The last test The last test from Joseph for his brothers is recounted in Genesis 44, starting with verse 1: And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack. 2 Also put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his grain money.” So he...
Matthew 2 “As the source of Daniel’s wisdom was not the stars but the God who made the stars no doubt his influence would have turned some of them away from paganism to faith in the God of Israel. Daniel’s prophecies were written in Aramaic and would have therefore been accessible to the Babylonians. In Daniel 9 he gives information of the time of the coming of the Messiah, the coming King...
34 Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?”35 And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her...
Good morning friends! Welcome! Praise the Lord! I’m just thinking how everything is uncertain, dark around us, and you know, just reading the paper today, they’re probably going to move to another lockdown. All sorts of dreadful things are happening around us but let us remind ourselves also of the eternal truths, the scriptures, the Word of God, Jesus who has come, who is with us now, and...