April 1995
1:6 For, lo, I raise up (RSV ‘I am rousing up’) the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation (Roth ‘bitter and headlong nation’) which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling places that are not theirs.
“For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans”- It is possible …
When our minds are attuned to the things of God, we seek to see in the world of nature and the activities about us things which help to remind us of the goodness of God and exhort us in the race of life. The Lord himself did similarly and many of his observations became the basis of the parables h…
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The following article contains the substance of a young brother’s address delivered as part of a special evening conducted recently by the Aberfoyle Park Ecclesia. The special meeting was convened as an opening for the “ecclesial year” and this was one of several addresses on the theme of serv…
To Continue the Work Begun Read More »
The Apostle Paul was unmarried, but in just four verses of advice to husbands on their responsibilities, he mentions three times the need for husbands in Christ to love their wives. It is doubtful that we today would have written so openly, so emotively on the subject, but the Apostle obviously saw …
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The Lord Jesus Christ revealed to John that in the epoch of the Sixth Vial (Rev 16:14) which ushers in Armageddon, there would be a spirit of madness gripping the nations and leading them on inexorably to the battle of the great day of God Almighty. Previous articles in this series have focused on p…
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Nehemiah chapter 13 describes the dramatic reformation that occurred when Nehemiah suddenly returned from the Persian capital to Jerusalem and challenged the people of Israel with a message that shocked and startled them. The same challenge must surely stand as a warning to our own generation who aw…
“The Lord Whom Ye Seek Shall Suddenly Come” Read More »
It is an irony of our existence that the greater part of our allotted span is dedicated to those things pertaining to the here and now; the ephah and the shekel, mundane tasks, recreation and even an extraordinary component of sleep. We may not think often about eternity, yet that is the focus of Sc…
To be part of the Family of God implies great responsibilities. Isaiah shows how great these are when he declared the words of Yahweh: “Every one that is called by MY NAME … I have created for MY GLORY” (Isa. 43:7, 21). A “people for His Name” therefore implies a “people for His Glory�…
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