Then she arose and went away, and taking off her veil she put on the garments of her widowhood.When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite to take back the pledge from the woman’s hand, he did not find her. And he asked the men of the place, “Where is the cultContinue reading “Genesis 38: 19-24……Double standards!”
Category Archives: Prophets
Genesis 22: 9-14……The perfect ending!
When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. But theContinue reading “Genesis 22: 9-14……The perfect ending!”
Acts 11: 27-30…. Concerned Giving.
Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (this took place in the days of Claudius). So the disciples determined, every one according to his ability, to sendContinue reading “Acts 11: 27-30…. Concerned Giving.”
Psalm 40: 6-12…..A Messianic Psalm.
Comment: In a number of places in the Bible the claim is made that God was in control of what was written and He means for it to be there! The so called Messianic psalms and similar passages where found in other books, are prophetic proclamations of who/what the Messiah is going to be andContinue reading “Psalm 40: 6-12…..A Messianic Psalm.”
Acts 2: 29-35…..Peter explains David!
“Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, heContinue reading “Acts 2: 29-35…..Peter explains David!”
2 Peter 3: 10-13…..but the promise remains!
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sortContinue reading “2 Peter 3: 10-13…..but the promise remains!”
2 Peter 3: 1-4….And so it goes on!
This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Saviour through your apostles, knowing this first of all, thatContinue reading “2 Peter 3: 1-4….And so it goes on!”
2 Peter 3: 5-9….. Remember!
For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God, and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished. But by the same word the heavens and earth thatContinue reading “2 Peter 3: 5-9….. Remember!”
Nahum 3: 14-19….The conclusion.
Draw water for the siege;strengthen your forts;go into the clay;tread the mortar;take hold of the brick mold!There will the fire devour you;the sword will cut you off.It will devour you like the locust.Multiply yourselves like the locust;multiply like the grasshopper!You increased your merchantsmore than the stars of the heavens.The locust spreads its wings and fliesContinue reading “Nahum 3: 14-19….The conclusion.”
Nahum 3: 8-13….Look around you, if you doubt Me!
Are you better than Thebesthat sat by the Nile,with water around her,her rampart a sea,and water her wall?Cush was her strength;Egypt too, and that without limit;Put and the Libyans were her helpers.Yet she became an exile;she went into captivity;her infants were dashed in piecesat the head of every street;for her honoured men lots were cast,andContinue reading “Nahum 3: 8-13….Look around you, if you doubt Me!”
As I read it! 