We have considered how the 12 spies were chosen and gathered. Yet it is odd that they would even need a spying mission, since God would give them the land. The land had been promised, that was a surety, but still the spies were sent to see it. The parallel account in Deuteronomy 1 is again helpful:
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As it will be recalled, First John was written to counter the false doctrines of the Gnostics, who arrogantly considered they had a superior knowledge and relationship with God to that of other brothers and sisters. They considered sin to be acceptable, based on the theory that as long as the mind …
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606BCNebuchadnezzar invades Judah and takes first captives to Babylon600BC?Birth of Haggai?586BCNebuchadnezzar completes destruction of JerusalemFinal captives taken to Babylon555BC?Birth of Zechariah?536BCDecree of CyrusFirst return under ZerubbabelIddo, Zechariah’s grandfather, returns with exi…
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It will be recalled that at the time of 1 John there had been an ecclesial split over the teaching of the Gnostics. The Gnostics claimed to possess a profound knowledge (Gk: gnosis) of God and to have an intimate relationship with God that was far superior to that of other, lesser, brothers and sist…
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From time to time, we come across some scriptural gems—nuggets of gold—which we have not seen before. Recent discussion about sin entering the world brought our thoughts to that amazing phrase, “the foundation of the world”. It is a New Testament phrase, occurring 10 times in the record, but…
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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’…
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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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