September – October 2020
On Wednesday, July 1, Russians voted to approve a series of amendments to the Russian constitution. Russia’s Central Election Commission reported 78% of voters across the world’s largest country supported changing the constitution. Just over 21% voted against. Turnout was recorded at 65% although a …
Gog of the Land of Magog – Putin Becomes Russias’s President for Life Read More »
Background
Name of city = “brotherly love”. In 189BC the city came into the possession of the king of Pergamon, Eumenes, and was named after his brother, Attalus II (159-138BC), whose truth and loyalty won him the title, Philadelphus.
Though military fortifications were not neglect…
Revelation 3:7-13 – Philadelphia Read More »
Day 5 (Genesis 1:20-23) – Preaching
On the fifth day God filled the sea and the sky with fish and birds. This is teaching us about preaching the gospel.
Fish and birds represent men (Ecc 9:12; Dan 2:37-38; cp 4:20-22; Hab 1:14). They are represented in scripture as being free and wild. They need…
The Spiritual Creation (2) Read More »
In reality, the aerodynamics of many insect wings, including those of bumblebees, have more in common with helicopter blades than with the fixed wings of conventional aircraft. Two pairs of wings attach to the thorax of the bee, but the wings on each side are joined with hooks, so that they…
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Scripture encourages us to speak positively: “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver,” is one well known passage. Our heavenly Father is characterised by positive encouragement and affirmation: “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure …
In ancient times, the land of Israel was heavily forested. In Joshua’s day, the hills in Israel’s heartland (the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh) were called “the wood country” because of the extensive forests (Josh 17:15,18). Absalom was killed in the trans-Jordanian oak forest of …
