The Daniel factor
Another man worth considering in this regard is Daniel. He and his friends began life as part of the royal family of Judah (Dan 1:3-4).
From this life of privilege to the degradation of being made eunuchs, a whole group of young people had been on a journey with extreme highs…
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The third seal (cont.)
The Caesars
Summary
This black horse seal period was marked by mourning, distress, famine and plague. The impact of the general violence, bloodshed and brutality of the Caesars and the Praetorian military class was felt by the whole of Roman society, Patrician and Ple…
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Israeli archaeologists have uncovered a 300-metre-long section of what is known as the Upper-Level Aqueduct that supplied water to Jerusalem in the late Second Temple period (about 2000 years ago), the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) reports.1
Discovered under tons of waste during construc…
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There is a story about a small-town business owner whose clothing store was threatened with extinction. A national chain store had acquired all the properties on his block and had told him, “We’ll build all around you and put you out of business”. The day came when the small merchant found him…
How those words must have echoed around the court of Pharaoh and in the minds of his listeners. We see a proud monarch, clinging tenaciously to his own beliefs, having enslaved God’s people, yet determined to resist His Hand. The time had come for Israel’s deliverance, and such was the scene fro…
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Introduction to Lamentations 3
In the previous two chapters, the problem and consequences of sin are laid out with the recognition that Yahweh is righteous in all his judgments. In this third song, the same picture of suffering is presented, but this time through the lens of the “man that hath …
Have you ever considered the power a word uttered can have on others? What effect the words we write by way of texts and emails can have on others?
Words are powerful, aren’t they? They have the power to give hope, like the Word of our God does for us. They can make people happy. They can evoke…
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Throughout the four gospels we frequently read of people following our Lord. Many followed out of a desperate need to be cured (Matt 4:24). Others followed him out of curiosity, purely to see miracles performed (John 6:2). Some sought him out for personal gain (John 6:26) and others s…
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In Psalm 107:23-24 we read, “They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.”
In the black of night, thousands upon thousands of deep-sea animals come up to the surface to feed and collect a day’s wo…
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The modern city of Ashkelon lies on the coast of Israel, approximately 13 kilometres north of the northern border of the Gaza strip.
It was originally a large, well-fortified Canaanite city and evidence of this can be seen today in the Canaanite gate, excavated in the Ashkelon Archaeological Park…
