September – October 2007
I fall else fails, try reading the directions.” How many times have we heard this advice after endless attempts to put together a child’s toy that comes ‘knock-down’. We think, “there’s nothing to this”, until we try to piece together the many strange-looking pieces and find to our dis…
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This quotation is the summary in Hebrews of the weakness of the Law of Moses in respect to its sacrifices. It is one of several passages in which the Mosaic code of Divine worship is spoken of as a temporary tool of education and not intended to be the permanent institution. It was a shadow of the t…
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In this chapter God foretells His vengeance upon the greatest city of antiquity, Babylon. The city is described as a virgin, “tender and delicate” and oblivious of her sins against the people of God. Her arrogance and boasts, her confidence in her sorceries, only serve to magnify the complet…
In this and the following issue of “The Lampstand”, God willing, the feature articles will consider the most important matter of “Knowing God”. We know that our Lord said that it was life eternal to know God, and that the Son of God was manifested that we may “see” and know Him. We need …
