January – February 2021
In the times of Elisha there lived a remarkable man from the area of Baal-Shalisha. The district wasn’t always called by that name. It was originally known just as Shalisha and was noted as the very place where Saul went searching for his father’s lost asses (1 Sam 9:3-4). With Baal worship beco…
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Our exhortation for this morning is taking us back in mind to that journey, recorded in Luke 24, when the risen Lord joined the company of two disciples on the way to Emmaus. We can imagine the earnest, yet sad, discussion between the two disciples still trying to accept the dreadful events of three…
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Nebuchadnezzar visited Judah again six years later and took more captives, including Ezekiel. He set up Zedekiah as another puppet king, but he foolishly turned to Egypt and the king of Babylon finally lost patience. In the 19th year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem after a two-year …
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They weighed for my price 30 pieces of silver
Zechariah the prophet was one of the many faithful servants Yahweh sent into his vineyard for the benefit and nurture of His people; a shepherd who had given his life in service to his sheep, being one who was instrumental in the rebuilding of the hou…
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The Great Fish
In chapter 2, the record returns to follow Jonah’s plight and most of the events described would have occupied about 3-5 minutes. On the surface, newly converted sailors are making sacrifice and vows to their new God. Beneath the surface, Jonah desperately utters a vow too, hav…
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Condensation is commonplace in today’s modern world. From condensed milk to powdered eggs and potatoes we find that many familiar items are reduced, condensed, or dehydrated so that they take only a fraction of their former space. Records are reduced to microfilm, even the dead are cremated to a h…
Excavations at the Armon Hanatziv promenade to the south of Jerusalem have uncovered architectural objects from the First Temple period (1000-586BC).1 Among the finds are various decorative items from window frames and complete limestone capitals that would have topped stone columns and balustrades….
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Background
Athens is said to have been continuously inhabited since about 3000BC, though in reality probably not long after the flood in about 2500BC. The original city was built on a fortress shaped rock, the Acropolis. As the city grew buildings appeared around the Acropolis with the most importa…
I Have Commanded the Ravens to Feed Thee
Not only does God feed the birds of the field, He also used them to feed His servants. Elijah was sent on a dangerous mission to Israel that would result in a three-and-a-half-year famine upon the land, yet Elijah would be preserved while all Israel were in …
The 105th Psalm is almost certainly from the pen of David, for the first 15 verses are the same as in David’s song of praise in 1 Chronicles 16:8-22. The king was full of thankfulness at the return of the ark to Jerusalem, his capital city. Yet Psalm 105 is not about the great event of that day: D…
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