Last year Ukraine became invaded by Russia, so-called to liberate it in three days. Now that awful war is already going on for a year. Time will tell whether or not this year marks the start of a period of tribulation before our Lord returns. The previous years there was also the global impact of… Read More After Corona an invasion by Rusia
Today we read what is known as ‘The Olivet Prophecy’. This was given by Jesus specifically to his disciples as they sat on the Mount of Olives looking down on the temple. He had shocked them by saying the temple was soon going to be destroyed. Much of Mark 13 is about the coming destruction… Read More Today’s Thought (August 18): “You do not know when the time will come”
We’ve just past the two-year anniversary of people in Wuhan experiencing a type of pneumonia not seen before, and soon we’ll pass the milestone for the identification of a new coronavirus. We know what came next: the disease quickly spreading, and before we knew it, a pandemic affecting every corner of the globe. So much… Read More A type of pneumonia not seen before
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 “Peace, peace, when there is no peace” (July 18) As we continue reading Jeremiah we see how uncertain the way of life surrounding him had become – just like today. God says to him, “You shall say to them … they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in… Read More Today’s thought “Peace, peace, when there is no peace” (July 18)
Happy New Year everybody. We are very much pleased to find you here as a regular reader, willing to listen to our ideas and willing to follow our activities. (For you some silent fireworks – the noise is horrible for our beloved animals.) In the year 2019 we had to do it without an external… Read More Thought on the first day of the new civil year 2020
The Holy Bible tells us how God created mankind in His image and how he set a Plan for mankind. Already early in man’s history he rebelled against his Maker. Out of compassion with the weak man, the Supreme Maker provided a solution against the curse of sin and curse of death. When they got… Read More Looking forward for what is to come
Romans 9:28 28 For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness: Because a short work will the lord make upon the earth. * To remember Isa 10:23 For a full end, and that determined, will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, make in the midst of all the {1 } earth. {1) Or… Read More Memorizing wonderfully 59 Word of God, the Book and finished work
What does it mean to live under pressure? We might say that it refers to the affliction, anguish, trouble that we all experience in our daily lives. In short, every kind of ill to which humankind is heir. But therein lies the problem for us. For what is different in our experience from that of… Read More Through much tribulation
On July the 30th we have the readings of the apostle Paul, who first demonstrated that Jews and Gentiles alike are sinners in the eyes of God and therefore worthy of death but that the gentiles also can be accepted by God and though not physically circumcised can be spiritually circumcised. (This aspect was subject… Read More Hope by faith and free gift
The Word of God tells us that the Son of man goes as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Throughout history we have seen that many betrayed Christ Jesus and made him an other person to highlight their own thinking and to make… Read More Illuminating our minds and watching out
Christ did not teach the apostles to give up to pray. Jesus disciples also assured their followers that they had to go to continue to speak to God . They could not give up to call on Him. Jesus taught them in a parable that they always ought to pray and that they should not… Read More Continuing Paul’s Prayer Requests
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