What Paul Prayed For
"That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death" (Phil. 3:10). Note these expressions: "Christ," I want to know "Him." And this is how he wanted to...
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Of Dogs and Men
We took a few hours at the end of a busy Saturday to take our younger children for a little boat cruise on the Kalamazoo River at the quaint town of Saugatuck, MI. As the little paddle steamer edged from...
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Naphtali, Gad & Asher
The second son of Bilhah, Rachel's maid, was named "my wrestling" by Rachel to signify the rivalry between herself and Leah for the place of honor in Jacob's house (Gen. 30:7-8). In Genesis 49, Jacob, who frequently associates his sons'...
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Zebulun, Issachar & Dan
Jacob's prediction concerning Zebulun takes us back to this expression at his birth, for though a different word is used in the original for dwelling, the meaning is the same: "Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the seas, and...
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Judah & Benjamin
Judah was Leah's fourth son and, at his birth, she declared, "Now will I praise the Lord, therefore she called his name Judah," which means "praise" (Gen. 29:35). On this occasion the neglected woman apparently lost sight of her complaint...
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Reuben, Simeon & Levi
Sketching the career of Reuben as a man and as a tribe, there is nothing that we can take hold of till we come to the act for which his dying father rebuked him so pointedly. Jacob knew his son...
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Are the Ten Tribes Lost?
A separate kingdom from that which the Lord established in Jerusalem, comprising ten of the twelve tribes, was set up under Jeroboam in bc 975 and its whole history of 250 years is one long, dark tale, unrelieved by the...
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Joseph-Beloved and Hated
W. Graham Scroggie, the widely known preacher and author, wrote of Joseph, "...Of all Hebrew characters, he is the most perfect type of Christ. We see him in three aspects: first, as the princely son; second, as the patient sufferer;...
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The Son of Jacob
Judah typifies Christ as king; Levi foreshadows the Lord as priest. No one in Israel could function as both king and priest. The Pharaohs professed that they were sons of Ra, the chief god. Augustus Caesar became the chief priest...
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