Viewed from afar, it might seem that the wall was built without a lot of interruption. Such a view would be completely wrong! Any building site, ancient or modern, faces challenges of one type or another. This one had them all! A brief summary:
Type
Response
Reference
Ridicule
It’…
Nehemiah – The Courageous Cupbearer (2) Read More »
Do you know there are seven new songs in the Old Testament Scriptures? I want to briefly take you over six of those songs. What, then, are we going to sing in the age to come? We are going to sing a new song—new, because for the first time we are going to experience these things. And our hearts wi…
In First John, the Apostle John wrote to counter the wrong doctrine and wrong practice of the Gnostics. The Gnostics claimed a special experiential knowledge (Gk gnosis) of God, yet sadly their lives were more about experiencing sin, as discussed in the previous article covering chapter 3:1-9.
Th…
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Darius’ reign
Age
539BC
Decree of Cyrus
First return under Zerubbabel
533BC?
Death of Daniel
530BC?
Born?
0
522BC
1
Darius the Great becomes king
8
516BC
7
Temple completed
Esther marries the king
Ezra travels to Jerusal…
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We saw in our first article the importance of the marriage contract theme throughout the book of Jeremiah. To appreciate the prophecy of Jeremiah we need to have this picture firmly imprinted on our minds. It is the story that dominates the prophecy of Jeremiah.
A true to life picture of the proble…
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Then there was another word used for the word “praises”. This word means ‘to address in a loud voice’. It means to shout praise and it is interesting to see how this word is used, for example, in the 145th Psalm and verse 4. And you can see, can’t you, when we read this, the applicability …
The first epistle of John was written to expose the false teachings of the Gnostics and encourage the faith of those that remained in the ecclesia after the Gnostics had left. The Gnostics claimed to have a superior knowledge (Gk gnosis) and relationship with God, yet they espoused teachings that we…
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On arrival in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel and Joshua withstood the initial challenges bravely but they couldn’t, or didn’t, overcome the difficulties that followed; not for 15 years anyway. How sad. Too soon, the ongoing trials wore them down. In the end, it seems a letter from Persia demanding suspen…
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The book of Jeremiah is the largest book by one author in the whole Bible. It is a challenging book because, apart from its size, it is the book most judgemental of God’s people. It is also a chronological nightmare to work through! But despite this, it is inspired, so its design is God-given. It …
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You know, when I was asked to do this address, I thought to myself, how am I going to speak upon the subject of praise? It’s such a vast subject!
So what I did, was, I got out my Concordance, and I said, ‘Praise’, this is my theme; all right, let’s speak about praise. I looked up my Conco…
