God is Sovereign. We have been thinking about the story of the Jews who were ordered taken into exile in Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar at…
Category: Exile and Restoration
Ezra 1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfil the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, the…
It is easy to think of the prophet Jeremiah as all “doom and gloom.” We have seen the pictures of the broken cistern in…
What does the future have in store? That is a question that most people ask at one time or another. Where is life leading?…
There are many things I am cosmically useless at! One of them is pottery. When we had pottery classes at school I could NOT…
2 Timothy 3:5 in the Good News Bible contains this solemn warning. In the last days, it says, people 5will hold to the outward…
Imagine living in a hot country like Uganda – or Israel! You’re bound to get very thirsty. We all need 6 pints a day…
If the call of Moses and the Escape of the Slaves from Egypt into the Promised Land was the start of springtime for the…
“Home, home on the range, Where the deer and the antelope play; Where seldom is heard a discouraging word And the skies are not…
The Exile of Israel into Babylon has always been a wonderful and inspiring picture of encouragement and hope for Christians. Until Christ returns and…
Does God still send judgment on sin? We are looking at the story of the exile of the Israelites taken away from Jerusalem to…
The history of God’s chosen people the nation of Israel is full of wonderful examples of faith to inspire us as Christians. But at…