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2021 Volume 76 Issue 4
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Balaam – Part 6: Numbers 23. 27- 24. 9
Balaam’s first two attempts to curse the children of Israel had been totally unsuccessful. Each time the Lord intervened and, instead of a curse, Balaam pronounced a blessing. In the first parable, Bala…
R. Catchpole
Balaam
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Charles Stanley 1821-1890
Charles Stanley, known under the initials of ‘C.S.’, was born in Rotherham, England. Little is known of his parents as he was left an orphan at the age of four and was brought up by a grandfather whom h…
John Bennett
History
The Day of Atonement
The Hebrew word kaphor, which means a covering, occurs 102 times in the Old Testament. It appears more frequently (sixteen times) in Leviticus chapter 16 than anywhere else. This chapter describes the D…
Mark Bennett
The Tabernacle
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Editorial – November 2021
‘He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar’, Ps. 99. 7. Paul reminds us that one of the things that should characterize us as Christians is a forbearing or gentle spirit towards everyone. The reason for t…
Brian Clatworthy
Editorial
The Father’s Hand
Though God is Spirit, ‘God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth’, John 4. 24, nevertheless, sometimes scripture speaks of Him in human terms to describe some of…
David E. West
The Father
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The Final Judgements
Introduction For details of the judgement of Israel during the tribulation please refer to Precious Seed, Volume 75 issue 3. In this current article, and the following one in the series ‘What does the B…
Richard Collings
What Does the Bible Tell Us About the Future?
Prophecy
Cover Image – Galilee
‘And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee’, Matt. 21. 11. Galilee forms one of the most northerly parts of the land of Israel, its soil and sea often forming the backdrop…
John Bennett
Cover Image
The Gospel of Mark – Part 16
The daughter of Jairus, 5. 21-24, 35-43 The next major event in this chapter of deliverance is the raising of Jairus’ daughter. The attitude of Jairus, vv. 21-23 We should note the manner in which Jairu…
John Bennett
The Gospel of Mark
Exposition
His Miracles
The words that form the title of this meditation are found only once in the Gospels and that is in John chapter 6 verse 2. Many have tried to calculate how many miracles the Lord performed but what is r…
John Tinkler
His…
Devotional
The Inspiration of Scripture – Part 1
The Apostle Paul told Timothy that, ‘the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts; and will turn away…
John Riddle
The Inspiration of Scripture
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Lessons for Today
The record of Paul’s first missionary journey is found in Acts chapters 13 and 14. From it may be taken many valuable lessons for missionaries implementing the Lord’s great commission down the centuries…
Malcolm C. Davis
Paul’s Missionary Journeys
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Memories of a Godly Man – The Influence of Mr William Trew
When I was asked to put pen to paper in a tribute to the life and work of Mr Trew, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his homecall, my first reaction was, surely it cannot be fifty years or more…
Dennis MacKinnon
History
Question Time – Should We Look for Signs Today That the Lord Jesus Will Return Soon?
Question Should we look for signs today that the Lord Jesus will return soon? Answer When it comes to understanding what the future holds, believers are the most informed people on the planet. Both Old …
Frank Proudlock
Question Time
Ruth
Introduction ‘Ruth the Moabitess’, as she is frequently designated in the book that bears her name, is deservedly one of the most celebrated women of the Bible. Through faith, loyalty, and labour, in th…
Ken Totton
Old Testament Women Who Appear in the New Testament
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Solomon’s Temple – Part 1
When King David wanted to build a house for God’s name, a permanent resting place for the ark,1 Jehovah revealed to him a full blueprint of the structure of the temple, its surrounding courts and furnit…
Jeremy Gibson
Solomon’s Temple
Centre Pages
Son of … Mary
It has been well said that our Lord Jesus Christ, in His earthly life and ministry, was as much a man as us, but not such a man as us, in every way unique and transcendent. As the natural son of Mary, n…
Malcolm C. Davis
Son of…
Devotional
The Preservation of the Messianic Line – Part 2
By might of Israel’s enemies The children of Israel were oppressed by the Egyptians in Egypt for 430 years. When they commenced their journey through the wilderness, they were attacked by the Amalekites…
Mervyn Wishart
The Preservation of the Messianic Line
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Things That Concern Us – Part 5
Your moderation, 4. 5 The word ‘moderation’ means gentleness, and has been rendered ‘yielded-ness’, or ‘sweet reasonableness’, which is identified as a trait of character.1 This should speak to us. How …
Fred Whitelock
Philippians
Devotional
What Is Thy Beloved? – Part 1
This question was asked of the Shulamite regarding her beloved, and she provided the answer. Whilst historically it refers to Solomon and the Shulamite, we want to consider it devotionally as it would s…
Andrew Bennett
What Is Thy Beloved More Than Another Beloved?
Devotional
A Word for Today: Degree, Step, Stair (Hb. Ma’alah)
Maal - Above, forward, upward Ma’alah - Degree, step, stair Maalal - Endeavour, invention, work The feminine noun ma’alah is regularly translated as ‘degree’ in the Old Testament. It is derived from a H…
Brian Clatworthy
A Word for Today
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Zebedee and His Faithful Wife
In the scriptures, the Spirit of God draws our attention to the spiritual value of what might appear, to the human mind, to be purely secondary detail. However, they are the most practical writings give…
Roderick A Barton
Practical
Book Reviews in this Issue
The Surprising Saviour
Paperback, 68 pages, Published by Scripture Teaching Library, Northern Ireland and available from Ards Evangelical Bookshop, Newtownards. ISBN: 978-1-909789-56-2. This book is a compilation of the el…
John Scarsbrook
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