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Paul was at Ephesus, intending to go to Corinth, but they were in such a bad state there that he could not go, but he wrote a letter, and then went up from Ephesus to Troas, in hope to meet Titus with an answer to his letter. He went into Macedonia, met Titus, and wrote them the second letter, now t... Read More

{Taken from the notes in the New Translation of the Scriptures by J. N. D. See chart Chronlgy.*} The dates follow generally accepted chronology, and are based sometimes upon detailed information given by various passages of Scripture, and sometimes upon verses such as Ex. 12:40, 41; Judges 11:26; 1 ... Read More

THE PASSAGE OF THE RED SEA HEBREWS I I : 23-29 We have in these verses a little picture drawn by the Spirit of God, of the ways of God in bringing up His people out of Egypt, by the hand of Moses. And we may say it is just a picture of the deliverance of the church from the power of Satan, of the sa... Read More

After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, "Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; and your very great reward." But Abram said, "0 Lord God, what wilt thou give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?" And Abram said, "Behold, thou halt give... Read More

Abraham, My Friend The Making of a Praying Man_31 The Seed - Part 1 As I promised we will now return to the narrative of Genesis 15. There is so much material in this chapter that it is easy to forget that the incidents that it records all took place within a 24 period. It is important, however, not... Read More

Abraham, My Friend The Making of a Praying Man_32 The Seed Part 2 For me Bible study often begins with an ‘idea, or hunch, or revelation’. (Choose whichever you think most appropriate.) I then ‘destruction test’ the idea by thinking through parallel passages or passages which have the same idea or w... Read More

Abraham, My Friend The Making of a Praying Man_33 ready, steady, wait It is amazing to see how often exhilarating mountain top experiences are followed by the testings in the valley. Paradise and Adam’s receiving of his wife is followed by his testing by Satan. David’s final conquest of his enemies ... Read More

a long history of a moment (with apologies to Stephen Hawking) Let’s begin by reminding ourselves of the place that this personal covenant between God and Abraham has in the overall revelation of God’s purposes. This is something we need to do often with the scriptures. Events are often being worked... Read More

Abraham, My Friend The Making of a Praying Man_52 The Heir In our previous thoughts we concentrated on the type of Father and Son in the account of Abraham and Isaac. Today I want to consider the picture of Christ we find here under the type of the Heir. Back in Genesis 15 Abraham had been anxious a... Read More

Abraham, My Friend The Making of a Praying Man_59 a bride for the son So we arrive at Genesis 24. It is a long chapter, more than twice the length of most others we have read together. If we were justified in asking why the Bible gave a whole chapter to a burial perhaps we should ask the same questi... Read More