Several Christadelphian books can help us in our daily Bible readings during September and October. The following are some suggestions which are available from the Christadelphian Scripture Study Service (http://www.csss.org.au/):
2 Kings
Josiah and His Children by Stephen Pa…
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The Grand Theme of Prophecy
In Genesis 3:15 we read of the great conflict of the ages initiated by God in the beginning. This is the seed of the serpent versus the seed of the woman. Whilst the seed of the woman was ultimately fulfilled in Christ, by extension it is also a term which applies to tho…
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In a previous issue of The Lampstand (Volume 7 No 6) we published a feature on Shepherds and Sheep. In this issue we consider a complementary theme under the title The Rôle of a Watchman. Both of these themes occur in consecutive chapters in Ezekiel 33 and 34 and are significantly located in the se…
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Nothing prepared me for the ugly sight of what became known to the world as Ground Zero. As I stood at the police barrier in New York City just two weeks after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, I could not summon words to adequately express the shock and horror before me at the devasta…
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Our understanding of Bible prophecy, based on Ezekiel chapter 38 and related texts, casts Russia as the enemy of Israel: the latter day head of a confederacy determined to subjugate the prosperous Jewish state. All of this is correct but it is also true that Russia played a pivotal role in the estab…
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“Son of man, set thy face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and prophecy against him” Ezekiel 38:2 rv
brother Thomas in Elpis Israel set out the first detailed traditional Christadelphian exposition of Ezekiel 38. With Josephus, he identified the Magogites …
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The Seven Steps
Ezekiel 40:6 “Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and he went up the stairs thereof…”
In Ezekiel 40:22 and 26 we are told that there are seven steps going up to the gates in the northern and southern sides of the Temple. The specific size and shape…
This third article in the series dealing with the Temple of Ezekiel’s Prophecy describes the entrance gates and surrounding area. It contains intensely interesting material packed with very relevant exhortation as we delve into the significance of some important Hebrew words. It serves as a remi…
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The prophet Ezekiel had described in chapter 40, verses 35 to 43, the details of the activities at the northern gates. From a northern gate he moved into the inner court for the first time.
The Inner Court
The inner court was the region between the outside square rows of buildings and the cir…
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The tour of the Temple by Ezekiel began at the east gate. At the end of the prophet’s tour, nearing the end of the
general description of the Temple, Ezekiel was back at the east gate,where he first saw the man with a reed in his
hand standing at the entrance.
Ezekiel 44:1 “Then he brought me…
