In 1814, John McDonald, Pastor of Chapel Street Presbyterian Church in Albany, New York preached a sermon on America in Prophecy. Rev. McDonald’s sermon might be the earliest attempt at identifying the United States in prophecy. Pastor McDonald often preached from the book of Isaiah. The promised restoration of the Jewish people to Israel and […]
The nation of Israel and her people the Jews are an enigma to this world. The preservation of the people of Israel is a contradiction of all historical trends. The uniqueness of this people is captured in an essay Mark Twain authored in 1899: If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent […]
Edmund Allenby, Field Marshall General of the British forces that captured Jerusalem in 1917, was thrust into history through the events surrounding the surrender of Jerusalem – four times. The story is told by Major Vivian Gilbert of the British Army, eyewitness to most of the events, in his book “The Romance of the Last […]
The smile on the faces of the Seder participants was indicative of the joy and pleasure present as the youngest child started reading the Four Questions. These questions would be answered in the narrative that follows in the Haggadah and are referred to as the Mah Nishtanah, after the opening words in Hebrew. The questions are: […]
For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. 11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast […]
17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. 18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; […]
In a marriage arranged from “on high”, Isaac at the age of forty would marry Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel, Abraham’s brother’s son. They had a great desire to have children, but for twenty years Rebekah had been barren. They sought the LORD that her inability to conceive would be removed. God granted their petition, and […]
The first response to the title of this article is likely one of incredulousness. Why even ask, might be your thought, as everyone believes Luke was Gentile. It is true that the vast majority of Christians believe that Luke was the lone Gentile writer of some of the books of the New Testament. But it […]