November – December 2022
After our Lord had spoken to the twelve about the fate of Jerusalem at the hands of the Romans, he uttered a series of parables, which were designed to instruct them as to how they should live their lives during his absence.
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The Gospel of John, penned from Ephesus around AD65[1], was written to believers living in the last days. Set in this tumultuous time, it has a context not too dissimilar from our own. Read from the perspective of its initial audience, it reveals lessons for those living in the last days; a group that we believe ourselves to be part of.
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The final part of First John concludes John’s amazing little epistle of encouragement for the faithful that were holding on to the Truth, whilst also refuting the false teachings of the Gnostics that were leaving the Truth.
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It was Zechariah’s turn. He was probably a much younger man than Haggai, chosen perhaps to appeal to a younger demographic. Remember, the people had divided along age lines when the work first stopped 15 years earlier. A week or so after Haggai had silenced the ageing grumblers, Zechariah stepped in to encourage the younger generation. He was a priest whose grandfather, Iddo, had travelled back from Babylon 15 years earlier. Zechariah was perhaps in his early 30s. He was also a prophet with a completely different approach to Haggai: Haggai was brief and blunt. Zechariah, on the other hand, would have loved PowerPoint! He presented many of the greatest word-pictures in the Bible, but he started with a very simple message, just like Haggai had. His first words were:
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We have considered how the 12 spies were chosen and gathered. Yet it is odd that they would even need a spying mission, since God would give them the land. The land had been promised, that was a surety, but still the spies were sent to see it. The parallel account in Deuteronomy 1 is again helpful:
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Someone once said, “When it comes to helping others, some people stop at nothing”. Do we jump in to help when needed? Doing nothing can never be right. James tells us, “Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin”. Jesus commends the actions of those who, “When I was hungry…gave me food”. We need to do more than just think of others; we need to act, to do them good, to be known for our kindness to others, as Solomon reminds us, “Even a child is known by his actions, by whether his conduct is pure and right”. Nehemiah over and over asked God to remember him for good.Â
Lying at the bottom of the Earth’s deepest fault, the Dead Sea is 396 metres below sea level.[1] It is the saltiest body of water in the world and holds large quantities of valuable minerals. The earliest reference in the Bible calls it the Salt Sea (Gen 14:3), and it is also known as the Sea of the Plain (Deut 4:49) and the East Sea (Ezek 47:18). There are other indirect references to the Dead Sea in the Scriptures.
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Consider Psalm 121: “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep” (Psa 121:1-4).
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In our previous articles we established that the basis of male and female roles is derived from the Genesis record.
We must always acknowledge that God does not make mistakes or leave us confused about His principles. God does not move with the times, and especially, He does not accept the evil morals and values of the post-modern world—a world which He is about to judge in righteousness.
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Brother Stephen Whitehouse’s book is an excellent resource for us if we want the biblical answers to the uncomfortable questions like:
