The first epistle of John was written around AD90 to provide guidance and comfort to those brothers and sisters that had just experienced an ecclesial split following the Gnostic heresy. As John wrote: “They went out from us” (2:19).
The Gnostics taught that they had a superior experiential k…
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Following the foiled assassination attempt, Haman had created an atmosphere of fear in the court of Ahasuerus, which was no doubt what the king appointed him to do. When Mordecai alone, even of all the Jews, refused to bow to Haman, his friends tried to convince the old man to change. But he wouldn�…
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Faith cometh by hearing – salvation is come to the Gentiles
In Genesis 15:12-17 Abraham is told that his seed, after suffering harsh treatment in a strange land, would emerge from that country to inherit the land that God had promised to him. But in order for this to happen, four generations woul…
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The aged Apostle John is writing this epistle around AD90 to provide guidance and comfort to those brothers and sisters that had just experienced an ecclesial split, where those that followed the Gnostic heresy had left: “They went out from us” (2:19).
The Gnostics taught that they had a supe…
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600BC?
Born
0 yrs
597BC
Taken captive to Babylon in Jehoiachin’s captivity
3
539BC
Decree of Cyrus
First return under Zerubbabel
61
533BC?
Birth of Esther
Death of Daniel
67
522BC
Ahasuerus (Darius the Great) becomes king
78
519BC
Ahasuerus’ great…
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What is predestination?
This is an awe-inspiring subject because it concerns the mind of God and the purpose which God had with man before He even began the work of creating the heavens and the earth, as recorded in Genesis 1. If we search the Scriptures, we will find a number of passages which tak…
Even at a superficial reading, it is evident that the first epistle of John contains many wonderful and encouraging themes. For example:
“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God…Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not…
Ezra: A Ready Scribe (Part 2)
This smallish group, carrying a fortune in gold and silver, faced a 1500 kilometre journey through treacherous, threatening country, led by a 74 year old scribe. A royal escort was available if Ezra requested it, but he was ashamed to ask the king. What sort of faith w…
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When the fullness of time was come, God sent forth His Son into a nation that had been long downtrodden by Gentile tyrants. Stretching back to the times when the record of Scripture closed in the Old Testament, atheistic Greeks and polytheistic Romans had played their part in oppressing the Jewish n…
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The Great Parable
Jonah’s anger emerged after the 40 days had expired. He had spent that time preaching impending doom throughout the Assyrian heartlands and the fact that central Assyria was not destroyed evidently comes as a shock to him. The Hebrew (4:1) is emphatic.1
“displeased” –…
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