Introduction: We will all know the word stadium. This originated from the word stade a measurement which equaled the length of the foot race track at the ancient Olympic Games, about 190 metres! Stadia is the plural of both stade and stadium! There follows a very sobering passage which reminds me of a parable whichContinue reading “Revelation 14: 14-20….Stade, stadium, stadia!”
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Rev 9: 13-21….A verbal ‘video’ of events to come!
Introduction: With my way of doing things – doing roughly a week of each an OT book, Psalms, and a NT book – when I come back to one of them it is possible to have forgotten the context of where I start rewriting! I think of chapters 4 to the end of this bookContinue reading “Rev 9: 13-21….A verbal ‘video’ of events to come!”
Revelation 6: 1-11….The scene is set.
Introduction: When I was going to High School, which I started a mere 75 years ago. we were in our Christian weekly meeting encouraged to have a daily QT (Quiet time). ‘Make a habit of reading your Bible daily, thinking about what you read and pray’ we were told. I asked Wikipedia what a devotionalContinue reading “Revelation 6: 1-11….The scene is set.”
Revelation 5: 1-14….The Scroll and the Lamb – A Sealed Book and the Lamb of God!
Introduction: These days letters are usually sealed with a bit of glue moistened by spit or some other moisture or even two lots of glue pressed together. Having grown up with my father the local Postmaster, I can remember correspondence sealed with wax and stamped with a seal of personal authority. This scroll is sealedContinue reading “Revelation 5: 1-14….The Scroll and the Lamb – A Sealed Book and the Lamb of God!”
Isaiah 35: 8-10….Is this too good to be True?
8 And a highway shall be there,and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;the unclean shall not pass over it.It shall belong to those who walk on the way;even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.9 No lion shall be there,nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it;they shall not beContinue reading “Isaiah 35: 8-10….Is this too good to be True?”
1John 5: 13-21….Final Advice from an aged saint!
Introduction: I remember flying over the Sahara desert in a small 2 seater plane, caught in a sandstorm flying far too close to sea level! There were no ways of knowing where we were going except by visual sightings! We needed to find a road running East-West for us to follow to Galmi. We wereContinue reading “1John 5: 13-21….Final Advice from an aged saint!”
Hebrews 8: 1-10….Our personal representative on site!
Introduction: Words change both in their meaning and their frequency of usage. Some words go ‘out of date’! Where do we meet the term ‘High Priest’ these days? If we are ‘orthodox’ Christians, or belong to some other religion, or are reading books which take us into fantasy lands maybe ‘High Priest’ will be usedContinue reading “Hebrews 8: 1-10….Our personal representative on site!”
1 John 2: 23-29….Have you stopped beating your wife?
Introduction: The above question is impossible to answer with just a ‘yes’ or ‘no’! A ‘yes’ means that you were beating her, and a ‘no’ without further explanation means that you are still beating, whereas you haven’t stopped that practice! This passage is quick to read but has much ‘hidden’ in it! All the following,Continue reading “1 John 2: 23-29….Have you stopped beating your wife?”
Luke 13: 22-30…. Looking to the end.
He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching and journeying toward Jerusalem. And someone said to him, “Lord, will those who are saved be few?” And he said to them, “Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. When onceContinue reading “Luke 13: 22-30…. Looking to the end.”