A study of Revelation 19:17-18
All the Fowls Were Filled With Their Flesh
Revelation chapter 19 verse 11 begins a new vision that the Lord Jesus gave to the Apostle John. Here John saw the Lord Jesus Christ come out of heaven riding on a white horse, and all the armies which were in heaven followed Him [...]
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19 Oct
“All The Fowls Were Filled With Their Flesh”
19 Oct
Saved By Water
A study of 1 Peter 3:16-22
The Title of this article is “Saved By Water”.
Those are literally the words you find in this passage of 1 Peter 3: “Saved By Water”. That is quite a challenge. We know that we are saved by Christ only.
Why then would God write here in 1 Peter 3 that we [...]
29 Jul
Golgotha
The title of this study is “Golgotha”.
We are going to look at what happened at Golgotha. To make a long story short, the Lord Jesus was brought before the Sanhedrin, He was falsely accused of blasphemy, and He was brought before Pilate who under pressure from the Jews condemned Him to death. Then He was [...]
28 Jul
“This Is Jesus, The King Of The Jews”
The title of this study is: “This is Jesus the King of the Jews.”
The Lord Jesus Christ was captured in the Garden of Gethsemane. From there He was led to Annas, and then to Caiaphas, and then before the Sanhedrin, and then to Pontius Pilate, and then to Herod, and then again to Pontius [...]
27 Jul
The World
In John 17 we read what is known as the High Priestly Prayer of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Why is it called the High Priestly Prayer?
It is because this is the prayer that the Lord Jesus prayed to intercede for His people just before He went to the Garden of Gethsemane to endure the [...]
27 Jul
The Temple Of The Lord
The question that is often asked me is:
Why Go to Jeremiah? (2 Timothy 3:15)
“Why would you study Jeremiah? It is SO depressing. Why not go to the New Testament where you can read all kinds of uplifting stories. If you want to preach about the Lord Jesus Christ, you need to preach Christ from [...]
27 Jul
The Grace Of God
Isaiah 55:6
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Isaiah 55:8
For my [...]
27 Jul
“Remember Lot’s Wife”
The title of this article is “Remember Lot’s wife.”
The Lord Jesus Christ spoke these famous words when He told His disciples about His second coming.
But before Christ comes as the Judge of this world, three events will occur first:
1) The Final Tribulation Period.
2) The rapture on the final day, and
3) The destruction of this world, [...]
21 Jul
The Beast Out Of The Earth
In the bible we see that God portrays the Devil as a great red dragon. This is just a symbol of the Devil, for the Devil is a spirit, and a spirit is invisible. But God portrays Satan as a great red dragon to warn us for his great power, and his wickedness, and his [...]
21 Jul
The Beast Out Of The Sea
In Revelation 12 the dragon, representing the Devil, tried to destroy the Christ child and has failed, we also see how the Devil has carried on a war for the possession of the Old Testament saints and has failed, and we can read how the Devil has tried to destroy the woman, representing the New [...]
20 Jul
The Mystery Of The Beast
In this article we will take a close look at the beast on which the woman is sitting. And so this name of this article is “The Mystery of the Beast”.
Revelation 17:1
And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will [...]
12 Jul
What God Has Done For Me
Today I would like us to focus on “Thanksgiving”.
Do you realize that we are commanded by God to give thanks every day, all the time, for everything?
To Whom Do We Give Thanks? (Psalm 92:1-15)
Let us read Psalm 92, and see “What God Has Done For Me”.
Psalm 92:1
It is (a) good (thing) to give thanks unto [...]
11 Jul
Those Following Jesus
In Luke chapter 23 the Lord Jesus is standing before Pilate.
We see here that the Roman governor Pontius Pilate was like wax in the hands of the leaders of the Jews, and he did to Jesus whatever they desired. Luke 23:
Luke 23:24
And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
Luke 23:25
And he released [...]
8 Jul
“Woe Unto You Scribes And Pharisees”
Matthew chapter 23 is the infamous chapter where the Lord Jesus is publicly condemning the scribes and Pharisees for being hypocrites.
Eight times does the Lord Jesus say in this chapter: “Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites.” This is not a friendly chapter in the Bible. Jesus was making many enemies when He preached these [...]
8 Jun
Death Of The Church
The Purpose of Parables in Judges (Matthew 13:11, Judges 17:6, Judges 18:1, Judges 19:1, Judges 19:21, Judges 19:25, Leviticus 18:22, Leviticus 20:13)
Let us first get an overview of parables in the Bible, and especially the parables in the Prophecy of Judges. The Lord Jesus told us exactly why He spoke in parables. He said [...]
