“Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, ‘As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.’” 1 Kings 17:1 May 17, 2023 Is it going to rain today? Tomorrow? Weather forecasts are easy to come
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“In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.’” 1 Corinthians 11:25 May 16, 2023 Participation in the Communion service is a public demonstration of a spiritual reality. It is saying
“For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, ‘This is my body , which is broken for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’” 1 Corinthians 11:23-24
“They will say, ‘Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.’” 2 Peter 3:4 May 12, 2023 Our world is asleep at the wheel, driving headlong toward the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Ironically, many
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“Knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires.” 2 Peter 3:3 May 11, 2023 The nearer the time approaches for Jesus Christ to come again to this earth expect increased scoffing of the Scriptures. To scoff is to ridicule, deride, poke fun at,
“He will raise a signal for the nations and will assemble the banished of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.” Isaiah 11:12 May 10, 2023 As current events seem to conspire, the question is asked, are we drawing nearer to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ? We
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“The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them.” Isaiah 11:6 May 9, 2023 Nature, red in tooth and claw. It is indeed. When Adam and Eve brought God’s
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“Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end.” Psalm 73:17 May 8, 2023 The prosperity of the wicked may not be a moral problem to some but it was to Asaph the writer of Psalm 73. He bears his soul as he expressed his confusion about God’s justice. His faith
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“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.” Exodus 27:1 May 5, 2023 The Tabernacle was a means of grace for the priest-nation of Israel. Acceptance by God was not based on keeping the law but
“You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.” Exodus 25:31 May 4, 2023 Rooms need light for the obvious reason of illuminating interior space. The hammered gold of the
