Hinduism, the indigenous religion of India, has 900 million adherents worldwide. Although there are many subdivisions, they generally believe in One Supreme Reality (Brahman) who is manifested in many gods and goddesses. They believe that humans are in bondage to ignorance and illusion, but are able to escape. The purpose is to gain release from […]
“Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!” (2 Cor 9:15). François Coillard (1834-1904) was a French missionary of Huguenot descent who bravely labored for the Lord in southern Africa. Semoindji Stephen, a young convert from the Zambesi, traveled with him on one of his journeys to Europe. Once when they were visiting the Guinness […]
Imagine going into battle with a donkey, a wolf, and a deer (Gen 49). Sounds like an Aesop’s fable! The Chronicler continues with his outline of the next three tribal families (1 Chron 7:1-13), listing Issachar, Benjamin, and Naphtali. Not once but twice we are told that the sons of Tola, Issachar’s firstborn, were “mighty men […]
Read More… from August 15, 2024 — Issachar, Benjamin, & Naphtali
“She out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood” (Mk 12:44). A woman told me she had lost half her oil fortune in the recent economic downturn. “Can you tell me how to get it back?” she asked. “No, but I can tell you how to keep the other half.” […]
“What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God” (2 Cor 6:16). It was the Lord’s desire to infiltrate the whole land of Israel with His Word through His witnesses, the priests. Thus among all 12 tribes they were given cities with their “common-lands”—a ring of 1000 cubits […]
The Psalms are often used as Messianic proofs in the preaching of our Lord and His disciples. Christ said to His own, “Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms” (Lk 24:44). Risto Santala (The Messiah in the OT, p. 108) writes: “The New […]
“Your fruit is found in Me” (Hos 14:8). At the end of Hosea’s prophecy, this ray of hope shines on beleaguered Israel. From the opening command in Genesis, “Be fruitful,” to the scene in the Jerusalem Above, where a tree grows “which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month” (Rev 22:2), God […]
Our Lord Jesus is the High Priest and Chief Singer, but He calls on us to join Him in this holy work. While the earlier lists in 1 Chronicles might seem only of interest to the pedantist, when we come to 6:27-53, we can see how important this genealogy is. The others might affect land inheritance, but […]
Read More… from August 13, 2024 — The Levites, Singers, & Priests