8 Jun
An Unnamed Woman
In our previous study of Judges 19-21 we have seen that Judges 19 shows great resemblance to Genesis 19. But since Genesis 19 is a series of pictures of end time events, we must relate Judges 19, 20, and 21 also to end time events. These are difficult chapters to preach from. I am still [...]
3 Jun
The Secret Of The Lord
The title of this article is: “The Secret of the Lord”. You will find “The Secret of the Lord” in several places in the Bible. Therefore, if we want to understand “The Secret of the Lord” we will have to compare Scripture with Scripture. Let us first consider “The Message of Amos” regarding “The Secret [...]
29 May
What All Believers Should Preach
This is the message of the bible:
GOD, who is perfect, created man in His own image, but man (Adam) chose to rebel against God. Thus Adam’s sin infected all mankind.
GOD’S justice requires payment for sin. Thus the whole human race, which is accountable to God, is bound for eternal condemnation.
GOD, in His great mercy, decided [...]
29 May
Chosen By God
Every first day of the week we celebrate the resurrection of the Lord Jesus from the grave.
By that act of the resurrection of Christ from the tomb, God demonstrated beyond any shadow of a doubt, that the price for our sins on the cross has been fully paid.
And to prove that Christ has absolutely risen [...]
29 May
God Be Merciful To Me A Sinner
David’s Sin and His Attempt to Hide It
David the king was a man after God’s own heart. But David also had a weak spot for women. One night David could not sleep, and he got out of his bed and walked on the roof of his palace. They built houses with flat roofs in those [...]
27 May
“Israel, My Servant”
Isaiah 41:8
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
Who is God speaking to in this chapter?
To begin with God is speaking to the islands, which is a reference to the islands in the Mediterranean. But in a broader sense, God is speaking to [...]
26 May
The Levite And His Concubine
If you ever have read through Judges 19, and 20, and 21, you know that these are not easy chapters to explain. But before we begin I should first tell you what the ground rules are that I will be using. I will not dwell on the historical aspects of these passages; you can find [...]
22 May
The Adversary
In this article I want to take a good look at the Adversary of the church. Of course you know who our Adversary is. It is the Devil, also called Satan. But let us first look at:
The Sovereignty of God (Proverbs 25:2)
Did God create Satan?
Well, if God did not create Satan, then who did?
Could there [...]
22 May
The Great Prince
We have here in Revelation 12:7-12 a continuation of the first 6 verses in this chapter. What I mean to say is that we should see the sentences in Revelation 12 in a chronological sequence. This war in heaven follows the event of Ascension Day, in verse 5, when Christ was caught up unto God [...]
20 May
The Number Of The Beast
Revelation 13:18
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man (Literal: it is man’s number); and his number is Six hundred threescore and six
This is a number that is of great concern to all those in the charismatic movement. They are in [...]
16 May
“Feed My Sheep”
The title of this article is “Feed My Sheep”.
As you may know, in Luke 21 the Lord Jesus told Peter several times: “Feed My Sheep”.
Of course Jesus did not have those wooly animals in view. Jesus used the word sheep as a picture of the people of God. The sheep represented people for whom the [...]
14 May
The Children Of The Kingdom
In Matthew 8:5 we read the account of the Roman centurion who had a servant that was very sick. The centurion begged the Lord Jesus if He would please heal his servant. And promptly Jesus said:
I Will Come and Heal Him (Matthew 8:5-7)
Let us read the account, beginning in Matthew 8:5,
Matthew 8:5
And when [...]
13 May
The Window To The Soul
In this article I would like us to take a closer look at a verse that has intrigued me for a long time. I am talking about Proverbs 30:17. And if you glance at Proverbs 30:17 you know immediately that this is a verse which requires a great deal of spiritual interpretation. But first let [...]
7 May
Our Daily Bread
Psalm 119 is an amazing chapter in the Bible. It is the longest chapter in the Bible by far, containing 176 verses. People have speculated who the person was who wrote this Psalm. Some say it was David, and some say it was Ezra. But God has hidden this information from us, so that we [...]
4 May
Go Preach To The Dead
Isaiah chapter 6 begins with these words: “In the Year that King Uzziah Died, I Saw the Lord.”
Of course, everyone would ask: When did king Uzziah die?
But when you search the Bible, you do not find a reference for the year that King Uzziah died, even though God mentioned it in Isaiah 6:1.
In [...]
