Posted July 2nd, 2005 in Ikvot ha'Mashiach
A day of the LORD is coming when your plunder will be divided among you.
I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city. (Zech 14:1-2)
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Posted June 25th, 2005 in Ikvot ha'Mashiach
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
Zechariah assumed his role as a prophet in 520 BC, a few years after Israel’s return from the 70 year Babylonian captivity. The first half of his book describes eight visions that all came to him on a single night, February 15, 519 BC. Then there’s a short interlude where he relates the Lord’s answers to questions the Jews had about their current situation. Chapters 9-14 were written nearly 40 years later. 9-11 deal mostly with prophecies for the times leading up to and including the Lord’s first coming, and 12-14 focus on the End of the Age. These final three chapters are the object of our interest because they describe the End Times According to Zechariah.
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Posted June 18th, 2005 in Ikvot ha'Mashiach
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking. I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles. (2 Peter 3:1-2)
Peter wrote this letter, his final one, around 65 AD. He was probably in Rome by now, since he was crucified in 68, though he may have still been in Babylon, where he’d written letter number one five years earlier.
His purpose in writing was three-fold: to stimulate spiritual growth among Christians, to combat the false teaching that was coming into the Church, and to emphasize the certainty of the Lord’s return. We’ll focus on this third purpose, which Peter addressed in chapter 3. Continue Reading…
Posted June 11th, 2005 in Forgiveness
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him. (Matt 4:18-20)
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Posted June 4th, 2005 in The Bible Thru The Eyes Of Its Writers
The God of Israel spoke, the Rock of Israel said to me: “When one rules over men in righteousness, when he rules in the fear of God, he is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings the grass from the earth.”
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Posted May 28th, 2005 in The Bible Thru The Eyes Of Its Writers
It didn’t take long for Nathan’s prophecy about my family to start coming true. Remember, the Lord had Nathan tell me that as a consequence of my sin with Bathsheba calamity would come out of my own household. (Warning: Content may not be appropriate for all ages!)
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Posted May 21st, 2005 in The Bible Thru The Eyes Of Its Writers
Have mercy on me, O God,according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Psalm 51:1
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Posted May 7th, 2005 in The Bible Thru The Eyes Of Its Writers
I couldn’t believe it! I had asked to build Him a house and instead He had promised to build up my house. From this time forth every King of Israel would be descended from me.
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Posted April 26th, 2005 in The Bible Thru The Eyes Of Its Writers
Even in the vacuum of leadership created by Saul’s death, I thought it best to wait for the Lord’s timing, and it turned out to be a good thing I did. I was going to need all the help I could get.
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Posted April 16th, 2005 in Ikvot ha'Mashiach
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
This week, as I was reviewing some recent articles I’ve book marked, an enormous “A-HA” experience came over me as several seemingly unrelated pieces of information fell into place, at least in my perspective of things.
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