September – October 2012
The second book of Kings continues the story of the divided monarchy of Israel in the north and Judah in the south. The breakup of the book of Kings into two books by the Septuagint translators is unnecessary as 2 Kings continues straight on from 1 Kings without an obvious break. 1 Kings ends with t…
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In this editorial we will continue our contemplations on the price that was paid for our salvation, what was involved in our Lord ‘bearing our griefs, and carrying our sorrows.’ As the time approached, “when he should be received up,” his impending death in Jerusalem weighed more heavily upo…
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Picture a young girl, fresh with innocence and purity. That is the image that comes to our minds every time we read the account of Mary’s interaction with the angel Gabriel (Luke 1:26–38). How did she come to be such a person?
Years of preparation
Yes, we believe that divine guidance must …
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Hosea was sent at a turbulent period in Israel’s history. He began to prophesy approximately 180 years after Jeroboam the son of Nebat took the throne of Israel.
An apostate nation
The false worship he ordained was founded upon a watering down of God’s law, in order to make worship less �…
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Have you ever been questioned by someone engaged in collecting information by Gallup poll or some similar fact-finding agency? If you have, you were probably forced to say ‘Don’t know’ in response to some question or other. ‘Don’t know’ means either, ‘I haven’t sufficient information…
Excavations in Jerusalem over recent years have uncovered evidence that confirms Jeremiah’s record of the last years of the Kingdom of Judah.
For example, Eilat Mazar’s excavations of the City of David at Jerusalem have yielded two small clay bullae (seal impressions) that bear the names of p…
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When the Queen of Sheba made her celebrated visit to king Solomon, the Bible records that among other gifts, she brought “very much gold, and precious stones” (1 Kings 10:2). Indeed, the record goes on to say that she gave Solomon “an hundred and twenty talents of gold” (1 Kings 10:10). It n…
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The Apostle Paul’s prediction about a “man of sin” goes on to detail that this “son of perdition” would claim to be superior to God Himself. He would sit “in the temple of God showing himself that he is God” (2 Thess 2:4). The claim seems to imply that this one, who would come before t…
The second book of Kings continues the story of the divided monarchy of Israel in the north and Judah in the south. The breakup of the book of Kings into two books by the Septuagint translators is unnecessary as 2 Kings continues straight on from 1 Kings without an obvious break. 1 Kings ends with t…
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In this article we will look at the roles and relationships which make the family what it is. As is our focus we will consider them biblically with a practical emphasis.
The father as Christ
For the father of a godly family there are some significant responsibilities. The father represents bot…
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