3 May
I Must Preach The Kingdom Of God
In the Gospel according to Luke, chapter 4 the Lord Jesus preached in the synagogue at Nazareth, and then the Nazarenes wanted to kill Him by casting Him down a cliff. And then we read those ominous words in verse 30:
Luke 4:30
But he passing through the midst of them went his way,
The Lord Jesus left [...]
2 May
We Are The Children Of Abraham
In luke chapter 4 the Lord Jesus was preaching in the synagogue of His hometown Nazareth. He began His sermon with a wonderful passage from Isaiah, which spoke about healing the brokenhearted, and recovering of sight to the blind. Jesus had been healing many people in Galilee. And then the Lord Jesus read the minds [...]
2 May
The Word Of God In Nazareth
The Lord Jesus grew up in Nazareth, which was a city in Galilee. When His time came to minister to His people, the Lord Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River in Judea. Then He was in the wilderness for 40 days where He was tempted by the Devil.
Now we [...]
2 May
“Saved And Called With A Holy Calling”
Many of us were trained that when there is a Baptism, there is a Form we should read.
Why were we not trained?
When there is a Baptism, we go to the Bible.
Why?
It is because the organized Churches, through the centuries, have shifted their eyes away from the Bible and toward the creeds, and to the confessions, [...]
2 May
“All The Heathen”
One of the absolute essentials concerning the death of Christ is the following question:
Who Did the Lord Jesus Die For? (John 14:7, Amos 9:11-12, Acts 15:13-18, Acts 11:26)
The Lord Jesus said in John 14:7, “No man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.”
The meaning of this statement is absolutely true: “No man.”
But before the Lord [...]
1 May
Streams In The Desert
Who was John the Baptist? (Luke 3:2-6, Isaiah 40:3-5)
John the Baptist was the last of the Old Testament prophets.
Today you might call John “a fire and brimstone preacher”.
John the Baptist was chosen by God to point out the Lord Jesus, and the Lord Jesus was sent by God to bring “Streams in the Desert”. [...]
30 Apr
The Battle Is The LORD’s
In this study we will look at the story of David and Goliath.
This is a very familiar story; everyone knows the outcome of this story.
But the three reasons I am teaching from this chapter are these:
1. We want to know: What exactly did God say? What are the words God recorded for us? Where do [...]
29 Apr
Which God Are We Serving?
Today I want to talk to you about: “Which God are we serving?”
Do we bow down to the One and Only Almighty God who is described by the Bible alone, or do we serve another god whom our Church says we should be worshipping?
Of course, you all know the answer to that question.
We must worship [...]
29 Apr
A King Appointed By God
Do you know how long the children of Israel were wandering in the wilderness?
The answer is 40 years.
Did you know that 10 x 40 years is 400 years?
It was 400 years after God freed the children of Israel from the land of Egypt, that they rejected God as their King, and so God gave them [...]
23 Apr
Harvesting People During The Famine
Three Pictures (1 Peter 2:9-10)
God shows us: Kings, Priests and Prophets.
1 Peter 2:9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
1 Peter 2:10
Which in time past were not a [...]
22 Apr
The Second Land Purchase
In the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 7, verses 15 and 16 God speaks about ONE land purchase, but in actuality there were two land purchases in view.
Jacob and his sons died in Egypt (Acts 7:15-16, Deuteronomy 5:6, John 8:34)
Acts 7:15
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
Acts [...]
5 Apr
The Longsuffering Of God
In Revelation chapters 2 and 3 God has messages for seven Churches in Asia Minor. There were many more churches, but God picked out these seven as examples of what the New Testament Church is like. But God’s message is actually to us: “Where do we stand? To which of these seven churches can we [...]
4 Apr
Can These Bones Live?
We begin in Acts, chapter 1, verses 1-4. Here we read about a whole series of exciting events.
Acts 2:1
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
Acts 2:2
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the [...]
3 Apr
“She Is A Sinner”
Luke 7:36
And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat.
Luke 7:37
And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box [...]
3 Apr
The Fruit Of The Vineyard
We begin in Isaiah chapter 5. God is telling us here a parable about a vineyard:
Isaiah 5:1
Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
Isaiah 5:2
And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted [...]
25 Mar
The Church Of The Firstborn
When you read this John 21, the words that leap from the page are: “Feed My Sheep”.
In John 21 the Lord Jesus Christ appeared to His disciples after He had risen from the grave, and while they were fishing in the Sea of Galilee, the Lord Jesus gave them a miraculous catch of fish. So [...]
