Matthew 24:42, 45, 46
We cannot be exactly sure when our Lord will return. We know from the signs that it will be soon. We do know that before his appearing there will be a time of trouble such as never was, distress of nations with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring. Our Lord warns us to ex…
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Luke 21:36
Knowledge
Academically we know that the day of our judgment is fast approaching. Intellectually we understand that Israel’s present day push for security tells us that Christ is at the door. We see the nations of Europe being moulded and welded together by a common currency and open b…
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Mary, the Lord’s mother, was the “virtuous woman” if anyone was—her price was “far above rubies”, for she was to be the mother of the Son of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who said through His servant Nathan the prophet, “He shall be my son”. Uniquely, he is “the seed of the …
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Matthew 26:40
As Jesus’ public ministry concluded, he turned his attention to the needs of his disciples in the Olivet prophecy and the series of parables and exhortations recorded in Matthew 24 and 25. The repetition of the words “watch” and “pray” in this section of the record cannot be…
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In the Roman Empire slaves did not matter. “Master and slave have nothing in common; a slave is a living tool, just as a tool is an inanimate slave.” A slave was no better than a thing. On the other hand, centurions were high class. They were the finest men in the Roman army.Q1 We will consider …
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Hope is a wonderfully motivating force. It was recorded of Abraham that “against hope he believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations” (Rom 4:18). Here are two kinds of hope. The first is human, but the second is derived from clear spiritual discernment and is predicated on …
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The Watchman and His Duties
Hebrew tsaphah = “to lean forward, to peer”. A watchman stands on a vantage point (Hab 2:1–3) and carefully observes the horizon for signs of danger or good news. Immediately they appear he warns those he is caring for with a clear blast on his trumpet (1 Cor 14:7,…
When Emperor Hadrian was mopping up the remnants of Jewish inhabitants of Judea, his soldiers came across Rabbi Akiba, the 120 year old rabbinical sage who had in fact orchestrated the war against Rome and anointed bar Kokhba to be the Messiah in Judah who would deliver them from their subjugation. …
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The need of the two women of Matthew 9:18–26 was obvious. Jairus’ daughter, on the verge of womanhood, was on the edge of death. The woman with the issue of blood had spent all to no avail.
Most of us today do not come before Christ sick unto death or medically incurable, but we do come with …
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Next year in Jerusalem. For centuries this was the plaintive plea at Passover of Jews in dispersion. Although cut off from their homeland and often persecuted in the lands of the diaspora, devout Jews retained a steadfast confidence that their Messiah would come and redeem them. All their hopes—th…
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