Thoughts What If? Did you ever look at someone famous who is supremely talented, but is not a believer and think, “Just think of the impact they could have if they would live their life for the Lord?” I have, many times. I was born just about the same time as rock & roll. I…
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Thoughts As we read Revelation and try to understand the prophecies contained in it, like the fall of Babylon and the mark of the beast, it’s natural to try to understand them and put them into a familiar frame of reference. For example, let’s consider the number 666. Throughout history believers have thought that it…
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Thoughts Literal And/Or Allegorical As I have already mentioned, this book can be read on at least two levels: As just an account of a bride and groom from the purely human level, or as an allegory of the love of Christ for the church. Both interpretations are beautiful, and both have merit. As I…
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Thoughts Praise the Lord! The last six chapters of the book of Psalms are psalms (songs) of praise. Beginning with Psalm 145, which is the last Psalm attributed to David, and ending with Psalm 150, God is praised. I find that appropriate. Don’t you? Twentieth century theologian James Montgomery Boice said of the final five…
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Thoughts Introduction Esther is the final book of history in the Bible. King Ahasuerus is better known as Xerxes to students of history, and he was the son of Darius I, whom we read about in the books of Ezra, Daniel and Haggai. The ruins of Ahasuerus’ palace, in which the events of this book…
Read MoreThoughts Moses is near the end of his life and he has brought the people to the threshold of the Promised Land. However, because of the disobedience we read about in Numbers 20:7-12, it will not be Moses who leads them in. As a matter of fact, God will not allow him to even set…
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Thoughts 3 John is addressed to a man named Gaius. There seem to be several men with this name in the Bible, one of whom was baptized by Paul. We don’t really know anything more specific about this Gaius, except that John considered him a dear friend. John commends Gaius for the good reports he…
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Thoughts Much of this chapter is self explanatory, though there are fine points to be learned by deeper study than we typically do here. But one thing I would like to bring out is at the very beginning of the chapter. After Ananias the high priest, in a fit of rage orders that Paul be…
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Thoughts Setting the Scene In chapter 5, the book with the seven seals is introduced. No one in heaven or on the earth was able to open the book or look into it. And John wept. But then one of the elders told him to stop weeping because the Lion from the tribe of Judah…
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Thoughts Chapter 3 shows us snapshots of the wedding ceremony and chapter 4 the wedding night. Much of the language of this book sounds strange to modern ears. We do not speak in metaphors such as “Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead. 2Your teeth are like a flock of…
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