Today’s thought “Until they acknowledge their guilt” (November 8) Today we started reading the book of Ezra. It begins by telling us that “the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation” (verse 1) that the Lord has “charged me to build … him a house (Temple)… Read More Today’s thought “Until they acknowledge their guilt” (November 8)
Today’s thought “We do not know” (January 19) Today we read of the great welcome the ordinary people gave to Jesus as he rode on the back of a donkey. “The whole city was stirred up” (Matthew 21:10) and we ponder – and find it impossible to imagine – the incredible drama of the scene… Read More Today’s thought “We do not know” (January 19)
In today’s chapter from the Book of Isaiah, we hear about a servant who shall deal prudently, though would be exalted and extolled, and be very high. We have a twofold aspect of Messiah in sufferings and glory. “ Behold, my servant shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be… Read More Today’s Thought “God’s servant will succeed! He will be raised up, exalted, highly honoured!” (Weekend of 2020 June 27-28)
When you visit Bethlehem today, you are in a war zone. It is only 10km from Jerusalem, but getting there involves crossing a fortified border, for Bethlehem is in Palestinian territory, in the West Bank. Only tourists can cross this border; Israelis and Palestinians are mainly restricted to their own sides. The forbidding border wall… Read More Prayer theme for December: Pray for the coming of the Prince of Peace
Today lots of people go to the graves of their beloved. Most of the time of the year they think not about them, but near the end of October they start worrying about graves to be cleaned and think about the dead and ghosts. Yesterday children came along the doors singing “trick or treat” and… Read More Thought for November 1: To the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Mankind has received the Word of God in which we can find words of many prophets, a.o. also of the son of man called Jeshua ben Joseph the ben ha-Elohim or son of God. That son of man born in Bethlehem, grew up in Nazareth and went out preaching about his heavenly Father, the God… Read More The son of man given authority by God
From the bible we learn that several prophets talked about some one who would be coming to help people, saving them from the curse of death. We can look at the prophecies and the texts written in the Holy Scriptures which tell us about that son of man who was authorised by God to speak and act in His Name.… Read More When you believe Jesus is God: who do you think is the mediator? #1 Son of man
In the Holy Scriptures or the Bible we find that the Nazarene master teacher Jeshua (Jesus Christ of Nazareth) was asked “…What will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?” (Matthew 24:3) The apostles probably where thinking of having Jesus speaking about the end of the Roman Empire and… Read More Sign of the Times and the Last Days #1 The Son of man revealing
God’s control of human affairs may be very complex. God had made Himself a people. Though they were not always respectful or thankful to him. More than once they went astray. The bible brings different prophecies about that chosen People of God. In the Book of books we learn about the sojourn in a foreign… Read More Why is the nation of Israel being restored?
Jehovah God has sent His son to the world to give everybody the opportunity to come to know the divine Creator and His heavenly Plan. The sent one from God told about his heavenly Father and showed the way to Him. Jesus taught the will of God and showed mankind how a human being could… Read More The Call of Christ
When Jesus walked around, there were many opinions going on about who he was and with what right he spoke. People compared him to John, Elijah, Jeremiah, or other prophets. Matthew 16:13-15 (TS2009) 13 Now when יהושע {Jeshua} came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His taught ones, saying, “Who do men say… Read More Who do you say Jesus is
The stones will cry out … After three and a half years, the time had come. Jesus was to enter Jerusalem for the final time. Of course, many who followed him did so in the mistaken belief that he had come to oust the Romans, under whose hand they had suffered for so long. Very… Read More Living stones 6 Stones that will cry out
For years people have been warned for very though times to come. People had to know that the oppression of the Romans the Jews had to endure around the time of Jesus would be nothing in comparison. Though our brethren in Newbury write Worth remembering that Jesus came through tougher times than we will ever… Read More Sharing your big scriptures for tough times
By the indigenous peoples of the Americas we can find also several myths of a great deluge. The K’iche’ and Maya peoples in Mesoamerica having the best well-known folk tales. One of the Maya peoples, the K’iche’ (or in previous Spanish spelling: Quiché, associated with the ancient Maya civilization, reached the peak of their power… Read More The flood, floods and mythic flood stories 7 North America
Being it 2020 years ago that the master teacher Jeshua was born we should think about what place we are willing to give him in our heart. This academic year we do want to ask you to wonder about rabbi Jeshua his position. Where do you want to place him and what sort of place… Read More When we think of Jesus let us strive to realise what he means to us
The 1st Adam was the beginning of man, the “head”, the first-made. Out of the seed of Adam and Eve all men and women came. “Because of Adam and Eve’s sin, humankind is sinful” is not exactly totally right. Man still has his own free will and has still the same opportunity as Adam and… Read More The 1st Adam in the Hebrew Scriptures #8 Looking for the 2nd Adam
When we have found the Word of God and started reading the Bible with an open mind, letting the words come to us like they are written, it shall transform our inner self, if we allow it to do that. When we do come into the faith, believing in One God and believing in His… Read More When having found faith through the study of the Bible we do need to do works of faith
Sabbath law binding on followers of Christ or not There are several Christians who say Christians should keep the 7th day holy and as such should be not working on Sunday and holding a service on Sunday. They forget that Sunday is the 8th day of the week or the 1st day of a new… Read More Why we do not keep to a Sabbath or a Sunday or Lord’s Day #5 Not law binding
The Jewish people struggled through the Roman/Edomite, Ishmaelite and European exile and had to face terrible times for their people on several occasions throughout history. But always they kept believing that their God, the God of Abraham, was not going to leave them abandoned. For them they had the assurance in the book-rolls which survived… Read More In a world which knows no peace sharing blessed hope
In Joshua we read of the people crossing the Jordan into the promised land at the time when there were enough rain-showers to provide harvest time floods and when “the Jordan overflows all its banks”. (chapter 3 v.15) Because of the Name of יהוה {Jehovah} the Elohim of the Israelites the Ḥiwwites had heard the… Read More The Right One to follow and to worship
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