A New House

Christ will usher in an age like no other. Nowhere shall we see the differences more than in Jerusalem and the house that shall be built there.

Christ’s rejection of the Mosaic temple

Before his sacrifice “without the camp”, Christ cast out those that sold and bought in th...

In Eden

The effect of sin

Prior to disobeying God and being driven from the garden, Adam and Eve enjoyed face to face communication with the Elohim. The Elohim educated them about natural and spiritual things.

When Adam and Eve sinned they experienced a mental, moral, and physical change. I...

Arrival in Bethlehem

After Ruth’s emphatic pledge to accompany Naomi, and her exemplary desire to commit to the Hope of Israel, the two women complete the rest of the journey to Bethlehem. Their likely route would involve taking the King’s Highway to the river Jordan, passing westwards throug...

When David’s offering was accepted by fire from heaven at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite (1 Chron 21:26), the king was confirmed in his long-held understanding that this site would be the place for the temple. Without a stone yet laid, he proclaimed, “This is the house of Yahweh Elohi...

When David fled from Absalom, he thought he had an ally in Ahithophel, a wise and trusted counsellor. Ahithophel often gave advice to David and such advice was considered as if it was the oracle of God (2 Sam 16:23). Such would not be the case as David would find out when he left Jerusalem to flee f...

Both Matthew and Luke record the events surrounding the birth and early life of the Son of God in great detail. But how different these accounts are in tone and purpose.

Luke’s gospel highlights the role of John as the Lord’s forerunner. He describes the faith of Mary and the significance of ...

You may be intrigued to know that clouds are alive with microbes. They contain more than just water vapour. There are hints that microbes become airborne or ‘aerosolized’ and take flight in the clouds. But how many are there? What types regularly inhabit cloud droplets? How do they survive, and ...

The antichrist

From a scriptural perspective, the long line of popes is styled by the Apostle Paul, “that man of sin…who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God” (2 Thes...

Introduction

In this final article of our three-part series, we turn our gaze outward to the global consequences of social media algorithms. Part 1 explored our personal call to holiness, and Part 2 examined how algorithms frustrate that pursuit. Now, Part 3 widens the lens: How are these same sy...

The sixth seal (cont.)

Is Revelation 12 about the same event?

Why do we see, in Revelation 12, an embellished repetition of the overthrow of pagan Rome in the vision of the woman and the dragon, when this has already been given in chapter 6 in the message of the seals?

The Revelation was no...