23 Mar
“In That Day”
The title of this article is “In That Day” because, in the section we are going to cover, God uses the expression “In That Day” seven times. Remember this is a vision. First we have to ask ourselves:
What is God showing in the House of Jacob? (Isaiah 2:5-6)
When God speaks of the “House of [...]
21 Mar
Come Now, And Let Us Reason Together
We begin this article in the prophecy of Isaiah, chapter 1. Our first point is:
1. The Daughter of Zion
Isaiah 1:8
And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden, as a besieged city.
Perhaps you know the answer to the question:
Is there still hope for the Daughter [...]
21 Mar
The Daughter Of Zion
Unfortunately, in many churches the Old Testament is not being preached any more. That is a shame. The Bible is One Book. They have forgotten that the Church in the 1st Century AD had only the Old Testament and they preached Christ from the Old Testament. That is what I plan to do today in [...]
20 Mar
“Provoke Not Your Children To Wrath”
When we turn our eyes to the Christian home, we must not fall in the trap of a man centered way of thinking, coming out of the pages of the Bible.
What is a family?
God created human families like pictures of God’s family here on earth. We know that Christ is the Head of God’s family. [...]
16 Mar
The Bride For His Son
Someone in our Congregation asked me once: “Can you explain to us the parables in the Bible?”
Yes I can!
Where are the parables in the Bible?
When we think of the parables in the Bible, what do we think of?
We think of the parables that Jesus told, when He walked on earth almost [...]
15 Mar
Can The Leper Change His Spots?
Can the Leopard Change His Spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
Of course you know what a leopard is?
It is a very big cat, almost as big as a lion, with many dark spots on the fur growing on his skin.
Why does the leopard have these dark spots on his skin?
Because his father and mother leopard also had the [...]
15 Mar
I Will Have Mercy And Not Sacrifice
One of the attributes of our God is that He delights in mercy. But when we try to understand the mercy of God, we must be careful that we do not bring God down to our level of humanity. Our God is a Sovereign God who brought this world in existence, and He is still [...]
11 Mar
The Helpless and Hopeless Paralytic Restored
Before we look at this story, let me remind you again: The Bible is not a storybook. The Bible is not a history book. The Bible is not a book that tells you stories about a people that lived a long, long time ago in a land far, far away; and so it becomes a [...]
10 Mar
Why Parables?
For this article, we turn to Matthew Chapter 13. I want to focus on verses 10,11 and 12. But let me start at verse 1. Jesus preached in parables; almost this entire Chapter 13 in Matthew,
Matthew 13:1
The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
Matthew 13:2
And great multitudes were [...]
25 Feb
“Father, Into Thy Hands”
There were seven recorded utterances of the Lord Jesus just before He died. As you may already know, the number seven is the number that indicates “perfection”.
But the number seven is also the number of “Rest” in a finished work. God created the heavens and the earth in six days, and He rested the seventh [...]
25 Jan
The Green Tree And The Dry Tree
Daughters of Jerusalem (Luke 23:26-33, Zechariah 9:9, Romans 2:28-29)
Luke 23:26
And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
Luke 23:27
And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, [...]
19 Jan
“Believe On The Lord Jesus Christ”
Let me introduce this article with a passage from Acts 16:30-31. In this chapter of Acts 16 the missionaries Paul and Silas were in Philippi, in Macedonia, where they were shamefully treated. They were stripped of their clothes, they were whipped, and they were put in prison and their feet fastened in chains. Then at [...]
19 Jan
Is It God’s Will That All Men Be Saved?
A study of 1 Timothy 2:4
Is It God’s Will that All Men Be Saved?
1 Timothy 2:4
God our Savior, who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
“Who will have all men to be saved”?
Do we understand this?
Clearly we can see that there are many people who died [...]
18 Jan
Not One Will Be Lost
In this article we will consider the first parable in Luke Chapter 15. This is the Parable of the Lost Sheep. Even though the Lord Jesus is speaking about sheep, He actually has in view people; and particularly He has in view two groups of people:
The Publicans & Sinners, and the Pharisees & Scribes.
Now before [...]
18 Jan
“The Children Of The Promise”
In the beginning of Romans 9 the Apostle Paul vents his continual sorrow for his fellow countrymen who remain in unbelief. But then he concludes this lament by stating what the Old Testament already states by implication:
Romans 9:6
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which [...]
18 Jan
“The Day Of Salvation”
When we read the Old Testament we should ask:
“How Readest Thou?”
How do we read the Old Testament?
