Water, like carbon, has a special role in living things. It is needed by all known forms of life. All organisms on earth are made up mostly of water; thus, water is the biological cornerstone of life. Water is a simple molecule, containing just three atoms: two hydrogen and one oxygen. Nonetheless, …
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There is a great deal of difference between the pasturelands which did not have enough water to grow crops, but still had enough grass to feed the animals, and the “great and terrible wilderness” of Sinai. Yet the same Hebrew word is used to describe both types of terrain. What links these two…
Exodus 17 – Israel at Rephidim – no water to drink
Paul is alluding to the incident recorded in Exodus 17. Were the record informs us that “all the congregation of the children of Israel…pitched in Rephidim”. This establishes Paul’s point that “all drank”. All of God…
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At Pasargadae, on the dusty yet fertile plain of Morghab in southern Iran, lie the remnants of the first great Persian garden constructed by Cyrus the Great, once filled with exotic plants and animals.
Gardens hold a hidden story: they reminisce of the fall of man but whisper from every cor…
War. It is not something we like to dwell on, and we certainly don’t dream of being part of one. As a nation, there were many times when Israel had to fight in wars for God.
Today there is still a war for God taking place; a war we all fight in. Whether we like it or not, we are a…
Time to Open the Door Read More »
Palestine – 31st October 1917
“And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up” (Rev 16:12).
One of the fascinating and wonderful privileges we have as students of Bible prophecy is to look back over history w…
The Taking of Beersheba – 100 Year Anniversary Read More »
