September – October 2019
After working for the same company for almost 20 years, we were faced with a frightening dilemma. The owner had died, and in the reshuffle that followed we were left without a Chair. It became apparent that after a short while there would be no employment at all. We had some time to consider…
Establishing Gog’s Confederacy
Since 2013 we have witnessed a significant increase in Russian influence in the Middle East and, more recently, North Africa. After Russia’s takeover of Crimea in February 2014, she then established a foothold in Syria in September 2015 and more recently has…
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BORIS Johnson has said he is “prepared” to restart sanctions against Tehran.
The new British Prime Minister’s comments came in an interview earlier this month with the UK Jewish News, during which he vowed to pursue Palestinian leaders over their policy of paying salaries to terrorist…
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Luke’s record of the Olivet Prophecy
In our lectures, one of the most commonly used sections of Scripture on ‘current events’ is taken from our Lord’s words in Luke 21. As we relate the events around the destruc…
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Background
Smyrna is known today as modern Izmir; located at the south east edge of the gulf of Smyrna and situated on a long peninsula that thrusts out to the beautiful Aegean Sea. In spite of the earthquakes and other events that Smyrna suffered through the centuries, the city had pro…
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There are two records which list David’s mighty men.The first one is in 1 Chronicles 11, where the catalogue of names occurs in the context of David’s coronation in Hebron. The second is in 2 Samuel 23, and forms part of the last words of David. So, here we have a list of faithful men at…
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The main function of the muscular system is movement. Muscle is the only tissue in the body that has the ability to contract and, therefore, move other parts of the body. Without muscles, nothing would work in the body.
Muscles control posture and body position as well. They often contrac…
Moles
There are two Hebrew words translated “moles” in Scripture. The first occurs in Leviticus 11:30 where the original word tanshemeth means “hard breather”. Unfortunately the translators have struggled with this word because it is translated “swan” in Leviticus 11:18 and Deut…
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