In describing the tranquil and unobtrusive manner in which the Lord Jesus Christ would go about his ministry, Isaiah foretold “he shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring f…
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The day began as usual – nothing out of the ordinary. Our morning prayer was made in the normal manner with thanks for the night’s rest and for the speedy return of our Lord from heaven. The world was in a real mess, with wars and fighting, bombings and terrorism in a myriad of countries, cities…
The Lord has Come at Last! Read More »
Moses was the great-great grandson of Jacob in the line of Levi, Kohath and Amram. … He was named Moses by Pharaoh’s daughter, importing that he was saved out of the water. We do not propose here to compile a history of this, the greatest man of his time, and of the sixteen centuries and a half …
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These significant words from the Lord’s last message to his ecclesia are important to our understanding of the Prophetic Word because they inform us that the spirit in the prophets testified beforehand “the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow” (1 Pet 1:11). As we pursue …
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Obeying the Law
Eight days after the birth of Jesus, at the time of circumcision, Joseph and Mary implicitly obeyed the angel and called the baby ‘Jesus’. Then followed the days of purification – despite the fact that the holy thing which was born of her was the Son of God, Mary still had to …
In the previous article in this series (January/February 2008), the line of thought of “Andrewism” was shown by a number of quotations from JJ Andrew’s writings. These quotations were from his book called “The Blood of the Covenant” and his magazine, “The Sanctuary Keeper”, which sough…
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In the previous article we noted that Jesus was both Son of Man and Son of God. The fact that he was born of a woman did not detract from his unity and fellowship with the Father or the love and esteem that the Father had for him. For the Son of Man was also the Son of God, or as Yahweh so beaut…
Tempted In All Points Like As We, Yet Without Sin Read More »
“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him” 2 Corinthians 5:21
This phrase is so often discussed in the context of the Atonement that it may be helpful to first see how it fits in its own context as the last verse of 2 C…
“I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me and before all the people I will be glorified” Leviticus 10:3
It is a curious matter that in discussions on the atonement there is little said about how the Lord Jesus saw it. Comment from the law of Moses is often made and reference to the writi…
The tour of the Temple by Ezekiel began at the east gate. At the end of the prophet’s tour, nearing the end of the
general description of the Temple, Ezekiel was back at the east gate,where he first saw the man with a reed in his
hand standing at the entrance.
Ezekiel 44:1 “Then he brought me…
