30 Apr Who Actually Built the Temple?
Back when there was no temple, King David realised that he lived in a palace, but the ark of the Lord resided in a tent. This was not right, and he desired to do something for the Lord. He wanted to build a...
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09 Apr The Great Light to Rule the Day
"And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night." (Genesis 1:16 ESV) In the Genesis account of creation, we find the Lord working day by day to create all that exists. He didn't...
17 Feb The ‘until’ Verses
Sometimes the most ordinary words carry a most extraordinary meaning, such as the word until in the Bible. In Matthew 1:25 we see it used concerning Mary, who did not consummate her marriage with Joseph “until” after Jesus was born. “But he did not consummate their marriage...
03 Feb The Number 1000 in Scripture
There’s something to know about the interesting number, one thousand in the Bible. In the Koine Greek language the word used is χιλιάς (kilias) which is where we get the word ‘kilo’ in English, as used in kilometre (a thousand metres) or kilogram. (a thousand grams) And, in...
20 Jan Double Language in Scripture
The Bible is full of language that sounds clear, but turns out to have another meaning. It’s straightforward once you know what the true meaning or meanings are, and we can recognize that the disciples were confused by this at times, but so often we...
11 Nov The Seven Israels
Today as I write this, it is remembrance day. 104 years ago to the day, the guns stopped firing in World War 1, and nations laid down their weapons for peace. While the peace didn’t last and was temporary, it reminds us of a peace...
13 Oct Why the Date of the Book of Revelation is Important
It turns out that the dating of Revelation has a HUGE impact on the potential interpretation of it, and the behaviour of its readers, and even entire countries. If you believe that Revelation was written before 70AD, then it was written before the destruction of the...
19 Sep Can the Dead Hear?
John chapter five contains an event where Jesus heals a man on the Sabbath and tells him to carry his matt and walk. In the minds of the Jewish leaders, this equated to working, a thing which was not supposed to be done on the...
09 Sep Queen Elizabeth II and the Lord Jesus Christ
Queen Elizabeth II has been a rock of stability for the world for the last seven decades. When I lived as a child in Papua New Guinea she came in 1985 to commemorate 10 years of independance and I saw her. A memory I will...
01 Sep Can You See God?
You don’t see God with your eyes, unless something very out of the ordinary happens. There are other ways of seeing Him. God is a spirit (John 4:24) so he is “made” of spiritul ‘matter’ and not of atoms. Spiritual things are real, and in fact...