We should always remember the words Jesus spoke to the two disciples going to Emmaus in Luke 24, where Jesus said:
Luke 24:27
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things [...]
16 Jan
Is It God’s Will That Many Remain Spiritually Deaf and Blind?
Matthew 13 is a chapter that is filled with parables. These are doctrines of the Kingdom disguised as parables.
Why Parables?
This chapter of Matthew occupies both physically and spiritually a central position in the Gospel of salvation. It is located physically in the center of the Gospel according to Matthew, and it also reflects the center [...]
16 Jan
Rewards
What does God say about Rewards?
Well, God has said a great deal about rewards. There are more than 100 verses in the Bible containing the noun “reward”, or the verb “to reward”, and there are many more verses that speak about rewards without actually using the word “reward” in them. Just in the Old Testament [...]
15 Jan
“You Must Be Born Again”
We begin this article in Luke 5:30. This sets the stage for verses 36-39 which we will be looking at carefully.
Luke 5:30
The scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
Luke 5:31
And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but [...]
15 Jan
High Places
When we search the Bible, we find 120 times that God speaks about High Places. If God mentions High Places that often, we have to conclude that these must be very important places.
Just before the children of Israel entered into the Promised Land, God gave them some definite instructions through Moses. God said in Numbers [...]
14 Jan
Sinners Before The Great White Throne
In Revelation 20:11 God gave here a new vision. John said, “And I saw a great white throne”. This is a totally different place than the place where fire came down from God on all those that were deceived by the Devil. It is not a place on this earth, but it is definitely a [...]
1 Jan
A Stiffnecked People
As you may well know, there are many wicked people described in the Old Testament.
How should we read and interpret these bad examples in the Old Testament?
What does the Bible say about that?
The Bible says:
“These examples were written for our admonition”.
In 1 Corinthians chapter 10, God speaks about the Children of [...]
1 Jan
A False Balance
Today I want you to think about a balance; an old fashioned balance: You know, two scales hanging from a beam that is pivoting at the middle. In our High Tech society you do not see those things any more, but such balances were used for more than 3,500 years. They are called either a [...]
1 Jan
The Oracle
In 1st Kings chapter 6 we read how the temple in Jerusalem was built under the leadership of king Solomon. No, Solomon did not build it himself, but it was built under his leadership, and it was built according to the pattern that king David, his father, had given him. And so, Solomon obeyed and [...]
31 Dec
The Waters Of Jericho
In this article I would like us to take a close look at the second miracle of the prophet Elisha. The first miracle was that God parted the waters of the Jordan River. The second miracle was that God healed the waters of the city of Jericho. And thus the title of this article is, [...]
1 Oct
A Great King And A Little City
What is the meaning of the word “Ecclesiastes”?
It means, “The Preacher”.
We find that in Ecclesiastes 1:1, “The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem”.
Therefore we conclude that Ecclesiastes was written by king Solomon.
Solomon Is the Preacher (2 Peter 1:21, Ecclesiastes 9:13)
Some people object to that, because Solomon [...]
29 Jun
“I Will Be To Him A Father”
Hebrews 1:5
“…I Will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son.”
We begin this study by looking at 1 Chronicles 17:1-5. In the previous two chapters you can read the history of how David had brought the Ark of the Covenant to a tent that he had set up in Jerusalem. [...]
29 Jun
The Working Of His Mighty Power
Ephesians chapter 1 is so rich with information about the Gospel, it is so wonderful to read.
· Four Petitions (Ephesians 1:15-23, Matthew 28:1, Ephesians 1:4)
Ephesians 1:15
Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
Ephesians 1:16
Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention [...]
29 Jun
“Glory To God In The Highest”
We are looking at the record in the Bible of “the incarnation”; how God the Son, the second Person of the triune God, took on a human body and manifested Himself to us as the Lord Jesus Christ. In Luke, we read about the birth of the Lord Jesus in Bethlehem, and we see that [...]
27 Jun
A New Beginning
The Lord’s Appearing to His Own (John 20:1-23, 1:11)
When I say “His own” we must have a proper understanding of this expression “His own”. Nowhere in the Bible do we read that “His own” should be interpreted as the nation of Israel. For example, we read in John 1:11, “He came unto His own, and [...]
1 Nov
Leviathan
In this article I want to take a good look at the Adversary of the church. Of course you know who our Adversary is. It is the Devil, also called Satan. But let us first look at:
The Sovereignty of God (Proverbs 25:2)
Did God create Satan?
Well, if God did not create Satan, then who did?
Could there [...]
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