“And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, ‘Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.’” Revelation 4:1 When John the Baptist came on the stage of history, he was one who was characterized as, “the voice of one crying in…
“I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet.” Revelation 1:10 Why did God create the Sabbath, or the seventh day on which He rested. Was He tired, or weary with all that He had made? Isaiah tells us that, “…the Everlasting God, the…
“I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season.” 2 Timothy 4:1,2 When the Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy, his son in the faith, He was approaching the…
“Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor His mercy from me.” Psalm 66:20 In the book of Isaiah, when God desired and willed to awaken the people of Israel to a new beginning in communion with Him, He would speak concerning “comfort,” or the very present help of God applied, and…
“For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 3:11 When the Lord Jesus used the illustration, or parable, concerning two builders and two foundations, He was speaking of eternal things, things which would last into eternity, and those which would not. He spoke in Matthew’s…
“He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.” 1 Thessalonians 5:24 When Jeremiah the prophet was called of God, he knew it, the Lord confirming it on the basis of His working before Jeremiah was born. When Moses was called of God to go to Egypt and deliver the people of Israel,…
“But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear…” 1 Peter 3:15 In one of G. Matheson’s great hymns, he writes: “Make me a captive, Lord, And then I shall…
“Your sun shall not more go down; neither shall your moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended.” Isaiah 60:20 Ever since the day when Adam sinned against God in the Garden of Eden, there has been a curse upon this earth, not…
“Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Matthew6:9,10 If ever there was a pattern for worship which has its example and exhortation from heaven, it is in the book of Revelation. Beyond the revelation of the glorified and risen Christ…
“After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, it came to pass that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister…” Joshua 1:1 Why is the book of Joshua in the Bible? Is it principally a historical account of the people of Israel being brought into the promised land, and…