January – February 2022
In our last article we saw the remarkable way in which our Lord healed the blind men at Jericho and the language that was used in the divine record to connect that incident with some of the key events that had occurred in that city many years before. The story, however, doesn’t stop with the blind…
Jesus at Jericho (2) Read More »
Jeremiah must have been one of the bravest of all the prophets.
For over 40 years he warned and encouraged a nation which was in advancing spiritual decline; a people who responded with growing resentment and anger. But Jeremiah refused to dim the light or blunt his message. His courage and endur…
Jeremiah 32 – An Investment in the Future Read More »
The tabernacle was at Gibeon
Having been accepted into the nation of Israel and given an important role as “hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Yahweh”, it is possible to trace the impact these Hivites and their cities had in the history of the covenan…
The Gibeonites in History and Type (3) Read More »
In the epistle of John, the apostle is writing to counter the false teachings of the Gnostics, but also to encourage the brothers and sisters left behind when the Gnostics had left the ecclesia. The table below shows the structure of the epistle. This article will finish the last few verses of the �…
First John (4) – Abide in the Son and in the Father Read More »
606BC
First captives of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar
597BC
Jehoiachin taken captive to Babylon
586BC
Final invasion by Nebuchadnezzar
Temple destroyed
Seraiah put to death
560BC
Jehoiachin released from prison
566BC?
Zerubbabel born?
0 yrs
536BC
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Zerubbabel (1) – Sown in Babylon Read More »
The substance of an address delivered by Bro John Martin on 1 October 1966, to the young people gathered at the Victor Harbor Study Weekend to discuss the psalms.
Brother Chairman, brothers and sisters, and my dear young people.
If someone were to ask you what was the highest form of voluntary wor…
It has been said, “Never argue with a fool. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience”. Comparable advice can be found in the book of Proverbs: “Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself”. It means that when tempted to argue a point with so…
Be Ye Angry and Sin Not Read More »
In the western world, we have become complacent due to societal-wide affluence and prosperity. Until recent times, this has caused us to become largely insulated from many of the uncertainties of life.
However, in recent times, we now live in a world increasingly given over to fear, with the medi…
Fear Not, It is Your Father’s Good Pleasure to Give You the Kingdom Read More »
Mount Zion was conquered by Israel’s Harel Brigade on 18 May 1948, and became the only part of Jerusalem’s Old City to stay in Israeli hands until the armistice. The force on Mount Zion served as the forward position in the defence of southwest Jerusalem. For 19 years, from 1948, Jerusalem was d…
In our last article we saw how Corinth was rebuilt as a Roman city. The construction was instigated by Julius Caesar making it quite different to Greek cities in the region. Old temples were restored and enlarged, new shops and markets were built, new water supplies were developed until it became a …
