November – December 2022
Living under God’s shadow
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 sh…
Seek Ye First (20) Read More »
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…
The Death of the Dead Sea Read More »
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, “W…
Moses’ instructions
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 Deutero…
Caleb – “He Had Another Spirit” (2) Read More »
Undisclosed day of the 8th month (Bul)
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 si…
Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi – The Prophets (2) Read More »
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.
The familiar matrix structure of First John is shown below. The final s…
First John (9) – This is the True God and Eternal Life Read More »
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 th…
The Lord, Whom Ye Seek, Shall Suddenly Come to His Temple Read More »
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.
He asked a question of them: “Who then is a faithful and wise servant,…
Wise and Foolish Virgins Read More »
