Often when work is unfinished, staff would be left behind to complete it whilst the larger portion of the project team return home. A similar situation might be said of a military who comes to help an ally. Once the victory is secure the assisting army returns home leaving a platoon of men to help […]
Building work is not easy. We have had some men do small alterations and renovations to our outer buildings. Although the rumble was only a third of the pile, half bricks and broken bricks I had from other projects a few years ago, added to the pile becoming rather huge. I ordered a 2.5 cubic […]
The center of the vision’s interpretation given by angel Gabriel is: Da 9:25 “Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of […]
Words used in different cultures might mean different things. Well over 30 years ago I received a call from a friend in the United States. After a long chat he said he would call back later. I told Jenny he would call back later that day and waited and waited and he never called. Months […]
There are many times when we read documents and get to the end having no clue what we have read. I understand certain words and their meaning but as soon as they are linked together, phrases and sentences could be hard to discern. You need to re-read and think through what you have read. You […]
We left off yesterday saying Daniel 9:24 had three negatives and three positives: Da 9:24 “to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy.” We dealt with the three negatives … (a) to finish […]
The interpretation of verses 24 to 27 is remarkable and is given only to one who is as “highly esteemed” as Daniel is. He is called such in verse 23 and it is to him whom this message is relayed. A direct translation of highly esteemed would be “greatly loved or desired”. What Gabriel says […]
I recently preached about God speaking through prophets over a lengthy period in a variety of ways. My text was: Heb 1:1 In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son. Not only did God […]
How concerned are you for the physical building the people of God meet in? We know it is brick and mortar. We know that it is a building for the gathering of the people of God and it does not matter whether the building is hired or owned as it is a meeting place. We […]
Once you did not belong to a family! This was because you were not yet born. Then your mom fell pregnant and you were born … born into a family and became part of that family. This was true with Israel. Their fore-father Abraham was not part of God’s family, yet through the new birth, […]