After Nisan 14, the memorial day for Jesus letting his close friends know that he would give himself as a lamb for God we got to remember him breaking the bread and sharing the wine as symbols for his flesh and blood, his soul (body and life) that he gave as a ransom payment to… Read More A perfect life, obedient death, and glorious resurrection
Today there are still too many people who call themselves Christian and celebrate the resurrection of Jesus on the pagan holiday for the god of Spring, instead of remembering it on the day Jesus really died, April 9.… Read More Wednesday 5 April – Sunday 9 April 30 CE Pesach or Passover versus Easter
In a few days we shall have a special meeting to remember that Last Supper Jesus had with his disciple. He knew what was coming though they did not. They all thought they had prepared themselves for 15-22 Nisan, the Passover week festival. They all knew that God had asked His people to always remember… Read More Preparation for Passover
Exodus 12:14 (KJV) 14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.Exodus 12:3-14 (TS98) 3 “Speak to all the congregation of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘On the tenth day of this… Read More This day shall be unto you for a memorial and you shall keep it a feast to the Most High God
We have come in a season of which people say it is “The Time of the year‘. One of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions, “the regular sequence of the seasons” is also called “Time of the year“, but in this instance people do… Read More A season for truth and peace
Just an other few days and we have Shabbat HaGadol – literally “the Great Shabbat” before Pesach. The readings for this week bring us “wisdom” with proverbs but we also take time to remember what God did with His people. They had to know like Pharaoh had to know who is the Mightiest, the Most… Read More Preparation for unity
In Christendom there are lots of people who call themselves Christian and who say Christadelphians are haters of Jesus and haters of God, making a mockery of Jesus their god. They forget that it are they who make a clown out of God. What is so funny is that they themselves do give the answer… Read More Wanting to live in Christ’s city
Making the Name Holy Intro to the Holiness of the Name From the previous chapters you probably could understand that prayer should not be indulged in lightly. Thought and care should be taken in our approach to the Most High creator of heaven and earth, whom we may call Our Father. All the principles that… Read More Trusting, Faith, Calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #11 Prayer #9 Making the Name Holy
And one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. See, the Lion of the tribe of Yehuḏah,{1} the Root of Dawiḏ,{2} overcame to open the scroll and to loosen its seven seals.” {Footnotes: 1Heb. 7:14 2Isa. 11:1 & 10. } (Revelation 5:5 The Scriptures 1998+) Thus said יהוה, “Hold back your voice from… Read More Song of Praise for the Elohim Set-Apart
Lessons for us today from the songs of the Lamb: Revelation is a very difficult book for us to understand. It is a visual and a cartoon which looks at events that are going to lead up to the return of Christ and the Kingdom of God. It emphasises that Christ is worthy and is… Read More The Song of The Lamb #8 Revelation 15 Lessons for us today
3 The Song of the Lamb Revelation 15 Seven angels with seven plagues 1 John sees in heaven another great and marvellous sign: seven angels with seven last plagues – last because with them God’s wrath is completed. 2 Saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire and, standing beside… Read More The Song of The Lamb #7 Revelation 15
And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, having been sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong messenger proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loosen its seals?” And no one… Read More An unblemished and spotless lamb foreknown
Previously we have seen that the nations are at peace and the saints surround Jesus. John was shown “in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals” Everything is moving towards the end of God His purpose. As the seven seals… Read More The Song of The Lamb #5 Revelation 5
I. Prolog (1:1-8) A. Preface (1:1-3) B. Greeting to churches in Asia (1:4-6) C. Prophetic sayings (1:7-8) II. Call vision (1:9-20) III. Letters to the seven churches in Asia (2:1-3:22) IV. Seven seals (4:1-8:5) A. Vision of God’s throne (4:1-11) B. Vision of the enthroned Lamb with the scroll (5:1-14) C. Seals #1-4: Four horsemen… Read More Contents of the Book of Revelation
God’s judgements And I saw another sign in the heaven, great and marvellous: seven messengers having the seven last plagues,1 for the wrath of Elohim was ended in them. Footnote: 1See 21:9. And I saw like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those overcoming the beast and his image and his mark and… Read More Kingdom Visions of God’s judgements and Marriage of the Lamb
Rainbowed angel And I saw another strong messenger coming down from the heaven, robed in a cloud, and a rainbow on his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like columns of fire, and having in his hand a little book opened. And he placed his right foot on the sea… Read More Kingdom Visions of Rainbowed angel, Lamb in Mount Zion
Son of Man And I turned to see the voice which spoke with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Addressed in a robe down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band. And His head… Read More Kingdom Visions of a Man, Throne and Great crowd
In the previous chapter we saw that the symbols in the book of Revelation are often “clashing”. Though they start in the same way, they develop in different directions until they are directly in opposition to each other. Another feature of the book of Revelation is the seven fold structure of the book. This also… Read More The Song of The Lamb #2 Sevens
The Song of The Lamb Revelation 5, 14 & 15 Bible Songs Revelation is a very difficult book to read and interpret. It is going to be necessary to fill some brief context of these songs – and in a book that, as you know, due to its very figurative language, is not straight forward,… Read More The Song of The Lamb #1 Visions, symbols and suggested meanings
Jesus has given us life-breath. He had only a little three years to go around in the area where he could come, around his habitat. Distances in his time took many hours to travel. Today we can be somewhere far away in a couple of minutes or just a few hours. What took days for… Read More Breathing to teach
