Isaiah 31:1-9

I. ZION WAS TO BECOME DESOLATE. A. God said that he would scatter them among all nations. 1. They were to be a curse and a byword. 2. They were to be persecuted & tortured. B. The former & the latter rains were to be removed and the land lie desolate. 1. This once fertile land to become arid. 2. Vin... Read More

Is 31:1-3 It is heartbreaking to see someone going down spiritually. In the book of Hebrews we read of those who, according to the time that they had been Christians, should have been teachers already, but they were still babies and needed to be fed milk. There the story of the two students at Duke ... Read More

Isa 31:1-3 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and lean on horses and trust in chariots, because it is great; and in horsemen, because they are so very strong, but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor do they seek Jehovah! 2 Yet He also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not c... Read More

The CAUSE OF GOD AND TRUTH. Part 1 Section 21—Ezekiel 18:31&32. Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed, and make you a new heart and a new spirit; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: Wher... Read More

A Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 1—Chapter 4 OF THE NATURE OF GOD There is a nature that belongs to every creature, which is difficult to understand; and so to God, the Creator, which is most difficult of all: that "Nature" may be predicated of God, is what the apostle suggests when he says, the Ga... Read More

As for the Rabbis, the leaders of public opinion, their position towards the kingdom was quite different. Although in the rising of Bar Cochab the great Rabbi Akiba acted as the religious standard-bearer, he may be looked upon as almost an exception. His character was that of an enthusiast, his hist... Read More

Dear Sister, Grace unto you, and peace be multiplied, from God our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, by the blessed Comforter. I understand that you are exercised both with affliction of body and darkness of soul, and I sympathize with you herein. But think it not strange, my dear sister, concernin... Read More

And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer; and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. --Paul the Apostle And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from trans... Read More

V. 9 “How can these things be?” Nicodemus represents throughout this dialogue the people of the Old Covenant - vainly confident of their “knowledge” and their national: privileges. “Behold thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God and knowest his will and approvest t... Read More

They that know thy name will put their trust in thee. This is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHT-EOUSNESS. — I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor. — O Lord, I know ... Read More