We have three particularly challenging readings today. We start reading about Job and many see the start of this book, which sets the scene for the remaining forty chapters, as a sort of parable. The question is asked, and answered in Job; do those who are richly blessed appreciate their blessings? How should those around… Read More Today’s thought “Purify our conscience from …” (December 2)
In our Daily Bible Reading for today November the 20th we have as first reading Nehemiah 8, were the people ask Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses (8:1). There was being read from the set apart scrolls, from the Law of God, not with a soft voice so… Read More Today’s thought “Reading clearly” (November 20)
A look at the kings people got and an anointed from God who was considered to be a fraud coming from Nazareth.… Read More Kingdom of Christ vs. Kingdom of God – Chapter 1 #3 Kings and a Kingdom of Heaven
In this episode, we look at the patriarch of the Israelites who should be an example to every godly person… Read More Kingdom of Christ vs. Kingdom of God – Chapter 1 #2 Provision of a People for God’s Kingdom
In Joshua 14 we read of the blessings received by a man who “wholly followed the LORD”. Caleb was the other man who with Joshua spied out the land and brought back an optimistic report; this was after the people had miraculously escaped from Egypt, been fed in the wilderness, built the tabernacle and received… Read More Today’s thought “Yet I wholly followed the LORD” (May 28)
The Lord Bless You Written By Paul Zilmer Sandwiched between the technical details of completing a Nazirite vow, and the details of the offerings for the consecration of the tabernacle, the Lord charges Aaron and his sons to pronounce a beautiful benediction on the people of Israel: The LORD bless you and keep you; the… Read More Today’s thought (March 25) “Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee”
“I will not fear …” We can read God’s word, putting the emphasis on the blessings it promises, or we can read it emphasizing the judgments it warns about. We pray we have so lived that we deserve the blessings – yet it is only through his grace that we can anticipate them. Isaiah 30… Read More Today’s thought “I will not fear …” (June 6)
(An excerpt from Deuteronomy for Disciples by Alfred Nicholls) The Divine account records only the cursings, and for a good reason, or so it seems to us: on the threshold of inheritance of the blessings it was the consequences of disobedience, every aspect of which described here was distinctively Canaanitish, which needed spelling out clearly.… Read More Deuteronomy for Disciples – Deuteronomy 27
After the effects of the Corona pandemic, we had the consequences of the war in Ukraine, and the monkeypox virus came to haunt the world. All these mishaps made people react strangely and led families to the need to watch what to do and what to spend money on. In the previous months, believers were… Read More Consideration for today 24 May 2022
Today’s 2nd Bible reading describes the coming glory of God’s House, but the people are defiled. Nevertheless, God promises a future blessing with Zerubbabel chosen like God’s signet ring. Zerubbabel being picked out by the God of armies as His servant, who will be like a ring that has God His royal mark on it.… Read More Today’s thought “Be strong and courageous, and do the work” (December 18)
Yesterday we mentioned the difficulties that we, Christadelphians, but also the Jeshuaists and Jews may experience in Belgium and France, and how we must always respond positively to that resistance. We must, above all, avoid the negativeness towards us through our positive, loving attitude. As Christadelphians, like Jeshuaists, are real Christians, or followers of Christ… Read More Today’s thought “Darker days, presents and Love for others” (December 13)
Today’s thought “Disaster is going forth from nation to nation” (August 4) Today’s Jeremiah 25 is very disturbing. The prophet is receiving visions from God of future events, some of the visions include a future then far distant. God’s judgements are about to fall on Jerusalem. Jeremiah is told “this whole land shall become a… Read More Today’s thought “Disaster is going forth from nation to nation” (August 4)
Today’s thought “You therefore must be perfect” (July 4) The above quotation is how today’s Matthew 5 ends. This chapter is normally called ‘the Sermon on the Mount’. It has been portrayed in films as Jesus teaching a whole crowd of people – but that is the opposite to what the text actually says; an… Read More Today’s thought “You therefore must be perfect” (July 4)
Today’s thought “What does the LORD your God require …?” (April 25) Today’s two chapters in Deuteronomy ‘inspire’ us as we come to the ‘heart’ of Moses’ final message before he dies. And we also have Acts 1 and the final words of Jesus before he ascends to heaven. Deuteronomy 10 records this declaration by… Read More Today’s thought “What does the LORD your God require …?” (April 25)
Today’s thought “Vengeance is mine, I will repay” (February 2) Romans 12 is one of the most significant in God’s word. How significant for us is the advice given in verse 12. “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.” The world around us offers nothing in which we can genuinely rejoice.… Read More Today’s thought “Vengeance is mine, I will repay” (February 2)
Today’s thought “The help that comes from God” (May 11) The more we live – doing our best to serve God – the more there are occasions and situations when we sense “the help that comes from God” through his Son. This inspiring statement was made by Paul of his experiences, as he gave his… Read More Today’s thought “The help that comes from God” (May 11)
At last, the plan of God comes to its climax. After thousands of years of preparation, the people of the Kingdom are brought together. The leaders and princes are the faithful disciples from all ages, raised from the dead with the apostles to reign with their King. The subjects are the restored Israel, and the… Read More Wilderness Transformed
When the Nazarene rebbe Jeshua came to declare God‘s Wishes and showed people the way to God the majority of the chosen People rejected the message of the Good News of the coming Kingdom of God or the Gospel. Once again the world could see a scattering of the Jews, which might lead one to… Read More The Jews have fulfilled Bible Prophecy
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Leading with Fear: Gathering or Scattering? Jeremiah 23:1-81 Restoration after Exile Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the Lord. Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have scattered…
Today’s thought “God is not dead” (May 12) Being able to live makes us also being able to think, handle and for this handling we must make choices. Therefore we do received the ability to choose between good and bad. Moses was also put before many choices and did not always have it easy to… Read More Today’s thought “Ability to see that God is not dead” (May 12)
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